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November 2014
See DATALOGIC's innovative products and solutions for industrial automation at SPS IPC Drives 2014
Datalogic, a leader in Automatic Data Capture and Industrial Automation markets, used the SPS IPC Drives show, November 25th-27th in Nuremberg, to unveil thier latest technology for the electric automation market. Datalogic, a leader in Industrial Automation, showcased bar code readers, machine vision cameras, la
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11/28/2014
Siemens launches Europe-wide integrated drive systems roadshow at SPS IPC Drives 2014

Siemens' IDS Roadshow

Siemens launches Europe-wide integrated drive systems roadshow at SPS IPC Drives 2014
Siemens is hitting the road once again – this time to showcase the benefits of Integrated Drive Technology. The SPS IPC Drives on November 25 in Nuremberg marked the launch of the Europe-wide Integrated Drive Systems Roadshow. The tour plan takes in over a dozen European countries and is scheduled to run on in
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11/26/2014
Cree to exhibit at DMC 2014
Cree, a leading supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices, is exhibiting at this year’s Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC 2014), which will take place from December 1st to the 4th in San Antonio, Texas. Attended by leaders in government, industry, and academia, the DM
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11/25/2014
Innovators of renewable natural gas from organic waste honored in New York
Energy Vision, a national non-profit analyzing and promoting clean, renewable, petroleum-free transportation fuels, presented its 2014 Leadership Awards in the renewable energy field. The awardees are leading innovative projects to scale up renewable natural gas (RNG) vehicle fuel made from organic waste such as
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11/25/2014
IoT Design Competition Names Winning Engineers
The element14 Community, in partnership with Texas Instruments and Plotly, announced the winning design of their “Internet of the Backyard” design challenge – a competition aimed at bringing Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities to everyday backyard appliances and devices. Janis Alnis of Latvia was named th
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11/25/2014
Siemens drives forward digitalization of industrial automation at SPS IPC Drives 2014
By expanding its integral portfolio of hardware, software and services, Siemens is driving forward the digitalization of industrial automation. Speaking at the SPS IPC Drives 2014, Siemens AG Managing Board Member Klaus Helmrich AG said: "Siemens recognized digitalization as the most powerful lever for in
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11/25/2014
The automation industry meets in Nuremberg this week at SPS IPS Drives 2014
The outlook for SPS IPS Drives in Nuremberg on November 25–27, 2014, is extremely positive and reaffirms its position as Europe’s leading trade show. Over 1,600 exhibitors from Germany and abroad are expected to showcase their innovations, products and solutions from the field of electric automation. For the first
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11/24/2014
Non-hydro energy storage gaining traction in grid-scale applications
Non-hydro utility-scale energy storage solutions are landing record-setting contracts in multiple regions, marking a transition beyond small-scale ancillary services. IMPACT Fast-reacting and flexible energy storage resources can efficiently provide ancillary services to free-up traditional generation assets fo
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11/24/2014
NREL teams with SolarCity to maximize solar on the grid
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and SolarCity have entered into a cooperative research agreement to address the operational issues associated with large amounts of distributed solar energy on electrical grids. The work includes collaboration with the Hawaiian Electric Companies to
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11/20/2014
BC SOLAR extends partnership with Solsquare in Namibia

Solsquare is specialised in turn-key installed PV systems for the residential and commercial sector

BC SOLAR extends partnership with Solsquare in Namibia
IBC SOLAR, a leader in photovoltaic (PV) systems, has extended its partnership with Solsquare Energy. The Namibia-based solar power specialist now is IBC SOLAR’s exclusive distribution partner for the growing Namibian PV market. The agreement marks a decisive step for both companies to strengthen their long-time re
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11/20/2014
Energy Vision presents 2014 Leadership Awards in renewable energy
Energy Vision, a national non-profit analyzing and promoting clean, renewable, petroleum-free transportation fuels, presented its 2014 Leadership Awards in the renewable energy field. The awardees are leading innovative projects to scale up renewable natural gas (RNG) vehicle fuel made from organic waste such as
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11/20/2014
Avago completes sale of LSI's Axxia networking business and related Aassets to Intel
Avago Technologies and Intel announced the completion of the previously announced sale of LSI's Axxia Networking Business and related assets to Intel Corporation for $650 million in cash. Avago Technologies Intel
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11/19/2014
Qualcomm and Ericsson complete first inter-company LTE category 9 carrier aggregation interoperability testing
Qualcomm Technologies and Ericsson successfully completed the world's first announced inter-company interoperability testing of LTE Category 9 connectivity with download speeds of up to 450 Mbps. Testing was conducted using QTI's next generation LTE Advanced modem and Ericsson LTE-A network infrastructure. The Cate
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11/19/2014
Young engineers build tomorrow's tech today

Engineers-in-training competed for the right to call themselves world-champion drone builders

Young engineers build tomorrow's tech today
Engineers-in-training competed for the right to call themselves world champion drone builders at the 22nd annual ASME Student Design Competition (SDC) finals today at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exhibition at Montreal's Palais des Congres. The international slate of teams - including s
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11/18/2014
Interior offers first right-of-way for renewable energy transmission in federal waters

Block Island Transmission System

Interior offers first right-of-way for renewable energy transmission in federal waters
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank today announced that BOEM has offered a right-of-way (ROW) gr
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11/18/2014
Energy efficiency resource growth hinges on state policies and financing mechanisms
State energy efficiency resource standards (EERS) outline near- and long-term energy use reduction requirements for utilities and third-party program administrators. EERS play an instrumental role in reducing power-sector emissions growth and could help reduce electricity consumption by as much as 10 percent by
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11/18/2014
AMP Consortium releases first standards for distributed power systems

AMP digital point of load and advanced bus dc-dc converters

AMP Consortium releases first standards for distributed power systems
The newly-formed Architects of Modern Power (AMP) consortium announced its first standards aimed at establishing common mechanical and electrical specifications for the development of advanced power conversion technology for distributed power systems. The initial standards revealed at electronica, and being de
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11/14/2014
Excelsys adds CL Electronics of Switzerland to its distributors
Excelsys Technologies, leaders in high efficiency power supply design, announced the addition of CL-Electronics to its global distributor network. CL Electronics will distribute solutions from Excelsys Technologies to customers in a variety of specialist markets including Military, Industrial, Medical, and Communications th
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11/07/2014
PCIM Asia call for papers deadline 17 November 2014
Time is running out and there are only a few days left to submit your proposal for the PCIM Asia Conference held in the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center from 24-26 June 2015. PCIM Asia is the perfect platform for the presentation of your developments in power electronic applications. All papers will be p
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11/07/2014
How RoHS and REACH Scope overlap
REACH is a horizontal legislation controlling the risks associated with chemical substances throughout their whole life cycle, while RoHS is a product-specific vertical legislation focuses on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). Although their scopes partially overlap, they were de
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11/07/2014
TE Connectivity to show high-performance connectors at the Professional MotorSport World Expo

TE Connectivity will be at booth #4046 at the Professional MotorSport World Expo 2014

TE Connectivity to show high-performance connectors at the Professional MotorSport World Expo
TE Connectivity will be at booth #4046 at the Professional MotorSport World Expo 2014 to show TE’s latest innovations in high-performance connector technology. With the new high current electrical systems on engines in Formula One and Le Mans cars, many teams have struggled with electromagnetic interference (E
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11/06/2014
Osram LEDs achieve record-breaking efficacies in green spectral range

Record-breaking efficacy of >200 lm/W achieved with a green full conversion phosphor solution

Osram LEDs achieve record-breaking efficacies in green spectral range
The “Hi-Q-LED” project funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has made pioneering advances with green LEDs, greatly diminishing what is known as the “green gap” phenomenon – the significant drop in efficacy in the green spectral range. The result is a green-emitting LE
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11/06/2014
DOE to spend $15M to integrate affordable Solar into national grid
Supporting the goals of the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan, the Energy Department today announced $15 million in available funding to help integrate distributed, on-site solar energy systems into the nation’s electrical grid. With more solar power installed in the United States in the last 18 mo
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11/06/2014
Maxim will showcase solutions for industrial and medical apps at electronica 2014

Maxim at electronica

Maxim will showcase solutions for industrial and medical apps at electronica 2014
At electronica 2014 in Munich, Germany from November 11th to the 14th, Maxim Integrated Products will showcase several new and innovative solutions for the industrial and medical markets. Improving the Accuracy of Flow Metering for Utilities Operating for up to 20 years on a single "A"-size batt
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11/06/2014
Group CBS acquires Electric Control Equipment
Group CBS, with commercial interests in electrical supply, field service, and engineering throughout North America, announced the acquisition of electrical equipment supplier and service provider Electric Control Equipment Company, Inc., located in Norwalk, Conn. Electric Control provides electrical equipment, re
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11/06/2014
HEITEC presents its latest solutions at SPS IPC Drives 2014
The trend towards greater complexity and flexibility, decentralized production systems, convergence, and not least the "Internet of things" require new approaches and intelligent communication in the production area. At SPS IPC Drives, Europe's leading exhibition for electric automation (Nuremberg, 25-
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11/06/2014
Technical program announced for Trillion Sensor Summit
The program for the Trillion Sensor Summit (TSensors) has been announced by conference chairman Dr. Janusz Bryzek. The technical program will feature 36 the world’s leading sensor visionaries who will present their findings on rapidly emerging ultrahigh-volume sensor applications, technologies and supporting in
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11/06/2014
Market for energy harvesting to reach $2.6B by 2024
Dr Harry Zervos, Principal Analyst, IDTechEx

Based on the latest research by IDTechEx analysts, the market for energy harvesting is expected to reach $2.6 Billion by 2024, as analyzed in detail in the report 'Energy Harvesting and Storage 2014-2024: Forecasts, Technologies, Players'). The market segments that have adopted and will lead the proliferation of e
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11/05/2014
Getting electronics industry careers off to a successful start at electronica 2014
The last day of electronica 2014 (November 11–14) is dedicated to future professionals: On Student Day, college students and graduates can gain insights into the everyday working life of an electronics engineer. In addition, nine teams and their inventions will compete for the COSIMA Award. Meanwhile, High Sc
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11/04/2014
SUNY Polytechnic spinout Eonix gets $250,000 NYSERDA and $50,000 National Science Foundation grants for next-gen energy storage
Furthering Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s entrepreneurial vision for education in New York State, the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced that Eonix, a clean energy startup born at SUNY Poly and led by CNSE graduate students, has been awarded a
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11/03/2014
NREL and Army validate energy savings for net zero energy installations
The U.S. Army has partnered with the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to increase energy security through improved energy efficiency and optimized renewable energy strategies at nine installations in the Army's portfolio. If all nine of the Army Net Zero Energy Installation (NZEI) pilo
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11/03/2014
Alevo to open advanced battery-tech industrial park In Concord, North Carolina
Alevo Group, an energy service provider, announced that it will deploy and commission production lines at the Victory Industrial Park in Concord, North Carolina, for the manufacture of its innovative battery technology and GridBanks. Alevo, a vertically-integrated manufacturer with global operations, has purchased th
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11/03/2014
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