Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 13, 2020

Located on the lake's eastern shore, Retro Boat Rentals has unveiled a collection of fiberglass boats from the 50s and 60s that have been restored using state-of-the-art electric motors.

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Cooling Electricity Sustainability 251

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2020

One designer felt inspired to clean up his town's coastline by turning plastic waste into electric skateboards.

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Plastics Cooling Recycling Recycling 284

GreenBiz

AUGUST 25, 2020

New sparks for the electric vehicle industry. The move to electric vehicles (EVs) was intensifying. . It also is tackling ambitious innovations with its Ultium battery and propulsion system that could enable a GM-estimated range up to 400 miles or more on a full charge with 0 to 60 mile-per-hour acceleration as low as three seconds. .

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Electric vehicle Electricity Batteries Transportation 533

Grist

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The spotlight This summer, we’ve covered a number of innovative solutions that cities around the world are implementing at a community level to combat deadly heat — things like tree equity, shade structures, and reflective pavement. Air conditioning alone accounts for about 10 percent of global electricity use today.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Past research suggests that growing international demand for cooling has the potential to drive one of the most substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions in recent history. A new study, led by the University of Oxford and published on 19 October in Nature Sustainability , sets out a framework for delivering sustainable cooling.

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Cooling Climate change Sustainability Health 160

Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 25, 2020

VW has updated the classic T1 Samba Bus into an electric van called e-BULLI.

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Cooling Electricity 313

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

Deep Green’s system draws upon techniques used to cool electronic components. Immersion cooling, as it is known in the server world, is an approach whereby components (and even entire servers) are submerged in a liquid coolant, which is electrically insulating but thermally conductive. metre x 1 metre x 0.6

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Waste Waste Innovation Cooling 232

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

Electrical systems developer Thales and resource recovery firm Veolia have joined forces to create what is seemingly the first eco-designed SIM card made from recycled plastic. The polymer plastic found in high concentrations in waste electrical and electronic equipment is processed at Veolia’s recycling plant in France.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Government funding of over £5 million has been provided to help launch innovative ideas that could transform rail travel and help decarbonize the rail network. FOAK 2022 saw funding awarded to 24 innovators in all, who received grants of up to £400,000 each. Cutting edge electric drivetrains that replace polluting diesel engines.

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Energy Monitor Innovation Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 246

ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

These wells will be the foundation of a planned geothermal heating and cooling system that will serve at least 1 million square feet of downtown space including the City Hall, the Mayo Civic Center, and the public library. In cooling mode, you’re pulling heat from buildings and putting it back to the ground for storage.”

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Cooling Soil Technology Policy 52

ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 26, 2024

The European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) has announced the five finalists for the 2024 Ruggero Bertani Geothermal Innovation Award. Halliburton (Netherlands), with the project GeoESP Intake: Geothermal Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP) Intake. The Upper Rhine Graben deep reservoirs contain lithium.

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Innovation Lithium Cooling Europe 52

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2020

An Elland-based firm whose turbine-based device has global potential to slash CO2 emissions by converting waste heat into electricity, has been awarded the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Start-up Award. The team at FeTu (with founder Jon Fenton, centre).

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Waste Waste Electricity Innovation 264

The Environmental Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

As climate change advances and natural resources become scarcer, attention is increasingly drawn to the efficiency of electricity and gas usage. In households and companies, not only the direct consumption of electricity and gas plays a role, but also the usage patterns of devices, lighting, and heating systems.

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 195

Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Photo courtesy of Infinite Cooling. Industrial cooling towers use about as much water as all U.S. Infinite Cooling uses electric fields to capture 20 percent of water losses from those power plants, data centers, and other industrial facilities. Photo courtesy of Infinite Cooling. Located in Somerville, Mass.,

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 14, 2024

The green tech innovator is creating waves, offering a sustainable alternative that could significantly reduce commercial aviation emissions. The company’s commitment to developing hydrogen electric and fuel cell-based powerplants demonstrates its vision for a high-powered, low-emission future.

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Hydrogen Aviation Innovation Cooling 119

Charged

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Learn how simulation and optimization techniques can be used to address system-level multiphysics complexities to condense design cycles of high-performance electric traction motors. This whitepaper examines motor types, winding technology selection for PMM, and cooling types plus key technology considerations.

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Innovation Cooling Technology Electricity 128

Charged

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Now Tier 1 supplier ZF has developed an electric motor which requires no magnets. As with a permanently magnetized synchronous motor, the rotor is efficiently cooled by circulating oil. As readers of Jeffrey Jenkins’s regular articles know, there are various other options , each with its own pros and cons regarding use in EVs.

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Electricity Cooling Sustainability Innovation 113

Green Living Guy

MARCH 17, 2021

Believe it or not, electric cars have existed as long as gasoline-burning ones have. The latter were more efficient and practical in the early days when batteries were too large and inefficient for electric cars to be a viable mode of transportation. Fortunately, persistent and tireless innovation has improved electrical.

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Cooling Transportation Batteries Innovation 52

Charged

AUGUST 31, 2021

As OEMs continue transitioning their conventionally powered vehicles to battery-electric, it takes more than just swapping out a few parts. The electric currents that flow through these vehicles generate extreme heat, often in small areas that can be difficult to keep cool. What needs to be cooled in an electrified vehicle?

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Energy Monitor Electric vehicle Cooling Electricity 104

Charged

DECEMBER 14, 2022

ZF has introduced new electric drives with a modular and compact design for electric passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. The e-motor features a new cooling concept that allows oil to flow directly around the copper rods—the point at which most heat is generated during operation.

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Innovation Cooling Packaging Electricity 113

Charged

JANUARY 4, 2023

John Vo, the former Manufacturing Chief at Tesla, has formed a company to manufacture electric boats. Blue Innovations Group will demonstrate its hull, propulsion system and user interface at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. John Vo, Founder and CEO, Blue Innovations Group. kW of solar power for recharging.

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Electricity Batteries Innovation Cooling 109

Charged

JUNE 27, 2022

Electric Vehicle Architecture Design. The pace of acceleration in the electric vehicle market has taken consumers and manufacturers alike by surprise. That is largely due to innovative companies and pioneers who have worked relentlessly to mitigate many if not all of the current consumer concerns evolving electric vehicles.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Automotive Cooling 121

Smart Energy International

MAY 4, 2022

and Lendlease have signed a 25-year joint venture (JV) to supply 565,000 square metres of the Milan Innovation District (MIND) – a former expo site in Milan – with 41GWh per year of cooling and 29GWh per year of heating in one grid, driven by 100% renewable sources. Electric utility company E.ON Have you read: E.ON

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Charged

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Swiss cable maker Brugg Cables has announced a new high-performance charging cable, the Alligator-HPC, that can deliver DC electricity at 1,000 volts and up to 850 amps. The water-based cooling fluid is non-toxic and largely biodegradable. The cooling system allows cable lengths of up to 7 meters.

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Cooling Energy Monitor Biodegradable Innovation 80

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Investment in a range of renewable energy technologies by an electrical actuator supplier based near Bristol is reaping returns through reduced energy costs and meeting sustainability goals, saving over 236 tons of CO 2 and generating more than 420 MWh of energy. The company also operates a fleet of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Cooling Plastics Packaging Electricity 147

Charged

MAY 6, 2024

The demand for electric vehicles continues to increase, with EV sales growing faster than any other major category of automobile. Also, poor thermal management reduces the electronic components’ efficiency because excessive heat increases electrical resistance and lowers the power and energy of the EV. Sponsored by Parker Lord.

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Batteries Lithium Cooling Electric vehicle 121

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has launched its first ‘Call for Innovation’ to businesses across the UK, in a bid to find a new low carbon alternative to backup diesel generators. These backup generators are rarely used and have less than a 1% chance of operating per year, says NGET.

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Carbon Innovation Cooling Resilience 246

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Californian utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has unveiled four new microgrids with advanced remote operation capabilities and safety technologies to help enhance grid reliability.

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Energy Monitor Resilience Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 69

ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The City of Seoul in South Korea has created a “Comprehensive Plan for Promotion and Activation of Geothermal Energy” that aims to grow its current installed geothermal heating and cooling capacity of 278 MWth to 1 GW by 2030. of the city’s renewable energy mix. of the city’s renewable energy mix.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Cooling 109

Charged

APRIL 30, 2024

Sponsored by Power Innovations International. Pii’s Fundamentals of Reliability The widespread adoption and implementation of electric vehicles depends on near-continuous uptime and highly reliable componentry.

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Innovation Cooling Electric vehicle Construction 116

Charged

MARCH 6, 2023

The explosion in EV uptake has created huge opportunities for innovations in the vehicle electrified powertrain, and the unprecedented rapid design of completely new lubricating fluids to allow the electrified powertrains to operate at their utmost efficiency. At the heart of the e-powertrain is the electric motor. Why is this so?

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Technology Cooling Electricity Innovation 140

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Solar solutions provider Sungrow has signed a supply agreement with French renewable energy group EDF Renewables to provide liquid-cooled energy storage systems and MV transformers for the Umoyilanga project in South Africa which, once connected to the grid, will help alleviate impacts of the country’s power crisis.

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Power grid Africa Cooling Innovation 98

Charged

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Vehicle electrification specialist Equipmake and Spanish coachbuilder Beulas have partnered to develop an electric double-decker bus. The new Jewel E features an electric powertrain designed and developed at Equipmake’s facility in Norfolk, UK, along with a body produced by Beulas in Girona, Spain. Depot charging is via CCS DC.

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Electricity Automotive Cooling Batteries 122

Charged

JANUARY 4, 2023

This year, automotive supplier ZF reached the milestone of two million electric motors produced. And according to ZF, there is even more innovation potential for electric motors. The company also develops electric motors with magnets that are almost free of heavy rare earth metals.

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North America Cooling Automotive Demand 109

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

category, for exploiting previously unused waste heat from two furnaces for electricity generation. category, for exploiting previously unused waste heat from two furnaces for electricity generation. The savings achieved are verified by an integrated control unit that continuously measures the generated electrical output.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

UK battery manufacturer Hyperdrive Innovation and electric vehicle (EV) tech firm BorgWarner Gateshead have been acquired by a Silicon Valley-based electric motor developer that has been backed by Bill Gates, Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, and film star Robert Downey Jr.

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Innovation Electricity Transportation Climate change 48

Charged

APRIL 20, 2022

The Mobility House says its solution will reduce the total cost of ownership for King County Metro by a cool million dollars. Their pilot program is an innovative demonstration of the value of interoperability and smart charging and energy management. Source: The Mobility House.

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