Full profile interview
16 Dec 2019

Crop One Holdings
Crop One Holdings is a vertical farming company based in California. It sells fresh, locally produced crops in Massachusetts through its FreshBox Farms brand and recently announced a major deal with Emirates Airlines, to supply its catering wing in Dubai. In December 2019, IDTechEx Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Dave Vosberg, CFO of Crop One Holdings.
Full profile interview
13 Dec 2019

Growing Underground
Growing Underground is a British vertical farming company operating out of a World War 2 air raid shelter 33 metres below the streets of London. In December 2019, IDTechEx Analyst Dr Michael Dent visited the Growing Underground farm to learn about their process and taste their crops.
Background
10 Dec 2019

Bowery Farming
Bowery is a company based in New York City that grows leafy green produce in highly automated indoor vertical farms. With $167.5 million in funding, it is one of the most well-funded vertical farming companies.
Background
10 Dec 2019

Badia Farms
Badia Farms is a vertical farming company based in Dubai that grows fresh local produce using advanced hydroponics technology. It is the first commercial vertical farm to operate in the Gulf region.
Full profile interview
9 Dec 2019

Jones Food Company
Jones Food Company is a British start-up that operates Europe's largest vertical farm, a 5000 square metre facility that can produce 420 tonnes of crops a year. In December 2019, IDTechEx Analyst spoke with Jones Food Company's founder and managing director, James Lloyd-Jones, about the company's technology, the state of the vertical farming industry and Jones Food Company's recent partnership with online supermarket Ocado.
External press release
5 Dec 2019

Jumbo Group Partners with Mobilis Medical for 3D Manufacturing
Jumbo Group has announced a partnership with Modern Bionic Limb Solutions Medical Manufacturing for 3D printing of prosthetic covers, orthosis, hand and leg splints, sockets, and other devices in the UAE and GCC region.
Full profile interview
29 Nov 2019

Engineered Fluids
Engineered Fluids are a Texas based company that sell single-phase immersion coolants, their AmpCool product range is specifically tailored for several components within electric vehicles including the batteries and motors.
15 Nov 2019

AI-Guided Robotics for the Recycling Industry
AMP Robotics Corp has raised $16 million to further scale operations and develop new AI products that help improve the economics of recycling.
13 Nov 2019

World's Largest Offshore Wind Turbine to be Commissioned
The world's largest offshore wind turbine on a floating platform has departed for its final destination off the Portuguese coast of Viana do Castelo, where the commissioning of the floating wind farm will take place.
23 Oct 2019

Cryogenic energy storage development, Europe's largest storage system
Highview Power announced plans to construct the UK's first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility (also referred to as liquid air) at large scale, which will be located at a decommissioned thermal power station in North of England.
18 Oct 2019

5MW grid-tied battery energy storage system in South Carolina
Duke Energy Carolinas is partnering to build an energy storage project that will be part of the company's long-term strategy to integrate battery technology into the smart-thinking grid it is building in the Carolinas. This project is part of the company's ongoing plans to invest $500 million in battery storage projects across the Carolinas over the next 15 years.
10 Oct 2019

GE Renewable Energy announces first Cypress onshore contract in Brazil
GE Renewable Energy has signed an onshore wind contract with EDF Renewables in Brazil. This deal for GE's Cypress platform — the company's largest onshore wind turbine — is also GE's first contract with EDF Renewables in the country. GE will be responsible for the production and delivery of 25 turbines, that will operate at 5.3 MW.
23 Sep 2019

America's largest solar energy storage system planned for Los Angeles
Located on 2,650 acres in Kern County, California, the project will include two large-scale solar facilities that will capture 400 megawatts of solar energy and store up to 1,200 megawatt-hours of energy — all of which can be distributed to meet peak demand, reducing the need for natural gas at night or on cloudy days. The site will hold enough energy to power 283,330 homes across Los Angeles.
30 Aug 2019

Polestar electric performance brand opens first production facility
Polestar, the electric performance brand, has opened its first production facility, a key milestone for the rapidly growing car company. Polestar also announces its World Manufacturing Identifier, which officiates the brand as a standalone car company.
6 Aug 2019

Tesla introduces Megapack: utility scale energy storage
Megapack significantly reduces the complexity of large-scale battery storage and provides an easy installation and connection process.
29 May 2019

Fuel cell forklifts powered with solar hydrogen energy
The Toshiba ESS "H2PLAZA," produces and supplies hydrogen with renewable energy for fuel-cell forklifts and is now supplying hydrogen at Toyota.
13 May 2019

Europe's first gigafactory for battery storage systems
Europe's first gigafactory for battery storage systems is being put into operation in Germany.
3 May 2019

Disney solar facility capable of powering two theme parks
This facility is expected to generate enough renewable clean energy to operate two of Disney's four theme parks in Central Florida annually, all while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50,000 tons per year.
15 Apr 2019

JOLED builds new printed OLED display facility
JOLED Inc has been developing the world's first printed OLED display mass-production lines, and started building production lines for the post-process at the recently established JOLED Chiba Site.
Background
1 Apr 2019

Perpetuus Advanced Materials
Perpetuus is a graphene company based in Wales UK.