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#Solar will remain the energy sector’s fastest-growing sub-segment, says a Bloomberg Intelligence report, which suggests that demand could soar by 30-40% in 2023.  The good news for the solar sector follows a record 2022, when global solar capacity expanded by about 38%.  Electronics distributor Avnet Abacus recently published data showing that the number of UK solar companies listed on Crunchbase continues to grow year-on-year and in 2022 total investment in the sector was $362 million (around £286 million), with a mean average funding round of $40.2 million (£32 million).  The Bloomberg report added that profitability metrics for solar companies could also improve with cheaper lower input costs and supply chain constraints.   Rob Barnett, BI Senior #cleanenergy Energy Analyst, said: “Global solar demand may rise about 30-40% in 2023 with industry revenues increasing about 35%. Despite such fast top-line growth, solar share prices have trailed this year relative to the overall mark

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share: UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SBS & SEBS THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS? Over half a century ago, as I watched a fellow research student produce fascinating colours in his reaction vessel, as he prepared block copolymers using anionic polymerisation, little did I realise I was witnessing the dawn of a new class of materials —thermoplastic elastomers (TPE). Using this system it was possible to construct precise polymer chains, with a sequence of styrene repeat units, tagged onto a sequence of butadiene repeat units and finished off with another block of styrene units. This gave a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS). It was soon discovered that, at ambient temperatures (below the glass transition temperature of polystyrene) the styrene block tails aggregate in clusters (domains) to act as rigid physical crosslinks. This maximises the high elastic properties of the butadiene block. At elevated temperatures the styrene domains disentangle and t

Unwinding in high quality: Continuously detached and recycled thermoplastic carbon fibre tapes with a new recycling approach. The sales market for plastic products is growing. At the same time, however, the environmental impact of non-degradable plastics is increasing and requires new recycling strategies. At the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen, researchers have developed a novel recycling process to recover the fibre composite material of used pressure tanks in a peeling process and reuse it for new lightweight products. The aim is to recycle fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) without any significant loss of product quality. The Fraunhofer team has now succeeded in doing so in the “Tankcycling” research project: Over 90 percent of the mechanical strength properties are retained in the recycled material. Fibre-reinforced pressure tanks – light and stable Since hydrogen is regarded as the energy storage medium of the future and since this odorless gas has to be

TYPE 4 COMPOSITE CNG/H2 CYLINDER PROJECT REPORT is available on a competitive pricing-Moving Toward a user friendly and a safer environment. This report has covered the following topics: ■An overview landscape of the market ■Global Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) market ■ Latest technological advancements in Type 3/4 COMPOSITE CNG Cylinder market ■ Merger & Acquisition  ■ Major players share ■ Investment structure ■ Standards ■ costing and certification ■ Automotive Type 4 CNG/H2 Composite cylinder market in India and the rest of the world ■ Bulk transportation Type 4 CNG Composite cylinder market in India and the rest of the world ■ Swot analysis ■ The durability of the Type 4 Composite CNG cylinder ■ Initial Project cost to set up CNG/H2 manufacturing line ■ Strategic Model followed by the KEY PLAYERS ■ Economic efficiency & safety,  ■ The Future Trends in Composite CNG/HYDROGEN Cylinder market Interested companies/Professionals do write to me at rosaram211@gmail.com to get more

Polar Technology Management Group Ltd has developed a novel concept in hydrogen storage and is working with Moog Controls to develop an integrated hydrogen storage and management solution termed “Hydrogen in a Box”. The system benefits are based around optimal packaging efficiency, gravimetric efficiency and the ability to integrate valves and control systems into one optimised solution. A six-month long technology evaluation process has been completed and test hardware will now be manufactured. The design has been evaluated as Type 3 and Type 4 version for both 350Bar and 700Bar applications. Kieran Burley, Lead Engineer at Polar Technology  said “This is a very exciting time to be working on hydrogen storage solutions, there are so many opportunities for innovation, optimization and integration. Combining novel design solutions along with innovative manufacturing processes we can package hydrogen storage efficiently in a series of co-dependent chambers forming a storage bank, rather