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Skeleton Technologies announced the launch of a new range of supercapacitors that are said to offer the highest level of energy density on the market. Through the use of patented graphene material, the new series boasts a capacitance of 4500 farads. The company claims that the closest competitor product has a capacitance of only 3400 farads.

Skeleton Technologies plans to use the SkelCap 4500 series to maximize opportunities in the heavy transportation and industrial markets where weight and space are at a premium. The new range has been designed for mass-market applications and the needs of systems engineers. The format has been developed to meet the industry standard of a 60 mm diameter cylindrical cell. Skeleton Technologies had previously offered prismatic cells, which are more compact in modular arrangements but more expensive to produce. Skeleton Technologies also claims to have achieved one of the lowest ESR (equivalent series resistance) levels on the market at 0.095 mΩ. This factor is crucial as it greatly increases the efficiency of the cells by reducing the amount of energy that is lost as heat.

Skeleton Technologies, a European manufacturer of high-performance supercapacitors for transportation, industrial and grid applications, announced the completion of Series B financing of €9.8 million ($10.7 million) from a consortium led by a strategic investor in the electrical equipment sector. The round has been led by NASDAQ Tallinn noted Harju Elekter Group (HAE1T), which owns electrical equipment manufacturing plants in the Nordic-Baltic markets, and UP Invest, one of largest investment firms in the Baltic region.

Skeleton Technologies plans to use the funds for ramping up production of their graphene-based supercapacitors. In March 2015, Skeleton Technologies announced a deal with the European Space Agency to send supercapacitors into orbit for the first time in the European space programme.

Skeleton Technologies is a European company with HQ in Germany and R&D in Estonia, that develops and manufactures supercapacitors. The company has devised a unique process to produce "curved graphene" from silicon carbide, which it uses in their line of commercially available supercapacitors called "SkelCap". The company states that their products deliver twice as much energy storage capacity and five times higher power performance compared to other ultracapacitors. The high degree of purity of curved graphene also ensures up to two times higher current tolerance, and four times lower resistance.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has recently chosen the company's products for use in spacecrafts, possibly by 2018. ESA representatives say this technology has the potential to increase mission safety while reducing mission costs. Skeleton Technologies’ SpaceCap cells will allow the packaging of a large amount of power into a very small space, creating opportunities for new applications.