Libertine’s CEO Sam Cockerill speaks to Julien Uhlig about the future of low carbon power using Libertine’s technology as part of the EX Venture speaker series
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Libertine FPE signs Memorandum of Understanding with Enovate
Joins Advanced Propulsion Centre UK on Chinese Technology Mission 7 January 2019: Libertine FPE Limited (‘Libertine’), the Smart Engine IP licensing company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chinese automotive company Enovatemotors, with the intent to work together on future ‘Smart Range Extenders’ based on an innovative ‘Free Piston Engine’ (FPE) design. Enovatemotors … Read more
Libertine’s technology development centre opened
Sir Gary Verity, Yorkshire ambassador, has officially opened Libertine’s new technology development centre in Sheffield.
Sir Gary, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, formally opened the new research and development facility, which will also act as Libertine’s headquarters, for furthering the global development of linear motor-generator technologies.
The 6,610 sq ft unit located at Sheffield’s Vantage Park industrial estate, will progress the research, development and prototyping of linear power generation systems and free piston engines to profit from clean sources of energy worldwide, such as agricultural waste material, biomass and biofuels.
Libertine expands at Sheffield site
Libertine FPE Limited is taking the first unit at the second phase of Sheffield’s Vantage Park Industrial Estate to advance its linear motor-generator technologies.
The company has signed an agreement to lease 6,610 sq ft plus 930 sq ft of first floor offices at EV Waddington’s Vantage Park close to junction 34 of the M1 motorway, allowing the set up of new headquarters and using the space to develop its Linear Power Systems technology.
The move will pave the way for new product development and testing facilities following a £650k funding injection in 2017, led by the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).
Dr Lee Juby joins Libertine as Business Development Director
Libertine FPE Ltd has appointed Dr Lee Juby in the role of Business Development Director.
Lee will join the full-time team from 1st October and will operate out of the Sheffield office playing a key role in the company’s growth and business acquisition plans, customer retention and securing sustainable revenue with strategic partners.
An expert in electrical power systems, Lee is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Chartered Engineer with a doctorate from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and has more than twenty years of blue-chip commercial experience.
Innovate UK funds heat to power project
A consortium, led by Libertine FPE Limited, has secured £868k of green-energy funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.
The project will demonstrate a modular Free-Piston Gas Expander (FPGE) prototype for small scale distributed heat-to-power applications using heat from solar, biomass boiler and other sources.
The FPGE makes use of Libertine’s proprietary ‘Linear Power Systems’ technology which includes linear electrical machines, valves and bearings together with power electronics and motion control. These systems provide class-leading motion control authority and power conversion efficiency for Free Piston power generator applications.
Libertine brings new chairman onboard
Libertine FPE Limited has announced the appointment of renowned engineer and technologist, Dr Toby King, as chairman.
The appointment affirms the company’s dedication to accelerating the widespread adoption of free piston engines in distributed power and transport markets as a cost effective and environmentally efficient solution to global energy demands.
Toby has spent his career building and leading high technology businesses, primarily in healthcare and energy sectors in the UK and in Silicon Valley in the US and most recently acted as CEO at Bowman Power, the world’s leading exhaust energy recovery company for large stationary engines.
Libertine secures funding from Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund
Libertine has secured a total of £650k new investment in a round led by the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (“NPIF”) to set up new headquarters in Sheffield.
Libertine selected to join APC’s Technology Developer Accelerator Programme
Libertine has been selected to receive funding and support made available through the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP).
Libertine partners with Imperial to demonstrate High Performance Heat-Power-Cooling Technologies
Libertine’s Linear Power Systems technology will be used by researchers at Imperial College, London as part of an EPRSC funded project to improve industrial energy efficiency using Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) and Absorbtion Refrigeration (AR) technologies.