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GMZ Energy announces Scott Rackey as Vice President

GMZ Energy has announced the appointment of Scott Rackey as Vice President of Business Development.

$30 Million in financing to meet demand for EV transit technology

Battery-electric bus manufacturer Proterra Inc. has raised more than $30 million in additional funding to accelerate further deployment of its industry-leading zero-emission EV transit technology.

Testing of 200 watt high temperature thermoelectric generator

GMZ Energy has announced the successful demonstration of a TEG designed for automotive waste heat recapture.

GMZ Energy appoints Cheryl Diuguid as CEO

GMZ Energy has announced the appointment of Cheryl Diuguid as CEO.

Activity timeline for all 3D printing equipment and material suppliers

The history of 3D printing has been a mixture of great success stories combined with failures. Here in this premium article IDTechEx develops a detailed global activity timeline for (a) 3D printing equipment suppliers covering EBM, FDM, inkjet and laser-based printer makers, (b) 3D printing material suppliers including metal powders, thermoplastics, thermoplastic powders, photopolymers and others, and (c) 3D bio printing companies. The activity timeline covers start and end (if relevant) date of operation, as well as merges and acquisitions.

World's most demanding electric bus route

Baroness Kramer, the UK's Minister of State for Transport, has officially launched an all-electric bus route that will test whether electric buses can perform on a par with their diesel counterparts in a real-world operational environment.

Graphene can host exotic new quantum electronic states at its edges

Under an extremely powerful magnetic field and at extremely low temperature, the researchers found, graphene can effectively filter electrons according to the direction of their spin, something that cannot be done by any conventional electronic system.

Kovio Inc

Kovio, Inc., was acquired in January 2014 by Thin Film. The company had developed printed silicon inks which can be used as a semiconductor. The company was founded around 2001, but began by looking to make inks to print antennas for RFID tags but later switched to making inks to print transistors. It developed a printable nano-silicon ink and has focused on printing RFID and anti theft (EAS) tags.

Printed electronics: the winner is the chemical industry

The chemical industry will end up with most of the added value from printed electronics, one of the fastest growing technologies in the world.

Floating wind and current hybrid power generation system

The SKWID is a floating wind and current hybrid power generation system capable of converting two inexhaustible ocean energy sources into abundant power.

Mitsui Chemicals and Formosa Plastics to make electrolyte solution

Mitsui Chemicals and Formosa Plastics have entered into an agreement on December 27, 2012 to form a joint venture company in China to manufacture and distribute electrolyte solution, one of the main components of lithium-ion batteries.

GM Ventures makes 2nd investment in battery-electric bus company

GM Ventures, the venture capital arm of General Motors Co. created in 2010, has invested for the second time in Proterra, a company that makes a battery-electric, fast-charge bus.

Supercapacitors for beginners - part two

So far, most supercapacitors use organic electrolytes because they give higher cell voltage and other benefits, though these electrolytes do have pollution and fire issues in large capacitor constructions in some cases. For example, Japanese manufacturers have agreed to shun the dangerous chemical acetonitrile, the electrolyte used by Maxwell Technologies in the USA but using aqueous propylene carbonate means the lower temeprature limit of their supercapacitors is around minus 25C meaning they cannot be used for starting very cold vehicles.

Reaching a wider e-mobility community

IDTechEx is once again meeting its promise to allow a wider community of e-mobility players to compare notes. As its name implies, {{Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air USA 2012|www.idtechex.com/evusa}} in San Jose California March 27-28 lets you meet people not present at events with a narrower product and geographical focus. This unique forum is vital to those widening their scope in the EV value chain, leaving behind those with tunnel vision.

Lumiotec & Universal Display license agreement for OLED lighting

Under the license agreement, Universal Display grants Lumiotec license rights under various patents and associated know-how owned or controlled by Universal Display for Lumiotec to manufacture and sell certain OLED products for lighting applications.

Remote control relies on bends and twists to operate

Murata has newly developed devices that apply their piezoelectric film, such as a Leaf Grip Remote Controller that can control the TV using a bending and twisting motion.

The University of Texas announces agreement for battery patents

The University of Texas at Austin has announced an agreement with Canada-based Hydro-Quebec for lithium-ion material technology invented and patented by Dr. John Goodenough, a world-renowned scientist at the university.

Progress with energy harvesting buoy

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) is a renewable energy company specializing in offshore wave power technology. OPT's PowerBuoy system extracts the natural energy in ocean waves and converts it to useable power.

Lumiotec to begin sample shipment of OLED lighting panels

Move toward evolution into OLED panel business entity -

DuPont's first commercial adoption of PV8600 encapsulant material

Modified Ionomer Sheet Provides Superior Backsheet Adhesion and Lamination Cycle Time for Thin Film Photovoltaic Modules