More partnerships between the industry and universities: propulsion systems inspired by biomimetics, work on fuel cells, etc.

Use of sustainable durable materials like Flax Fiber.

Work presented on: Fuel Cells, Battery Management Systems, Maximum Power Point Tracker and manufacture of photovoltaic panels in Ocean Source, with progress made, for example, on recovering heat from fuel cells, enabling 66-68% improvement in efficiency of energy output.

Inclusion of Life Cycle Analysis for projects.

More and more hydrogen solutions and projects.

Supercapacitor usage.

Thermoelectric generation.

Battery management system presented in Open Source.

Innovative solar panel construction presented in Open Source.

Biomimetics used to replace the propeller.

Improved battery efficiency:

More compact

More capacity: 0.12 Kw/kilo

Optimized battery charge with MPPT, charge controllers, improving voltaic panel performance (by + 95%)

Longer battery life

Propulsion developments:

Improved L-type propulsion system instead of the standard z-type yielding outputs of 80% compared to the industry average of 50%.

Ultra-compact counter-rotating propellers producing less noise and vibration.

Improved control and efficiency.

Presentation of prototype electric engines acheiving 30kW for 13kg (compared to a power weight ration of 13kW for 32kg, the current industry average).

Flexible solar panels.