Dracula Technologies unveils green MicroPower factory
This factory is poised to manufacture an impressive annual output of up to 150 million square centimeters of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices.
Dear Readers,
A new section has been introduced in this newsletter. In addition to featuring articles on scientific research and opportunities, we are pleased to incorporate content related to climate change.
We are also thrilled to unveil the inauguration of the "Green MicroPower Factory," a cutting-edge, fully automated facility. Boasting the distinction of being the largest of its kind in Europe, with an expansive area of 2500 square meters, this factory is poised to manufacture an impressive annual output of up to 150 million square centimeters of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices.
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The Dracula Team
📚 Great reads
Scientific articles
Extracting water from air is a promising route to address the global challenge of water scarcity. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH) has the capability of capturing water from air anytime and anywhere. However, low water production is a long-standing challenge for realizing efficient SAWH. Here we report a facile strategy to synthesize bidirectionally aligned and hierarchically structured nanocomposite (BHNC) for scalable and efficient SAWH. Read more…
Prolonged hydrogen production by engineered green algae photovoltaic power stations - Open Access
Interest in securing energy production channels from renewable sources is higher than ever due to the daily observation of the impacts of climate change. A key renewable energy harvesting strategy achieving carbon neutral cycles is artificial photosynthesis. Solar-to-fuel routes thus far relied on elaborately crafted semiconductors, undermining the cost-efficiency of the system. Furthermore, fuels produced required separation prior to utilization. Read more…
An African perspective on the Water-Energy-Food nexus - Open Access
There is a need to address resource security and distributional justice in developing countries. People need water, energy, and food to sustain their livelihoods, grow economies, and achieve sustainable development. The interactions between these resource sectors form the crux of water-energy-food (WEF) nexus assessments. In this study, we have utilised the WEF Nexus Index to analyse the WEF nexus of 54 African nations. The results from the analysis were used to illustrate the opportunities and constraints for future development. Generally, African countries are performing sub-optimally in the WEF Nexus Index due to the insecurity of water, energy and/or food. Read more…
Health assessment of rice cultivated and harvested from plasma-irradiated seeds - Open Access
This study provides the health effects assessment of rice cultivated from plasma-irradiated seeds. The rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivated from seeds with plasma irradiation showed a growth improvement (slope-ratios of with plasma to without plasma were 1.066, 1.042, and 1.255 for tiller, and earing, and ripening periods, respectively) and an 4% increase in yield. The cultivated rice was used for repeated oral administrations to mice for 4-week period. Distilled water and rice cultivated from seeds without plasma irradiation were also used as control. Read more…
Application and performance of a Low Power Wide Area Sensor Network for distributed remote hydrological measurements - Open Access
Communication distances of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are greatly limited in settings where vegetation coverage is moderate or dense, and power consumption can be an issue in remote environmental settings. A newer innovative technology called “Low Power Wide Area Sensor Networks” (LPWAN) is capable of greater communication distances while consuming less power than traditional WSNs. This research evaluates the design and in-field performance of a LPWAN configuration in headwater catchments to measure environmental variables. Read more…
Climate related researches
Northern sentinels track Earth's fastest-changing regions - Open Access
Philippe Archambault has spent years studying how climate change affects ecosystem function and biodiversity in Arctic waters. But Archambault, a marine biologist at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, had a question he couldn’t answer alone.
Archambault’s ecosystem modeling and field work had suggested that retreating ice cover allows more sunlight to penetrate Arctic waters and enhance the growth of kelp, which could offer benefits ranging from carbon sequestration to a traditional food and income source for local communities. Now he needed a way to directly measure and map the diversity of kelp growing along more than 162,000 kilometres of remote and ever-changing Arctic coastline Read more…
Drought and heat reduce forest carbon uptake - Open Access
Climate extremes threaten the land carbon sink and it is important to understand their impact in a changing climate. A recent study provides new insights on reduced forest carbon uptake during the severe 2022 drought and heatwave across Europe. Read more…
Climate warming accelerates somatic growth of an Arctic fish species in high-latitude lakes - Open Access
High-latitude aquatic ecosystems are responding to rapid climate warming. A longer ice-free season with higher water temperatures may accelerate somatic growth in lake ectotherms, leading to widespread ecological implications. In fish, rising temperatures are expected to boost rates of food intake and conversion, and predictions based on empirical relationships between temperature and growth suggest a substantial increase in fish growth rates during the last decades. Fish abundance negatively affects growth by limiting food availability. Read more…
Energy Harvesting and IoT Market opportunities
Dracula Technologies unveils green MicroPower factory
Dracula Technologies announces its new "Green MicroPower Factory"—a state-of-the-art, fully automated facility. The largest of its kind in Europe (2500 m²), this factory will produce up to 150 million cm² of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices per year, using inkjet printing to simultaneously lower costs and increase customization.
Dracula Technologies' new facility will cater to high-volume IoT customers from early 2024, while also preparing to license its technology. Read More…
Graphene Market & 2D Materials Assessment 2024-2034: Technologies, Markets, Players
Granular ten-year graphene market forecasts for 18 key application areas, data-driven application assessment, & benchmarking studies. 150+ companies interviewed, profiles for 80+ key players included, & market research on graphene for over 10 years. Read More…
💡 Learning Content
LAYER® your sustainable alternative to batteries
Discover LAYER®, our printed organic photovoltaic technology. Its areas of application focus on powering low-power intelligent devices (IoT), specifically in indoor environments.
Examples on Energy Harvesting and how to use it for Smart Home Devices
This week I'm exploring the world of energy harvesting based on a recent stay at a friend's house where they had switches without wires and batteries. Their setup used switches that did not use any power source, instead they use some of the mechanical energy that you input by pressing the switch to generate a small amount of electricity and send a signal to a receiver, indicating that the switch is pressed.
I additionally explore how we can generate some electricity with a piezo element as well as go into details of making a peltier based thermoelectric generator that even generates enough energy to spin a DC motor for quite some time. These examples can be used to power some device that can then send data to a receiver and we can act upon it to trigger certain appliances or events.
Mastering Maximum Power Point Tracking: MATLAB Coding for Optimal Solar Energy Harvesting
2023 InnovaTalk #7: Smart Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage
📅 Events to consider this month
Events to attend this month: list of exciting events, webinars, and videos for you to explore this month.
November, 2: The Future of Automotive Radar
From this webinar the viewer can expect to learn:
The emerging demands on radar from developing autonomous vehicle technologies
What a 4D imaging radar is and why it is needed
What routes are available to create 4D imaging radar
How radar technologies and implementations are diverging
Who the leading suppliers in 4D imaging radar are
November, 13-14: International Conference on Energy Harvesting Technology - Digital Program
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Learn More….
November, 16: How Autonomous and Connected Vehicles Unlock Convenience and Safety
Within this webinar, the viewer can expect to learn:
The current deployment of SAE level 3 technologies on the road
The next steps in the development of level 3 technologies
How autonomous vehicles can contribute to improved safety
How connected technologies are the end game for automotive safety
What connected features are already being used in cars
What an SDV is and how it links to connectivity, autonomy and more.
Novembre, 23-24: International Conference on Energy and Green Computing
The International Conference on Energy and Green Computing (ICEGC) focusing on the latest researches, developments, advances and new technologies in the fields of Energy Engineering, Engineering Technologies. Learn More…
November, 28: The Next Five Years of Quantum Technology: Hype vs. Reality
In this webinar, IDTechEx will break down the quantum technology market and demystify some of the hype versus reality surrounding quantum computing, sensing and communications technology. The following themes will be addressed:
What is the state of the quantum technology market in 2023?
Quantum Computing: Benchmarking friends and foes
Quantum Sensing: Sensitivity vs. SWAP-C
Quantum Communications: Trading on trust
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