#84 Concentrated Photovoltaic Chips To Transfer The Sun Energy To Electricity
Imagine a big magnifying glass, where you concentrate the light on a small area where the photovoltaic chip is placed and it transfers the sun energy into electricity.
What are the advantages of these chips? What are the differences between concentrated photovoltaics and conventional photovoltaics?
Find the answers in Jan Reboun’s interview. Jan is a Researcher at Research and Innovation Centre for Electrical Engineering (RICE).
Rice is a new, unique research centre of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. More than 130 RICE researchers participate in implementing projects with a total budget exceeding two billion Czech crowns.
Learn more: https://rice.zcu.cz/cz/
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#83 Solar-Powered And Hybrid Boats In Prague
Lukas Hatas, is the Chief Executive Director of Czech EV Association and he presented us the Prague Boats – the first to launch an electric catamaran for touristic purposes.
Prague Boats is a Czech company which have decided to go green and do their utmost to achieve a sustainable operation. In their fleet you will find not only luxurious and completely newly built boats, but also solar-powered and hybrid boats.
In addition to their fleet, boats host company events, conferences, private parties, weddings and much more all year long.
Learn more: https://www.prague-boats.cz/
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#21 Climate Change Boundaries and Effects
“Before we kill ourselves, we better develop technologies which help us to live decently under modifiable boundary conditions” says Jörg Matschullat, Professor Dr. TU Freiberg.
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#82 Battery Storage Industry And The Help of Artificial Intelligence for Battery's Expected Service Life
The #SolarButterfly interviewed Mandy Schipke, CEO of Novum+ and Lars Fallant, CEO of TRICERA Energy.
“With flexible and modular battery storage systems, we want to support the energy transition to 100% regenerative energy supply!” says TRICERA energy GmbH.
The #SolarButterfly interviewed TRICERA energy GmbH is a young company working with an extremely experienced team in the battery storage industry. In the past, their employees have decisively shaped the European battery market. TRICERA is specialized in the fields of development, planning and construction for medium to large scale battery storage systems.
Learn more about TRICERA: https://tricera.energy/
“With the help of artificial intelligence, we determine the state of charge, current capacity and expected service life. Whenever and wherever you want. Within seconds!” says Novum+ engineering GmbH.
200 years after the invention of the battery, energy storage devices are still sorted out, thrown away and incinerated without being checked. With the help of patented tools and artificial intelligence, Novum determines the functionality, capacity and lifespan of your batteries.
In this way, this company ensures that energy storage devices of all kinds can be used longer and more intensively. And with a bit of luck even get a second or third life. In your own company or as part of large storage systems for wind turbines and solar systems.
Learn more about Novum: https://novum-engineering.com/
#81 Natural Wood-Straw Elements and Energy Savings
“Wood-straw elements are far superior to conventional building materials in all physical building parameters – thanks to nature!” says Lorenz GmbH. The #SolarButterfly interviewed Thorsten Gericke and Rainer K. Schmid from Lorenz GmbH.
The mechanically prefabricated wood-thatch system is suitable for the construction of new buildings and for the heat and cold insulation of existing buildings.
Due to the mechanical prefabrication, the DD series combines consistently high dimensional accuracy with an exactly specified pressing pressure of the straw – right into the corners.
Learn more: https://lorenzsysteme.de/
#80 Replacing Petrol Generators in Africa
The #SolarButetrfly interviewed Thomas Gottschalk, Head of A2EI, Entrepreneur for off-grid energy in rural areas.
Access to Energy Institute (A2EI) strives to become the collaborative and non profit research and development Institute that will advance the solar revolution in developing countries. It will primarily deliver solar power solutions and appliances specifically for small businesses.
A2EI will serve the entire decentralized solar industry. Its core resources are a dual A2EI Lab structure that combines the best customer centered development in East Africa and engineering expertise in Berlin.
Learn more: https://a2ei.org/
#79 Flexible and Affordable Mobility Solutions
The #SolarButterfly interviewed Frank Vesper, Head of Business Development at wheego. Among the mobility providers there are many different car rental companies, rental car providers, van rental companies, car subscription providers, leasing companies and car sharing providers. You can rent, share, subscribe or lease a car from them – but there are hardly any providers who conveniently offer you all products from a single source.
Wheego is convinced – only with this company you get a transparent offer for cars and vans at an affordable price for all your mobility needs, regardless of whether in car sharing (wheego SHARE), in car rental with stations (wheego RENT) or in long-term rental or car subscription (wheego AUTO ABO).
It couldn’t be cheaper and more transparent than renting a car with wheego. Just simply choose whether you want to rent a vehicle in RENT, SHARE or AUTO ABO. Start the ride for minutes, days, weekends, weeks or up to 24 months.
Learn more: https://www.wheego-mobility.com/en
#78 Capturing Wind Energy With Kites
How kites can work for #sustainability? How is is possible to save 90% on steel and concrete and improve your CO₂ footprint?
The #SolarButterfly interviewed Florian Breipohl, Project Manager and Fundraiser at EnerKite GmbH.
EnerKíte is a #sustainble #company which has a high-tech kite system consisting of three main components: a stunt kite, specially-designed cables and a control cabin. In order to generate reliable electricity, the kites climb beyond the height of wind turbines.
Their airborne wind energy systems deliver twice the annual yield in comparison to a conventional wind turbine of the same rated power. Around 80 % of the world’s land area offers sufficient wind for the economic operation of an EnerKíte plant.
Learn more: https://enerkite.de/en/
#77 Sustainable Shopping Community
The #SolarButterfly interviewed Fabian Mischler, the CEO of ooblee.
Ooblee is a social marketplace, created by local shops and their customers. Together they preserve what shopping means – strolling, interaction, and the joy of landing a good deal. ooblee is theirforum in the dull world of e-commerce.
We all shop online. But let’s give a hand to the local brick-and-mortar stores that always open their doors to ooblee who gives you online access to their offerings and special deals.
Learn more: https://ooblee.de/
#76 Statements For Sustainability From The 3D Printer
Chirs Koch is the CEO of International Collaboration Company (ICC GmbH) and he told us about 3D printing, injection molding processes and individual products his company develops for their customers. For example, promotional and decorative items, jewelery collections through to hardware store or drugstore containers.
They use and sell sustainable, bio-based and/or recycled production materials, e.g. filament from innovative manufacturers for your 3D printer.
ICC GmbH is a social for-profit company. As an innovative provider of recycled plastic products, we are working on a sustainable circular economy in Germany and East Africa using 3D printing and industrial injection molding, thereby combating the causes of flight.
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