Here’s an interesting idea from London - a way to help encourage electric car usage in the wider city and suburbs. A “framework” has been created by Transport for London with several local councils and the Greater London Authority called GULCS: the Go Ultra Low City Scheme. The partners will invest £3.7M to supply 1,100 charging points over the next two years. Siemens, a … [Read more...]
Ultracapacitors
A few weeks ago Motoring Weekly wrote an article about Lynk & Co and the Compact Modular Architecture that they were using in conjunction with their parent Volvo under the Geely group ownership. One of the components in that architecture has been provided by Maxwell Technologies: ultracapacitor modules. Maxwell have been supplying battery and electrical equipment for … [Read more...]
BP Buys Charging Unit Company
A few weeks ago, Motoring Weekly published an article about Royal Dutch Shell and Total, two of the biggest oil companies buying up other energy companies to diversify their portfolios. In Britain, BP has followed suit. Decades ago in a branding exercise, BP aka British Petroleum, had a go at renaming themselves “Beyond” Petroleum. It didn’t really work out, although now in … [Read more...]
Aquafuel Research Ltd
I read about this company and their technologies whilst following the ever-growing Formula E racing series for electric race cars. Aquafuel Research is a British company that specialises in renewable energy creation using existing technologies to keep costs down. The basis of their technology is two-fold: Extracting glycerine from renewable sources. Using a combined … [Read more...]
Electricity Microgrids
When I grew up in the UK, there were often media reports about the National Grid. This was the system across the country that covered the power stations that created electricity and the infrastructure that delivered the power to homes and businesses. The National Grid is in effect a macrogrid - a wide area network. What I have been reading about recently is the concept of … [Read more...]
