UK could create 1.2m green manufacturing and construction jobs
11 October 2021 Around 1.2 million green jobs could be created in the UK’s manufacturing and construction sectors by 2050 – but only if the Government provides the… Read More
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Siemens and UK university plan ‘smartest campus’
14 September 2021 Siemens has joined forces with the UK’s University of Birmingham to make its Edgbaston and Dubai campuses the world’s smartest, using a combination of digital… Read More
Efficiency of 105MW two-pole motor will exceed 98%
13 August 2021 Siemens Large Drives Applications (LDA) is building a “world-leading” 105MW two-pole motor-generator with an efficiency of more than 98% for use in a Chinese energy… Read More
US motor-maker buys two UK firms to form a transport division
8 June 2021 The Californian motor developer Turntide Technologies, has acquired two UK businesses, Hyperdrive Innovation and the engineering technical centre business of BorgWarner Gateshead, and plans to… Read More
Rockwell invests in PCB motor firm in $40m funding round
26 May 2021 Rockwell Automation has taken an equity stake in the Texan motor developer and manufacturer, Infinitum Electric, as part of a $40m funding round that takes… Read More
Downey and Gates invest in switched reluctance developer
30 March 2021 Investment funds set up by the actor Robert Downey Jr and Microsoft founder Bill Gates and are among the latest investors in the Californian motor… Read More
Dedicated HVAC drive is ‘amongst the smallest in its class’
8 March 2021 The Welsh drives-maker Nidec Control Techniques has added a dedicated HVAC drive to its Specialist family of industry-specific drives. The high-efficiency (up to 98%) H300… Read More
Efficient motors and drives ‘could hit 40% of Paris climate goals’
2 March 2021 ABB has published a White Paper arguing that high-efficiency motors and VSDs (variable-speed drives) could by themselves achieve more than 40% of the reduction in… Read More
Motor material ‘could eliminate ten 1GW power plants’
4 January 2021 Researchers at Toshiba in Japan have developed a new magnetic material that, they say, will deliver major improvements in electric motor efficiencies at low cost… Read More
Revamped ETL site makes it easier to find efficient products
22 December 2020 The UK Government has upgraded its Energy Technology List (ETL) Web site to simplify the purchasing of energy-efficient products including high-efficiency motors and variable-speed drives. Read More
