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Summary
- China's Chery Auto unveils electric car: company
- Japan airline in world first 'camelina' biofuel test flight
- Ford Escape Hybrid recognized as best new family vehicle by Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com
- Ford receives Michigan tax credits for future electric vehicles battery development
- Can algae save the world again?
- First carbon-free polar station opens in Antarctica
- Mexico turns toward alternative energy
- Oil crosses over into the ethanol business
- Biofuels may speed up, not slow global warming
- Biofuels study sees 90 billion gallons by 2030
- MGP Ingredients to end ethanol production
- Spain, Portugal to set up renewable energy research centre
- 7th annual Advanced Capacitors World Summit 2009
- The plan of exhibitors in EVER Monaco 2009
- Daimler Sustainability Newsletter 2008 (PDF)
Videos
- Electric Motor News Issue n° 3 - 2009
- Motor News Issue n° 3 - 2009
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A Chinese automotive worker, seen here on December 7, 2007, prepares a 4 cylinder engine for a Chery
China's Chery Auto unveils
electric car: company
Source: AFP
Shanghai, China. February 20, 2009 (AFP) - China's largest independent carmaker Chery Automobile rolled off its first plug-in electric car this week, the latest Chinese automotive company to produce an alternative energy vehicle.
The all-electric car, S18, can go up to 150 kilometres (93 miles) on one charge and has a maximum speed of 120 kilometres (72 miles) an hour, the company said in a statement.
The battery can be fully charged within six hours using a 220-volt home outlet, while 80 percent of the battery can be charged within 30 minutes, it said. "The price will be very suitable for families," Yuan Tao, vice president of Chery said, without offering details.
It was also unclear when the car would be available to buy.
Unlike another Chinese carmaker, the BYD Co, which began selling its plug-in electric hybrid car in China in December, the Chery has not given the S18 the option of running on petrol.
BYD's plug-in hybrid, named the F3DM, can travel 100 kilometres on its battery, or 580 kilometres in hybrid mode with petrol.
Domestic manufacturers of clean vehicles are likely to get a boost from the government in the form of a policy package to help the car industry through the global economic crisis.
China's Ministry of Finance said Tuesday the government planned to subsidise purchases of alternative energy vehicles to expand domestic demand, boost the domestic car industry and reduce pollution emissions.
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Ford Escape Hybrid recognized as best
new family vehicle
by Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com
* Editors of Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com today named the 2009 FordEscape Hybrid one of its "2009 Best New Family Vehicles."
* Kbb.com editors praised the 2009 Escape Hybrid's improved - morepowerful and more efficient - gas-electric powertrain and its fueleconomy rating of 34 mpg in the city.
* In addition to five-passenger seating and plenty of cargo storage,the 2009 Escape Hybrid offers families a host of safe, smart andgreen technologies.
Dearborn, Michigan. USA. February 17, 2009 - Editors of Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com today named the 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid one of its "2009 Best New FamilyVehicles."
"After undergoing a major overhaul for the 2008 model year, the Ford Escape Hybrid is improved again for 2009 with a more powerful and more efficient gas-electric powertrain," said Jack R. Nerad, executive editorial director and executive market analyst for Kelley Blue Book and kbb.com. "Its fuel economy rating of 34 miles per gallon in the city is even better than that of the Toyota Camry Hybrid."
According to Nerad, the kbb.com editors considered factors such as resale value, capability and kid-friendliness when choosing this year's list of the top 10 best cars for families, but extra emphasis was placed
on fuel economy.
"Gas prices have dropped sharply from their record highs, but the sluggish economy is now dictating smart spending with a focus on overall value," he said. "Given the current state of the economy, parents want
to get even greater value for their money while buying a new vehicle that also will accommodate their family's lifestyle and needs."
Not only is the Ford Escape Hybrid the most fuel-efficient SUV on the planet, it also offers families the perfect combination of value and versatility, says Ford Hybrid Marketing Manager David Finnegan.
"The Escape Hybrid offers the convenience and flexibility that many families need in an ultra fuel-efficient vehicle," he said. "You can fit five passengers plus a lot of cargo, such as sporting and camping
equipment. It's a fully functional SUV that happens to be a hybrid as well."
Safety - an important consideration for families - comes standard on the Escape Hybrid.
All vehicles are equipped with AdvanceTrac® with Roll Stability Control®; Safety Canopy™ side air curtain technology which offers protection for the first and second seating rows; Personal Safety System®, which includes new dual-stage front air bags for the driver and front-seat passenger, side air bags and a front passenger sensor system; tire pressure monitoring system; and the LATCH (Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children) system for rear seating positions.
"Entertainment and connectivity also are important factors for families to consider," said Finnegan.
Along with SYNC, the Escape Hybrid offers features such as SIRIUS® Satellite Radio and Voice-Activated Navigation with SIRIUS® Travel Link™.
In addition to being kid-friendly, the Escape Hybrid is environmentally friendly, meeting strict Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (SULEV II) and Advanced Technology Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT-PZEV) standards.
The 2009 model features new comfort-designed seats with soy-based foam that substitutes for petroleum-based products to conserve limited resources and reduce CO2 emissions.
Eco-friendly seat fabrics made from post-industrial 100 percent recycled materials also are offered on the Escape.
"Customers can be environmentally responsible and still have a vehiclethat provides the utility of an SUV and is fun to drive," said Finnegan.
Earning a spot on kbb.com's exclusive list of "2009 Best New Family Vehicles" is not the only accolade the 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid has received. Ward's Automotive Group named Ford's redesigned Escape Hybrid
engine to its "2009 10 Best Engines" list. The vehicle also was recognized as "Best Crossover/SUV Value Under $28,000" by Intellichoice.com, a leading source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis.
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A pilot of Japan Airlines (JAL) looks at a jet engine of the JAL Boeing 747-300 aircraft which is decorated
Japan airline in world first 'camelina'
biofuel test flight
January 30, 2009. Tokyo, Japan. AFP. Japan Airlines (JAL) on Friday carried out the world's first successful test flight of a Boeing aeroplane run on biofuel made primarily of a non-food energy crop called camelina.
In a joint project with the United States' Boeing and engine maker Pratt and Whitney, JAL -- Asia's largest carrier -- conducted a demonstration flight of about 90 minutes.
One engine on the Boeing 747-300 aircraft, which took off from Tokyo's Haneda airport, was powered by biofuel mixed with conventional kerosene jet oil, the company said.
"No modifications to the aircraft or engine were required for biofuel," JAL said in a statement.
"Today is an extremely important day for Japan Airlines, for aviation, and for the environment," said JAL president Haruka Nishimatsu. "The demonstration flight brings us ever closer to finding a greener alternative to traditional petroleum-based fuel."
"When biofuels are produced in sufficient amounts to make them commercially viable, we hope to be one of the first airlines in the world to start powering our aircraft using them," he said.
The biofuel used in the flight is "a mixture of three second-generation biofuel feedstocks" of camelina, jatropha and algae, the airline said.
"Second-generation feedstocks do not compete with natural food or water resources and do not contribute to deforestation practices," the company said.
The JAL flight was Boeing's fourth project using biofuel.
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Ford receives Michigan tax credits for future electric vehicles battery development
* Ford receives $55 million incentive in refundable tax credits from Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to continue work in electric vehicle and battery development.
* Incentive will help accelerate Ford's recently announced aggressive electrification strategy, designed to bring four electrified vehicles to market by 2012.
Source: Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Michigan. USA. February 17, 2009 - Ford Motor Company received a $55 million incentive from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) for its work in advanced battery and electrical vehicle
development. Ford will receive refundable tax credits through the newMichigan Advanced Battery Credits initiative, announced today byGovernor Jennifer Granholm.
The first of its kind in the country, the law provides refundable tax credits to encourage companies to invest in electric vehicle engineering and advanced automotive battery research in Michigan.
"Ford appreciates Michigan's proactive positioning in support of these advanced technologies, which we believe are at the heart of a new generation of vehicles," said Curt Magleby, director, Government
Affairs. "Incentives to help concentrate research and engineering related to electric vehicles in Michigan will help position the state to become a leader in this emerging technology."
Approved by the Michigan Economic Growth Authority, the incentive will be used to accelerate Ford's plans to produce next-generation hybrids, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles.
"These promising technologies give us the opportunity to transform our transportation and energy future," said Nancy Gioia, director, Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs.
"Government support is essential to achieving the potential for electrified vehicles in the future. Michigan's groundbreaking program accelerates our ability to expand and focus our engineering and researchefforts here."
Ford's southeast Michigan operations already are home to some of the most advanced automotive research, technology and engineering development facilities in the world. This incentive will help ensure that research and development at Ford facilities in Michigan will play a key role in further enhancing this new technology.
Ford recently announced an aggressive electrification strategy to bring four new vehicles to market. Ford's electrification strategy involves three types of electrified vehicles - battery electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles - to provide consumers with significant fuel economy improvements and reduced CO2 emissions without compromising their driving experience.
Ford's new electrification strategy will deliver a suite of electrified vehicles to market by 2012, including:
* A full battery commercial Transit Connect van-type commercialvehicle in 2010.
* A full battery electric passenger car in 2011.
* Next-generation hybrid vehicles, including a plug-in version by 2012.
The electrification strategy builds on Ford's vision for bringing affordable technology to millions. It is designed to take advantage of rapid advancements in electrified vehicle technology - particularly
Lithium-ion batteries - while leveraging the scale of global vehicle platforms to bring the cost of new technology down.
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View of the Belgium's Princess Elisabeth polar station, received at a news conference on the first phase
First carbon-free polar station
opens in Antarctica
By Wendell Roelf
Princess Elisabeth Base, Antarctica (Reuters). February 17, 2009. The world's first zero-emission polar research station opened in Antarctica on Sunday and was welcomed by scientists as proof that alternative energy is viable even in the coldest regions.
Pioneers of Belgium's Princess Elisabeth station in East Antarctica said if a station could rely on wind and solar power in Antarctica -- mostly a vast, icy emptiness -- it would undercut arguments by skeptics that green power is not reliable.
"If we can build such a station in Antarctica we can do that elsewhere in our society. We have the capacity, the technology, the knowledge to change our world," Alain Hubert, the station's project director, told Reuters at the inauguration ceremony.
Global warming, spurred by greenhouse gas emissions, has prompted governments to look for alternative energy sources. And renewable energies are gaining a foothold in Antarctica, despite problems in designing installations to survive bone-chilling cold and winter darkness.
Wind and even solar power are catching on -- solar panels on the Antarctic Peninsula can collect as much energy in a year as many places in Europe. Thomas Leysen, chairman of Belgium's Umicore, a leading manufacturer of catalysts for cars who attended the ceremony, said it made good business sense for companies to help protect the environment.
"The global credit crisis is a result of unsustainable behavior. We can't deal in an unsustainable way with our planet otherwise we will also face a crisis which will be even bigger than the credit crisis," he said.
Constructed over two years, the steel-encased station uses micro-organisms and decomposition to enable scientists to re-use shower and toilet water up to five times before discarding it down a crevasse.
Wind turbines on the Utsteinen mountain ridge and solar panels on the bug-like, three-story building ensure the base has power and hot water. Even the geometry of windows help conserve energy.
Scientists monitoring global warming predict higher temperatures could hasten melting at Antarctica, the world's largest repository of fresh water, raising sea levels and altering shorelines. If Antarctica ever melted, world sea levels would rise by about 57 meters.
This will have affect some 146 million people living in low-lying coastal regions less than one meter above current sea levels, researchers said.
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said failure to reduce emissions by 50 to 85 percent by the middle of this century could be catastrophic.
"Globally we will be in a temperature increase zone that the earth has not known for the past two to three million years," he said.
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Oil crosses over into the ethanol business
Source: AP Energy Writer Dirk Lammers,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota. USA.. February 10, 2009. If federal renewable fuel mandates require ethanol to be mixed into gasoline, the nation's largest independent oil refiner figures it might as well just do it itself.
The ethanol industry is under duress partly due to overcapacity and biorefineries can now be had for pennies on the dollar.
Valero Energy Corp. became the first conventional energy company to test the waters last week, bidding $280 million for five ethanol plants owned by VeraSun Energy Corp., which is now under bankruptcy protection.
It would be the largest ethanol buyout in U.S. history in terms of production capacity, according to Raymond James & Associates.
Cory Garcia, a senior research associate with Raymond James, said it was only a matter of time before the petroleum industry got into ethanol, much like agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. did years ago.
"This is the first time we've seen a refiner get out there and do this," Garcia said. "If they're bullish long-term on the blending ability of ethanol, you can't beat this price."
The nation's renewable fuel standard ensures demand for ethanol by calling for 11.1 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into gasoline this year, with that number climbing to 36 billion gallons by 2022.
"To this point, we've just been buying it, not producing it," said Bill Day, Valero's spokesman. "But once we realized that ethanol is likely to remain an important part of the fuel mix here in the United States, we decided to start looking at opportunities to produce it as well."
The ethanol industry has been hammered during the past year by volatile commodities and shrinking profit margins.
Those market conditions pummeled the stocks of many smaller publicly traded companies and landed VeraSun, the nation's second largest producer, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Raymond James estimates that Valero is buying the plants for around 25 percent to 33 percent of book value.
"With all the plants and the capacity that they had, it was basically a fire sale at this point," Garcia said. "And Valero stepped in and got a very, very attractive price, in their opinion."
Valero during its history has taken advantage of opportunities created by distressed assets and bankruptcy filings, Day said.
"Right now, ethanol assets can be purchased at significant discount to what they would cost to build new because of the state of the industry," he said.
Valero's bid is for production facilities in Aurora, S.D.; Charles City, Fort Dodge, and Hartley, Iowa; and Welcome, Minn.; and a development site in Reynolds, Ind.
"The Valero bid suggests reports of ethanol's death are premature," said Oppenheimer Research analyst Joseph Gomes Jr.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based VeraSun owns 16 biorefineries with the total capacity to produce 1.4 billion gallons of ethanol annually, or about 13 percent of the country's total capacity. Only four of those refineries -- all ones targeted by Valero -- remain operational.
VeraSun is looking to sell all of its production facilities and has set a March 13 deadline for bids.
If Valero's offer prevails, the company would group the plants under a subsidiary and use the staff already in place at the refineries.
The $280 million bid values the 560 million gallons of existing capacity at 50 cents per gallon, well below the $1.50 to $2 per gallon cost of a new facility. That low price doesn't bode well for Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. and Pacific Ethanol Inc., ethanol companies that saw their stocks lose about 95 percent of their values during 2008, Gomes said.
"In an acquisition, the shares would appear to have little, if any, value," he said. "On the positive side, Valero is betting the industry has a future."
Gomes said more cross-industry acquisitions could be on the way.
"We would not be surprised to see additional players in the petroleum industry step up and bid on the remaining VeraSun assets," Gomes said in a research note.
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Biofuels study sees
90 billion gallons by 2030
Dirk Lammers, Ap Energy Writer.
Sioux Fallx, South Dakota. USA. February 10, 2009. The U.S. could produce enough ethanol to displace nearly a third of all gasoline use by 2030, but gas would have to cost more than it does today for the plan to work, according to a study released Tuesday by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp.
The researchers found that annual ethanol production from plant waste and energy crops could reach 90 billion gallons by that date, with 75 billion gallons coming from cellulosic feedstocks such as switchgrass, corn stover, wheat straw and woody crops.
Cole Gustafson, a biofuels economist at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D., said the 90 billion figure is the most aggressive he's heard to date, far surpassing a federal mandate calling for 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into gasoline by 2022.
"I really question if we can even make that," Gustafson said. "This technology has been very slow to evolve."
The government would need to protect the industry from low-priced competitors. "What we end up finding is that we're going to have some significant challenges with regard to competing with very low priced petroleum products," said Art Pontau, Sandia's deputy director of combustion and industrial technologies.
The "seed to station" floor cost of ethanol without taxes is $1.50 per gallon, and gasoline will undercut it if it's priced below $2.25 per gallon without taxes, or $2.65 at the pump, the study found.
The average national retail cost for a gallon of gasoline on Tuesday was about $1.93. One year ago at this time a gallon cost about $2.95.
The cost of E85 ethanol was $1.655 per gallon Tuesday.
The study took a value-chain approach to cellulosic ethanol, accounting for the variety of feedstocks and processes to convert crops to fuel, as well as storage, transport and distribution issues, Pontau said.
"We didn't pick the most optimistic assumptions or the most pessimistic," Pontau said. "We tried to pick something that we thought would be manageable in this sort of environment and time scale."
Pontau said the study is designed as an evolving model that the industry can use to identify places where investment in research and development makes sense. It found that cellulosic ethanol could compete with $90-per-barrel oil, assuming 91 gallons of ethanol could be produced from a dry ton of biomass, building a
cellulosic ethanol plant would cost $3.60 per gallon of capacity and plants would pay an average of $40 per dry ton of feedstock.
Government incentives including carbon taxes, excise tax credits and loan guarantees could help draw investors by mitigating risk, Pontau said,
The study found no fundamental barriers to large-scale production of biofuels, assuming the technology matures as projected.
"We anticipate that there'll be an ever increasing efficiency in both the processing approaches and ability to get more yield per acre of the feedstock," he said.
Gustafson is not so sure.
"The challenges that we face in doing this are almost insurmountable," he said.
Existing corn ethanol plants have consistent performance benchmarks that translate well to a balance sheet, but the cellulosic industry is experimenting with a broad range of feedstocks that can be confusing to investors.
"Those variances are very unsettling to Wall Street, because they aren't assured that the technology in one place is going to work in another," Gustafson said.
On Tuesday, Vancouver-based Lignol Energy Corp. said it was putting on hold its plans to build a Colorado cellulosic plant that was to convert wood residues into ethanol. The biorefinery, a joint project with Suncor Energy, had been awarded a $30 million Department of Energy grant.
"They had technology that was looking very promising. The federal government thought so because they kicked in the dollars," Gustafson said. "But obviously, because of both market conditions and logistics, they're having a very difficult time going forward."
David Pimentel, a Cornell University ecology and agriculture professor and longtime ethanol critic, called the 90 billion gallon number "off the wall." Unlike corn, cellulosic feedstocks have much fewer starches and sugars, and they're held tightly by a plant's lignin. Companies are working on ways to improve the process, but they're having difficulty making cellulosic ethanol cost competitive, he said.
A more reasonable goal would be 10 billion gallons a year from cellulosic ethanol within the next 10 years, Pimentel said.
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MGP Ingredients to end ethanol production
By David Twiddy, Ap Business Writer
Kansas City, Mo. USA. February 3, 2009. MGP Ingredients Inc. said Tuesday it plans to leave the ethanol business and will temporarily shut down distillery operations in Illinois, requiring the temporary layoffs of 79 workers.
It also warned in a securities filing that it was in default of its credit facility and seeking additional financing "to continue as a going concern." The Atchison, Kan.-based company said the Pekin, Ill., distillery operations
will be shut down for 90 days, affecting production of both fuel-grade and food-grade alcohol. Fourteen employees were already temporarily laid off last month and Tuesday's announcement will affect another 65 this week.
The company said its current inventory of food-grade alcohol means the shutdown shouldn't affect customers.
In a statement, Chief Executive Officer Tim Newkirk said getting out of the ethanol business was part of the company's plan to return to profitability.
"Factors such as extreme and sporadic swings in ethanol demand, volatility in raw material prices for corn, and the impact of volatile oil and gasoline prices have made it increasingly apparent that the fuel grade alcohol market is not one in which we currently can create value for the company and our stockholders on a
sustainable or predictable basis," he said.
Ethanol makers across the country have pulled back on producing the fuel additive, with many either closing their doors or declaring bankruptcy. Last fall, MGP closed down wheat protein and starch manufacturing operations at the Pekin plant and closed its flour mill in Atchison, forcing the layoffs of 52 workers and early retirement for another 31.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, MGP said it would take $16.6 million in special charges for severance and other costs for the second quarter, which ended December 31. It also said it will take a $5.4 million charge for unrealized losses on a natural gas contract at the Pekin plant and an $811,000 impairment charge on the value of equipment at a Kansas City plant.
MGP also said in the securities filing that its December earnings before taxes, depreciation and other factors didn't meet requirements set by the company's lenders and that it is in default. It said the lenders are willing to continue issuing credit to the company but that could change at any time and the current credit facility expires later this month.
"The company's lenders have strongly encouraged the company to obtain additional financing," the company wrote, adding that it is in discussions with other lenders. "The company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the company obtaining additional financing in the near term and on the
willingness of its existing lenders to exercise further forbearance and extend the facility termination date to beyond February 27, 2009."
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Portuguese and Spanish Prime Ministers Jose
Socrates (L) and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (R) talk together before their meeting on the XXIV Spain-Portugal summit in Zamora. Spain. (AFP/Miguel Riopa)
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Spain, Portugal to set up renewable
energy research centre
Source: AFP
January 22, 2009. Zamora, Spain (AFP) - Spain and Portugal will set up a joint renewable energy research centre, the leaders of both nations said Thursday.
The Iberian Renewable Energy Centre in the southern Spanish city of Badajoz near the Portuguese border will help the two nations improve their expertise in this area, Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates said.
"This is absolutely essential for nations like Portugal and Spain since the reduction of our dependence on oil is strategic for our future," he said at a joint news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. The centre will be headed by Portugal's Antonio Sa da Costa, the current vice president of the European Reneable Energy Federation.
The socialist governments of both nations have made it a priority to boost spending on training and technology to make their economies more competitive. Portugal, which is almost entirely dependent on imported energy, aims to collect 45 percent of its total power consumption fron renewable sources like solar and wind power by 2010.
Spain aims to triple the amount of energy it derives from renewable sources by 2020. It is already among the three biggest producers of wind power in the European Union along with Germany and Denmark.
Socrates also re-affirmed that both nations aim to have a high-speed rail link between Lisbon and Madrid, and another between the Portuguese capital and Vigo in northern Spain, completed by 2013 despite calls from Portugal's main opposition party that it be scrapped.
"I don't want the country to fall behind and remain outside of the network of high-speed rail links in Europe," he said, calling the project "absolutely essential".
Portugal and Madrid have agreed that one of the stations along the high-speed rail link between Lisbon and Madrid will be between the border cities of Badajoz and Elvas in Portugal, Socrates said.
The Spanish government plans to have 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) of high-speed railway track in place by 2020, meaning 90 percent of Spain's population will live less than 50 kilometres from a bullet train station.
Earlier this month the leader of Portugal's centre-right Social Democrats, Manuela Ferreira Leite, said she would shelve the project if her party is elected in a general election expected at the end of the year.
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7th annual Advanced Capacitors World Summit 2009
March 31 - April 2, 2009
Hilton Torrey Pines in La Jolla, CA, US.
Co-Chaired by Richard Smith, ANA Strategic System Group and Andrew Burke of the University of California Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, Advanced Capacitors World Summit 2009 is designed to help current and prospective users, integrators and suppliers of advanced power systems understand modern energy storage and delivery challenges for power intensive applications and identify business opportunities and realities with adopting advanced capacitors and capacitor hybrid systems to solve application energy requirements. Speakers will discuss the latest market trends and developments, power engineering and integration strategies, design and business implications and costs associated with advanced power systems for various applications, including transportation, automotive, power and consumer electronics and renewable energy.
Presentations from APowerCap Technologies, Arizona State University, Battery Ventures, Eaton Corporation, General Electric Global Research Center, Gonano Technologies, Ionix Power Systems, Ivus Energy Innovations, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Maxwell Technologies, M Cubed Consulting, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Nesscap, PC Krause and Associates Inc., Rockport Capital, Sandia Laboratories, Sigma Technologies International, University of Arizona, University of California Davis and Volvo Technology Corporation will expand upon these topics during the two days of networking.
One pre-conference seminar led by Ionix Power Systems and a plant tour of ISE Corporation will be held prior to the conference on Tuesday, March 31.
As one of the worlds leading forums for discussing the latest technical advances and market trends in the EC industry, IntertechPira's Advanced Capacitors World Summit 2009 is a dynamic industry event, providing a unique opportunity to gain the necessary knowledge and network with global leaders from around the world. For complete program details and registering options, please visit: www.advancedcapacitors.com
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