Lightricity advances Deployable Solar Power for Small Satellites
Lightricity has completed a £1.1 million UK Space Agency-funded project with AVS UK Ltd and the University of Leicester to develop a roll-out flexible solar blanket for small satellites.
The prototype combines ultra-thin multi-junction solar cells with a compact deployment mechanism, helping increase power density, extend mission life, and support more capable satellite payloads.
SME Instrument (European Commission)
Lightricity has been awarded the SME Instrument EU grant funding to develop the next generation of Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting devices.
SPECTRAIL project for UK Network Rail
Explore the SPECTRAIL project, a new IoT sensing platform aimed at improving railway infrastructure across the UK Network Rail. With a cost-effective, maintenance-free design, SPECTRAIL can access hard-to-reach locations, delivering important insights into asset conditions. Developed by industry experts, this technology helps infrastructure managers adopt proactive maintenance strategies, boosting safety and efficiency for rail users. Learn how SPECTRAIL is contributing to the development of better rail networks. Don’t miss the chance to find out more about this significant initiative!
OxLEP (Oxfordshire)
Lightricity has been awarded an Innovation Support for Business grant (ISfB) from OxLEP, that aims at supporting business opportunities in Oxfordshire.
Innovate UK (United Kingdom)
Lightricity has participated in several Innovate UK projects to develop its component technology, integrated power supply sub-systems (in collaboration with Ilika) and autonomous IoT sensing platforms (in collaboration with Gas Sensing Solutions).
SBRI: Monitoring of workers in nuclear environments
Lightricity, Kymira and NSG have been awarded a phase 1 SBRI contract to develop a unique solution that will better monitor and support nuclear decommissioning operators working in hazardous environments.
Horizon 2020 AMANDA European Project
Lightricity is a key technology partner in the European H2020 AMANDA project (€4million total budget). AMANDA stands for: Autonomous self powered miniaturized intelligent environmental sensing and asset tracking in smart IoT environments. This challenging 3-year project, lead by CERTH, gathers 8 EU partners (SMEs and research organisations) and aims at combining 4 of the 5 senses (sight, hearing, smell and touch) within a single sensing platform that will be no larger than a business card.
NHIR: Autonomous X-ray detection
Lightricity is jointly developing with the University of Surrey, Cheyney Design and Development, and the Royal Surrey County Hospital, the first self-powered conformal X-ray detector for dosimetry, imaging, and radiotherapy applications.