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A report from Solar & Storage Live 2018

Solar & Storage Live is one of the UK renewable energy industry's premier annual events and is attended by a range of technology developers and policy makers with an interest in the solar & storage market, both in the UK and internationally.

Aerogelex

Aerogelex are a spin-out from TUHH Germany that specialize in efficient supercritical drying for the production of aerogels. Raman Subrahmanyam (CEO) spoke with senior technology analyst Dr Richard Collins.

Bronxculture

Bronxculture are a company looking to commercialise cellulose aerogels. Dr Mahesh (CTO) spoke with senior technology analyst Dr Richard Collins.

600 fuel cell city buses for Europe

An ambitious project to get 600 fuel cell city buses on the roads in selected regions in Europe has been selected by the Connecting Europe Facility programme for nearly €40m of funding.

Scottish Power shifts to wind power

ScottishPower has become the first integrated energy company in the UK to shift completely from coal and gas generation to wind power, after completing the sale of its traditional generation business.

Fuel cells make a comeback in electric vehicles

This coming November 14-15 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, leading players in the battery and energy storage industry will compete to capture the audience's attention over what technology is set to dominate in the coming decade.

Global genset market patent analysis

The global generator set (genset) industry is amidst a period of change and is under pressure from a variety of external considerations.

Turn your house into solar panels with printable solar materials

Scientists have developed a photovoltaic organic material that captures light efficiently and that potentially could be coated on building materials.

Robot eye with an all-round field of view

Where am I? Like humans, robots also need to answer that question, while they tirelessly glue, weld or apply seals to workpieces. After all, the production of precision products depends on robot control systems knowing the location of the adhesive bonding head or welding head to the nearest millimeter at all times.

World's largest façade installed with organic photovoltaics

Approximately 185 m² of Heliatek's organic photovoltaic films were installed on the façade of a warehouse of the Duisburger Hafen AG in August.

Aggreko fully integrates Younicos battery storage offer

Aggreko announces the full integration of energy storage pioneer Younicos. From today, Younicos will start trading as Aggreko.

First example of a bioelectronic medicine demonstrated

Researchers have developed the first example of a bioelectronic medicine: an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged nerve.

Innovations at Aluminium 2018: Production processes and e-mobility

IDTechEx attended Aluminium 2018 at the Düsseldorf Messe, Germany. This event reaches nearly 30,000 attendees and covers the complete aluminium supply chain.

Ambient light energy harvesting watch from Lightricity

Lightricity discuss their ambient light energy harvester, the highest in the world. In this case employed in a watch, however, other customers are applying it to different applications.

Nippon Chemi-Con

Nippon Chemi-Con has developed a new line of conductive agents for active materials that increase the performance and durability of Li-ion batteries.

Graphene Production. Quality and Sustainability.

In this article, Dr Scott Watkins will provide some perspective on the manufacture of graphene oxide with respect to chemical purity and production sustainability.

Quantum dots: evolving downconverter technology beyond phosphors?

Quantum dots (QDs) are often billed as the ultimate, or at least as the next generation of, phosphors. The main driver often is the QDs' ability to act as ultra-narrowband downconverters, resulting in extremely wide color gamut displays and efficient and high CRI solid state LED lights.

Can thermoelectric energy harvesting succeed in a new form?

Thermoelectric energy harvesting is a failure when set against the publicity of participants over the last 30 years. "The roaring mountain gave forth a mouse". Current versions do not scale above kW and are rarely used above mW - serious because the market for energy harvesting above 1W is about 100 times the value market below.

Color-changing contact lens to monitor disease

For all the good they do, eye drops and ointments have one major drawback: It's hard to tell how much of the medication is actually getting to the eye. Now scientists report that they have developed a contact lens that changes color as drugs are released. This visual indicator could help eye doctors and patients readily determine whether these medications are where they should be.

Using electrical stimulation to treat untreatable diseases

Electrical stimulation of the human body is an established method of treating several diseases and conditions.