With less than 10 weeks left of 2022, the Bowman team continues work on multiple fast-paced projects. We look back at the successes so far in 2022 and what we have to look forward to for the rest of the year and into 2023. Bowman's Head of Programmes and Commercial Manager, Will Bowers, shares more detail…

So far, 2022 has been a fast-paced year with many successes. As we now head into the final weeks we remain on target to close out a number of important project milestones.

Here are some highlights of the year to date:

• Our eTurbine products are continuing to run throughout the world producing free power by recovering waste heat energy from combustion engines. Based on the operational data we have, we estimate that our eTurbine fleet has produced approximately 70,000 MWhrs of free energy in the last 12 months – enough to power almost 6000 UK homes!
• Our exciting new Fast-Start eCompressor prototype has been successfully progressing through an exhaustive test programme with great results so far. There are promising indications for a roll out should remaining trials continue in this vein – more news to come on this next month.
• Our testing of an eTurbocharger for a heavy-duty truck engine application is performing well in our new test facilities and further prototype units have been ordered.
• An eTurbocharger for a diesel locomotive application has now started on-engine testing and the industrialisation phase for this product is well underway alongside the development of our brand new and state of the art Turbo Systems Electrification Centre.
• Our future Silicon Carbide MOSFET based Power Electronics platform is entering the hardware test phase and, so far, its performance has exceeded expectations.
• We have attended a several shows and conferences in 2022, the two highlights are the Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe and 26th Supercharging Conference.
• On a social level, seven of our engineers have taken part in the #GreatSouthRun - a 10 Mile run to raise vital funds for the Society of St James, a homeless charity doing fantastic work to support local people. I’m incredibly proud to see the Bowman team making a real difference to our community. Help them by donating here.

Perhaps most importantly, in laying foundations for the company’s growth, we have just started an exciting project to integrate key manufacturing and test processes into a single centre of competence within Bowman, which we are calling the Turbo Systems Electrification Centre (TSEC). We have a dedicated team working to deliver this project on an aggressive timeline and, in the past few weeks, we have placed orders on several key pieces of equipment, the first of which will be delivered before year end.

We have recently joined the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association. Hydrogen as a fuel is a potentially world changing opportunity in respect of the climate change mitigation agenda, and a key market sector in which Bowman will be involved. Our TorqIQ® technology for electrification of turbo systems enables digital control of power flow into and out of traditional turbochargers and compressors which, in turn, will be an enabling technology for optimal efficiency and power density of both fuel cells and combustion engines fuelled by Hydrogen.

Looking forward to the remainder of the year, we have a lot of parts to receive, systems to build and tests to complete but I think we are in very good shape to close a really successful 2022 and laying the building blocks for it to continue into 2023.