A fast-cycling induction synchrotron was demonstrated. Ions with extremely low energies and mass-tocharge ratios (A=Q) in the range from 2 to 10 were injected, captured by barrier voltages, and accelerated to the end of the acceleration cycle of 50 ms by flat pulse voltages generated by pulse transformers referred to as induction cells. Induction acceleration in a wide dynamic frequency range of 56 kHz to 1 MHz was also demonstrated. This accelerator is expected as the next generation of a heavy ion driver for cancer therapy, where a large scale injector is not required. A wide variety of ions for ion energy implantation experiments needing novel materials will be delivered from this compact circular accelerator.

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With the growing of intermittent renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, are required energy backup solutions to establish an advantageous compromise between the energy production and consumption. Typically, these renewable energy sources are not installed at the end-users level, which can create the problem of uncontrolled distributed energy sources. In this research work we propose a solution based on the standard OpenADR to handle this problem, creating a platform based on internet-of-things capable to turn-on or off electrical devices based on a central decision process that meets the requirements of energy producers and consumers. Producers can provide energy according to the consumer's requirements and take part of energy production and costs fluctuations. Based on an OpenADR standard for energy data exchange and a central cloud server, a list of services are provided to handle this transactions, with georeferenced information to minimize energy losses in the distribution process.