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Sunward: Electric Excavators

Sunward is a Chinese OEM of construction equipment including excavators. This profile will discuss the company's electric excavators and mini-excavators, in production since 2022.

Upcoming Webinar Providing Insights Into the CCUS Space

Thursday 1 August 2024 - How Emerging Business Models and Technologies Will Accelerate Point-Source CCUS Deployment. This webinar will explore the CCUS business model, including methods of profiting from CCUS even within the current regulatory landscape, and how carbon markets are set to shape the future of CCUS.

Carbon Capture Technology Expo North America 2024

IDTechEx attended Carbon Capture Technology Expo North America 2024 in Houston, Texas on June 26th-27th 2024. This premium article presents the key narratives on carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) collected by IDTechEx.

CATL — Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

CATL is the leading manufacturer of Li-ion batteries globally. The company also supplies BESS and launched its 6.25 MWh "zero-degradation" BESS in 2024.

GAMA

GAMA is the new brand following the acquisition of Navya, and it remains committed to developing and operating autonomous shuttles.

LG Chem: Bioplastics

LG Chem, a subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate LG Corporation, was founded in 1947. The company is headquartered in Seoul. LG Chem produces a range of bioplastics including PLH, PBAT, and PHA.

EasyMile: Autonomous Roboshuttles

EasyMile is a French-based roboshuttle company that was founded in 2014. It has been one of the leaders in the roboshuttle space. In general, the roboshuttle space is struggling to find a foothold. This profile looks at EasyMile's recent activity in the field.

Capsol Technologies

Capsol Technologies is a Norwegian technology provider of post-combustion carbon capture systems that uses hot potassium carbonate (HPC) as a solvent. IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope spoke with CEO Wendy Lam at the Carbon Capture Technology Expo North America.

Why Tractors Make a Surprisingly Good Fit for Next-Gen Batteries

Electrification is tough. It has taken around 15 years to convince car owners that battery power is a viable alternative to their fossil fuel comfort blanket. In the construction, agriculture, and mining industries, electrification is an even steeper uphill battle. In these industries, if a machine runs out of battery, the operators will soon start losing money.

Gridwiz

Gridwiz is a South Korean distributed energy resources (DER) renewables company that provides a range of energy solutions including EV charging. IDTechEx spoke to Gridwiz to find out more about its activities.

Narada Power — Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Narada Power (Narada) is based in China and is a battery cell manufacturer and BESS developer, supplier, and integrator. Narada offers grid-scale and commercial & industrial (C&I) scale BESS, as well as Li-ion batteries for base stations and data centers for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications.

Afforestation, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture, and Direct Ocean Capture

IDTechEx Explores Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies - Carbon dioxide removal is required alongside reducing emissions to help reach net zero. Once removed from the atmosphere, CO2 can be stored in numerous ways, such as trees and ecosystems, ocean reservoirs, and underground geological storage.

Neuralink

Neuralink is developing an invasive neural interface with applications including brain-computer interfaces.

Bosch: SiC for EVs

IDTechEx spoke to Bosch at PCIM 2024 about its SiC products on the electric vehicle (EV) market and the potential benefits in cost and efficiency.

WeRide.ai

WeRide.ai is a company that develops autonomous minibuses. It focuses on creating self-driving shuttle buses for urban transportation. The company aims to provide safe and efficient transportation solutions using its automated driving system (ADS) and L4 sensor suites.

Cathay Industrial Biotech

Cathay Industrial Biotech is a producer of biomanufactured long chain dicarboxylic acids (LCDAs) and 1,5-pentanediamine (PDA), used in the production of biobased polyamides. IDTechEx spoke to Cathay about its bioplastics production operations at NPE 2024.

Sulzer: Bioplastics

Sulzer, a Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm, was founded in 1834 by Johann Jakob Sulzer in Winterthur, Switzerland. In recent years, Sulzer has increasingly directed its attention towards sustainable technologies, with a notable emphasis on bioplastics. A significant proportion of the bioplastics production is based on technology developed by Sulzer and as such it is a key global player and stakeholder in the bioplastics market.

Evove

Evove has developed membrane technologies that can harvest critical minerals (e.g. lithium from brine) and decarbonize desalination and the processing, treatment and recycling of liquids. Its products cover a range of markets including lithium, green hydrogen, desalination, food & beverage and water & wastewater. IDTechEx spoke to Andrew Walker, the Chief Commercial Officer at Evove, and this profile is based on the interview in April 2024.

BYD Energy Storage

BYD Energy Storage System is independently developed by the Chinese company BYD, is a key manufacturer of cells for Li-ion BESS, and also acts as a BESS supplier.

Nexperia: Copper Clip Technology and SiC MOSFETs for EVs

IDTechEx spoke to Nexperia at PCIM about its copper clip technology for power modules, as well as its new 1200V SiC MOSFETs for EVs.