by Mike Sheppard | 2020, July, 9 | Commercial Vehicles, Mike Sheppard, Off-Highway Vehicles
The unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the transportation industry will be felt at varying degrees of intensity throughout 2020 and even through 2022, for certain sectors. Find out what it can mean for any of our six vehicle categories in the latest update of...
by Rida Arshad, Mike Sheppard | 2020, April, 23 | Analyst, Analyst Impression, Energy Storage, EVSE, Mike Sheppard, Thought Piece
With the upward surge of intermittent variable renewable energy sources, Energy Storage has become one of the most pressing and talked about solutions in the energy industry today. In addition, increased ‘electrification’ in our society, and the rise of distributed...
by Saqib Saeed, Hassan Zaheer | 2018, September, 11 | Conference Review, EVSE, Mike Sheppard, Saqib Saeed, Switchgear, Transformers
Power Technology Research (PTR) had the opportunity to visit CIGRE 2018, held in Paris, France which took place from August 26-31. During the last CIGRE, PTR had followed four of the key trends: Eco design of equipment; maintenance, refurbishment, and life time; real...
by Mike Sheppard, Saqib Saeed | 2018, August, 17 | Mike Sheppard, Saqib Saeed, Switchgear, Thought Piece, Transformers, White Paper
Image Source: ABB https://new.abb.com/provider-information Role of FACTS devices in the grid stability is becoming critical as the generation mix is tipping away from conventional power generation sources. Even though strict grid codes are enforced by the Transmission...
by Mike Sheppard | 2018, August, 10 | Analyst Impression, EVSE, Mike Sheppard
3D printing the next generation of batteries. Impression: The density problem Last week, some interesting news came out of Carnegie Mellon University about a development in the 3D printing of battery electrodes which immediately raised eyebrows across PTR. Although we...
by Mike Sheppard, Saqib Saeed | 2018, June, 6 | Conference Review, EVSE, Mike Sheppard, Saqib Saeed
Power Technology Research was invited to speak at The Battery Show Europe. We gave two presentations during the conference. One on the topic of “EV Charging Standards and EVSE Market Overview” and the other one on “The Business of Batteries in EVs...
