7 cool sustainable packages to try: Edible cups, bamboo lip balm tubes and more
GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2023
There are a host of innovations in compostable packaging. Here are some of my favorites, and why.
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GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2023
There are a host of innovations in compostable packaging. Here are some of my favorites, and why.
GreenBiz
MAY 24, 2021
Infinite Cooling. Much of the water used in industrial cooling towers at manufacturing sites or power plants leaves the facility as high-density water vapor. Design & Packaging. Making an alternative possible, Impossible Materials has manufactured a safe bio-based colorant from cellulose. Spintex Engineering. Pull Quote.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 19, 2021
Designed and built by CoMak Tiny Homes in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this tiny home on wheels packs a ton of cool features into a pretty small package.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
GEA, a specialist in supplying high-tech processing, packaging and refrigeration kit for the food industry, has teamed up with German company AGO to supply the Absorption Chiller for Mackie’s plant. The post Sponsored content: Green chiller is cool choice first appeared on Envirotec. www.gea.com.
Charged
APRIL 15, 2022
The second-generation SiC 1,200 V, 80 milliohm MOSFET module is housed in the SOT-227 package, and is available in a 10 A parallel diode version as well as without a parallel diode. The SOT-227 package is one of the best fully isolated power semiconductor packages around.
Charged
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Designed for battery cooling fans and HVAC systems in EVs and hybrids, the A89307 offers ultra-low noise and vibration by using a Field Oriented Control (FOC) algorithm to drive continuous sinusoidal current to the load. The A89307 is available in a 28L wettable flank quad-flat no-leads package. “EV Source: Allegro.
Charged
JANUARY 30, 2025
Part of DGeos line of Obexion protective packaging, Obexion FR can be easily stored (on fire trucks and other emergency vehicles) and transported to mitigate the risk of thermal runaway. Obexion FR extracts heat from its surroundings, triggering an ongoing release of water, which cools the battery.
GreenTechMedia
MAY 21, 2020
The European Union is planning a 15-gigawatt renewable energy tender and auctions for green hydrogen projects as part of a trillion-dollar Green Deal package, according to draft proposals leaked this week. The draft Green Deal Recovery package also mentions efforts to reduce electrolyzer costs.
Charged
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Using active power components in advanced, isolated packaging addresses the high-power charging challenges by enabling higher power density and significantly reducing the efforts in thermal management in circuit designs. Handling higher power requires advanced packaging of high-power semiconductors.
Charged
APRIL 7, 2025
and NV6428 (50 m RSS(ON) typ) in thermally enhanced, top-side-cooled TOLT-16L (Transistor Outline Leaded Topside-cooled) packaging. Initial parts are the NV1702 dual, independent-channel, digital, isolated bi-directional GaN gate driver and the NV1701 half-bridge GaN digital isolator in SOIC-16N and SOIC-14W packages.
Charged
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Here’s a closer look at the evolution of EV battery technology: Cell-Module-Pack (CMP) designs package individual cells together inside modules, a method that has dominated the market due to its durability, ease of assembly, and serviceability. Adhesives offer a range of benefits that make them vital to EV battery production.
GreenBiz
APRIL 21, 2021
Vehicles such as the big rigs that carry goods across state lines, vans that drop off packages at your front door, garbage trucks that pick up our waste or the forklifts that move pallets across the floor in warehouses. Tesla's Model Y is cool. But electrifying the long tail of commercial transportation is just as awesome. (If
Clean Energy Canada
JANUARY 7, 2025
Research by Clean Energy Canada found that a family in Toronto could save $550 a year by switching to a heat pump for heating and cooling. The new package of rebates offers something for almost every Ontarian looking to save money and energy. Currently it is suggested the rebate would cover up to 30% of the cost of a heat pump.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2020
Battery packs contain components such as cooling, sensors and battery management systems that, if more open, could allow engineers and designers to optimize storage and layout for energy efficiency. Design & Packaging. If we can tap into the battery itself, we can further innovate for more efficiency. Pull Quote. Electric Vehicles.
Charged
MAY 30, 2022
The system includes a Flo-Torq gear pump packaged with an axial flux motor and controller from Omni’s Magelec subsidiary. The overall package length of 11.8 Featuring a Magelec M17 air-cooled motor with a SAE B mount connection, the complete package weighs 17.6 pounds).
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 29, 2025
On the packaging front, businesses must phase out single-use plastics. Cloud computing relies on sprawling data centers that consume enormous amounts of electricity and water for cooling systems. Data centers should invest in closed-loop cooling systems to recycle water and minimize waste. million flights.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Department of Energy study indicates that geothermal heat pumps, which capture the steady temperatures of underground air to heat homes in winter and cool them in summer, could cost-effectively replace fossil-fuel- and electric-powered heating and air conditioning in up to 28 million homes.
Charged
JUNE 1, 2020
Options for cooling, inverters and limited-slip differential are also available. The package size is 441 mm x 384 mm x 228 mm. With multiple installation points and the ability to site the inverter and cooling packs separately, the HPD can fit in a wide range of vehicles. Deliveries will commence in August 2020. Weighing 49.9
Business Green
JULY 27, 2022
The "massive" tree planting package is aimed at protecting and future-proofing London against the worsening impacts of climate change, and comes in response to the record-breaking 40C temperatures across England which led to a spate of devastating fires across the capital last week. The Mayor of London has pledged a further £3.1m
Charged
JULY 6, 2022
It’s available in fan-cooled or liquid-cooled versions. The charger’s protections include OVP, OCP, SCP, OTP and UVLO as well as an IP66-rated package. The new charger features an operating temperature range of -40 to 60 degrees Celsius and a storage temperature range of -40 to 85 degrees. Source: Green Watt Power.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 11, 2021
Solvay repurposes wastewater from dairy production in the United Arab Emirates to cool cows in arid fields. Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market. UAE, Switzerland and France.
Charged
MAY 10, 2023
Freecor EV Multi 10 is designed specifically as an EV coolant, as it protects motor seals, cools power electronics and works with other vehicle parts. Its organic additive package shields the battery cooling plates, power electronic heat sinks and the combustion engine in hybrids.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Pump supplier KSB will be exhibiting at this year’s IFAT (4–8 May 2020), and a particular highlight will be the firm’s new Amarex KRT range of submersible motor pumps featuring jacket-cooled drives. The motor is cooled via a closed circuit which avoids contact between the circulating water-glycol mixture and the fluid handled.
Charged
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Compared to silicon IGBTs, the company says its MOSFETs switch faster with lower losses, enabling system-level benefits through reduced size, weight and cooling requirements. The devices are now available in a TO-247-3L package, and will also be available in a TO-247-4L package and a series of modules.
Charged
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Combining Sensata’s current production contactor, fuse, and controller components into a smaller package, the new boxes are custom-designed for specific vehicle requirements. Sensata’s cooling and temperature control technology directly interfaces to the busbars and provides cooling efficiency within tight space constraints.
Charged
MARCH 12, 2024
Yes, the company built an electric version of the Ford F-250 pickup truck, and yes, it’s a pretty cool ride. The all-electric pickup features a novel temperature control system that uses the vehicle’s radiator to cool the electric axle, to cool or heat the battery pack, and to heat the passenger cabin to boot.
Charged
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The MP21 electric motor is a liquid-cooled axial flux motor that’s designed to offer high torque and power density in a compact package. The new powertrain offers a flexible motor design that offers positional choices for mounting inverters, HV cabling and cooling ports. Maximum input speed is 7,000 rpm.
ThinkGeoEnergy
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is seeking expressions of interest from qualified consultants to develop a model for delivering a sustainable, affordable, and reliable heating and cooling system in Kyrgyzstan using 5th Generation Networked Ground Source Heat Pumps (NGSHP) technology.
Charged
MARCH 26, 2021
The new and improved Xcelsior CHARGE NG incorporates three distinct technology advancements: a next-generation battery pack extends range up to 13%; new protective battery packaging makes installation and service easier; and a new lightweight electric traction drive system is capable of up to 90% energy recovery.
ThinkGeoEnergy
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is seeking expressions of interest from qualified consulting firms to develop a model for delivering a sustainable; affordable; and reliable heating and cooling system using 5th Generation Networked Ground Source Heat Pumps (NGSHP) technology in Jordan and Pakistan.
Charged
JULY 25, 2022
With a complete range of modular solutions, we are able to offer to our customers more flexibility in terms of packaging, cooling system design and energy storage.”. Razvan Panati, Head of Power Electronics Technology for Marelli’s Vehicle Electrification Division.
Charged
JANUARY 29, 2021
Omni Powertrain has introduced a new series of parallel-shaft gearboxes that address cost, performance and packaging needs for off-highway applications, including turf equipment, mobile elevating work platforms, material handling and general construction equipment. Helical ground gears are included in the drives. Source: Omni Powertrain.
Charged
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
The design builds on BorgWarner’s cooling technology, which enables a reduced semiconductor area. The system also offers greater durability and enhanced packaging thanks to its compact, patented power switch that is cooled on both sides and uses no wire bonds.
Charged
MAY 8, 2020
Equipped with 192 kWh of high-energy-density, liquid-cooled battery storage in a package that can be installed in a vehicle or trailer for mobile deployment, Lightning Mobile is designed to provide on-demand roadside charging.
Charged
DECEMBER 21, 2022
New Flyer’s latest Xcelsior CHARGE NG bus incorporates three distinct technological improvements over the previous model, including new batteries that extend range up to 13%, protective battery packaging for easy installation and simpler serviceability, and a new lightweight electric drive system that can achieve up to 90% energy recovery.
Charged
AUGUST 21, 2020
Instead, it features a concentric design with outputs on the same axis as the electric motor, which results in a more compact package. Also, BorgWarner designed and packaged an integrated park module, along with a cooling and lubrication solution to provide thermal management to the whole iDM system, all within one compact assembly.
Charged
DECEMBER 27, 2021
ST will offer the devices in bare dice form, discrete power packages such as STPAK, H2PAK-7L, HiP247-4L, HU3PAK, and power modules of the ACEPACK family. Design features include strategically-placed cooling tabs that simplify connection to base plates and heat spreaders.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
kW liquid-cooled charger with CAN communications and an operating temperature range of -40° to 85° C. Green Watt Power says the fully-potted package has an IP67 rating. It will be available starting in November of 2022. The Emerald Charger, or EVC-420-6600, is a 6.6 The Emerald Charger’s overall size is 11.7 inches, and it weighs 6 kg.
Charged
JUNE 24, 2020
Hyundai and Kia say their battery pack water-cooling system yields further increases in range without increasing physical dimensions. EV battery cells can be packaged more tightly, as water-cooling channels take up less space than air-cooling channels, increasing battery density by up to 35 percent.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2023
AUMA Actuators Limited – part of the AUMA Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of modular electric actuators – generates electricity from 178 photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof of its Clevedon warehouse, whilst heating and cooling is generated using electric air-source heat pumps. But our commitment doesn’t end there.
Charged
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
The Land Rover Defender EV conversion packages are available for all pre-2016 Defender 90, 110 and 127 models. The E62 kit packs a 62 kWh battery pack supplying a 120 kW water-cooled motor, and promises a real-world range of 120 miles in mixed driving. Land Rover Defender. There are three variants. Each features a 150 kW motor.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
With dedicated rotor cooling channels, the rotor windings are cooled from the slot bodies, closest to the thermal losses, producing higher efficiency. Unlike a brush system, the inductive system is highly efficient, reduces packaging space, and is not limited to a dry environment. Reserve your spot—it’s free!
Charged
AUGUST 31, 2021
The electric currents that flow through these vehicles generate extreme heat, often in small areas that can be difficult to keep cool. So, what do we need to do to ensure our electric vehicles keep their cool? What needs to be cooled in an electrified vehicle? How to keep it cool: the components.
Charged
DECEMBER 6, 2020
The system includes a 350 hp regenerative AC dynamometer, 350-700 VDC programmable battery simulator, a cooling circuit with chiller and digital controller, vibration measurement, data acquisition and MAE’s TestCell software package tailored to meet the customer’s unique needs.
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