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Innovate UK funding for zero-emissions powertrain
Innovate UK funding for zero-emissions powertrain.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 7204E\n Solid State PLC\n 10 November 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n RNS Reach - this is a non-regulatory announcement \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 10 November 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n Solid State plc\n \n \n (\"Solid State\", the \"Group\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n Steatite secures Innovate UK funding to develop a \n \n \n zero-emission powertrain solution for non-road mobile machinery\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Solid State plc (AIM: SOLI), the AIM listed manufacturer of computing, power and communications products, and value added supplier of electronic and opto-electronic components, is pleased to announce that its Manufacturing division, Steatite, has secured funding from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency, for the development of its battery powertrain solution for non-road mobile machinery under its Sustainable Innovation Fund initiative. The aim of the research and development projects under the fund is to help all sectors of the UK economy build back better over the next two years after the effects of COVID-19. \n \n \n \n \n \n The Company's Power business unit will develop a modular battery pack with a tailored battery management system which will be combined with a British sourced bespoke electric motor, providing a scalable, modular, zero emission powertrain solution. This powertrain will initially be installed in a woodchipper manufactured by GreenMech Ltd, Europe's leading woodchipper manufacturer, with the aim to be the first UK manufactured zero emission industrial woodchipper. The initial development process is expected to take 3 months.\n \n \n \n \n \n In the longer term, the 100% UK designed and manufactured off-the-shelf powertrain using scalable modular batteries will be available for a multitude of light industrial plant equipment applications.Matthew Richards, Steatite's Managing Director, commented:\n \n \n \"With the UK government's commitment to achieving a net zero carbon emission economy by 2050, many highly polluting sectors are now falling under the spotlight, such as small plant equipment. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"The move from fossil fuels to electric battery power will render these machines carbon neutral, aiding the reduction in pollution, particularly within the urban environment where many of these machines ar...