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Vestas becomes a minority investor in timber turbine tower manufacturer Modvion
News Commentary | February 26, 2021
This move is part of Vestas' ambition to cut carbon emissions across its supply chain and is expected to be a first step toward the eventual integration of timber towers in the company's product portfolio. Compared to steel, timber offers a set of qualities (e.g., strength, good fatigue resistance) ... Not part of subscription
Asahi Kasei accelerates digitization efforts in sales
News Commentary | August 19, 2021
Last year, 40% of the company's inbound orders came over fax, limiting employees' ability to work from home. Machine vision is enabling digitization of these orders without the need for changes on the customer end. This story highlights how the COVID‑19 pandemic is accelerating digital sales in ... Not part of subscription
Risk aversion is the oil industry's biggest risk; it must rekindle its pioneering spirit or perish
Analyst Insight | February 28, 2022
The oil industry has always harbored two spirits. On the one hand, the industry has always been a pioneering industry. It has gone out to the most desolate, dangerous, and remote places on the planet to find oil and gas, and it has then proceeded to put complicated and expensive equipment in those ... Not part of subscription
by Patricia Seoane da Silva
This decision comes shortly after Alphabet’s 2019 earnings report, which shows that losses from the Other Bets division that Makani was part of increased from around $3.4 billion in 2018 to just above $4.8 billion in 2019. Likely in response to these results, Google's parent company decided to abandon its efforts to develop Makani's solution, stating that commercialization will take longer than expected. Despite being ahead of competitors (e.g., Ampyx Power) in terms of rated capacity, Makani's airborne wind system is challenged by its complex design (i.e., DC configuration and use of a conductive tether). Clients should be aware of these difficulties and monitor Makani's ongoing collaboration with Shell to set long-term expectations.
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