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21 Dec 2021

SABI AGRI
At FIRA 2021, IDTechEx watched a demonstration of SABI AGRI's latest product Zilus, an add-on system enabling autonomous driving.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

Super Soco First Electric Brand in Top Ten Powered Two Wheelers
Super Soco has become the first ever 100% electric brand to feature in the top ten best-selling powered two wheelers. Until now, the list has been populated only by manufacturers traditionally producing petrol-powered machines.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

Octopus Energy and Sterlite Power team up to Decarbonise India
Octopus Energy Group and Sterlite Power have signed an agreement that aims to help decarbonise Indian industry and bring cheaper green power to consumers around the world.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

BayWa r.e. Signs Largest European Solar Corporate VPPA for Packaging
BayWa r.e. and Huhtamaki, a leading global provider of sustainable packaging solutions, have signed a 10-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement for two new solar projects in Spain. This marks the largest European solar corporate VPPA for the packaging industry, as well as the first solar corporate VPPA signed by a Finnish company.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

Fluence to Deliver Its First Energy Storage System in Taiwan
Fluence has been chosen by the local renewable energy IPP, Ina Energy, subsidiary of the PJ Asset Management Group, as the solution provider to deliver a 6MW / 6MWh battery-based energy storage system in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

Monta and GARO Join Forces to Accelerate EV Charge Points
Electric vehicle charging app, Monta, and EV charge point manufacturer, GARO, have today announced a new partnership to free up EV charge points for all drivers and speed up installation rates across the UK.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

Pilot to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease in the Black Community
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, the science arm of Northwell Health, recently received a $150,000 grant from TD Bank to launch a new research program and the first clinical trial to reduce cardiovascular disease in the Black community and determine the best behavioral interventions to lower cardiovascular disease.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

Wärtsilä Enters Dutch Market with Largest Energy Storage System
Wärtsilä will supply a 25-megawatt (MW) / 48-megawatt hour energy storage system to GIGA Storage BV in the Netherlands to help stabilise the electric grid. This will be Wärtsilä's first energy storage project in the Netherlands and it will be the country's largest system to date.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

PlatformE acquires Catalyst AI to Make Sustainable Fashion a Reality
PlatformE has acquired Catalyst AI, an artificial intelligence company based in Cambridge, UK. The deal will see Catalyst AI's machine learning tools for optimising fashion supply chains bolster PlatformE's services for efficient on-demand and made-to-order fashion.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

ACWA Power Signs Agreement for 100MW Uzbekistan Wind Power Project
ACWA Power has finalised the project agreements for the 100MW Nukus wind project in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
External press release
21 Dec 2021

Crossflow Energy Launches Revolutionary Small Wind Turbine
Crossflow Energy has launched the Crossflow Wind Turbine. Reliable and easy to install, the unique turbine specifically addresses the issues that have historically inhibited the adoption of small-scale wind.
20 Dec 2021

3D Printing Meets Meat in the Largest Cultured Steak Ever Made
Recently, Israeli bioprinting company MeaTech 3D Ltd announced that it succeeded in printing a 104 gram (3.67 oz) cultivated steak using their proprietary 3D printing technology. Made of real cultivated fat and muscle cells, the steak is believed to be the largest cultured steak produced to date. The achievement represents another step on the road to mass production of cultured meat, an important goal to combat climate change.
20 Dec 2021

Robots Use Fear to Fight Invasive Fish
The invasive mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) chews off the tails of freshwater fishes and tadpoles, leaving the native animals to perish while dining on other fishes' and amphibians' eggs. Researchers engineered a robot to scare mosquitofish away, revealing how fear alters its behavior, physiology, fertility—and may help turn the tide against invasive species.
20 Dec 2021

Production of Electricity on the Moon
The results of research are planned to be used to provide electricity to future lunar outposts of the European Space Agency and its international partners. The lunar outpost is planned to be established on the South Pole of the Moon in the next decades.
20 Dec 2021

Soft Semiconductors that Stretch Like Human Skin
Semiconductors are moving away from rigid substrates, which are cut or formed into thin discs or wafers, to more flexible plastic material and even paper thanks to new material and fabrication discoveries. The trend toward more flexible substrates has led to fabrication of numerous devices, from light-emitting diodes to solar cells and transistors.
Full profile interview
17 Dec 2021

Standard Robots
Standard Robots is one of the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) companies in China. The company was established in 2014 in Harbin, China, and moved its headquarters to Shenzhen, China in 2016. The company employs 500 people currently. In 2020 the company's revenue exceeded $15 million and it is estimated to be over $45 million in 2021. Until now, the company has accomplished over 300 projects and deployed more than 3000 AMRs in the field.
Innovation Map
17 Dec 2021

Timeline and Outlook for Li-ion Energy Densities
Innovation roadmap for the report 'Advanced Li-ion and Beyond Lithium Batteries 2022-2032: Technologies, Players, Trends, Markets'.
17 Dec 2021

Robotic Hand with a Gecko Inspired Grip
Across a vast array of robotic hands and clamps, there is a common foe: the heirloom tomato. You may have seen a robotic gripper deftly pluck an egg or smoothly palm a basketball - but, unlike human hands, one gripper is unlikely to be able to do both and a key challenge remains hidden in the middle ground.
17 Dec 2021

Stable Material for More Efficient Solar Cells
Researchers have developed a new process for producing stable perovskite materials to create more efficient solar cells.
17 Dec 2021

3D Printing Leads to Light Weight Knee Brace for the Elderly
A lighter, yet more robust knee brace for the elderly who suffer from knee problems has been developed in a collaboration with 3D printing specialists.