Renewable Energy

    April 2013
    Today the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) announced a call for entries for GEA Honors 2013. "After two successful years of honoring the best in the business, we are pleased to have the opportunity
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    04/30/2013
    Texas Instruments announced several design updates to TI E2ETM Community, its popular engineer-to-engineer online design community that now connects more than 120,000 engineers. TI has expanded
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    04/30/2013
    American Wind Energy Association names Tom Kiernan CEO
    By unanimous vote of the Board of Directors, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced that Tom Kiernan has been named as the organization's new Chief Executive Officer. Kiernan has served
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    04/29/2013
    Admirals Bank announced they have launched a new division, titled Admirals Alternatives, specific to financing residential solar and renewable energy systems. Admirals Alternatives assists homeowners
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    04/29/2013
    Demonstrating Governor Andrew Cuomo's leadership and strategy for expanding high-tech education and entrepreneurship amid New York's growing innovation economy, SUNY's College of Nanoscale Science
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    04/29/2013
    Eleven leading companies in Europe have joined forces in the newly established North Sea Power to Gas Platform to further develop the concept of Power-to-Gas (P2G): the conversion of renewable power
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    04/26/2013
    Stainless-steel power resistors operate to +250C
    Vishay Intertechnology presents the new VSGR series for applications in extreme environments. The stainless steel power resistors come with high power capability up to 20kW at 40°C and a high operating
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    04/26/2013
    Atmel, a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced it has further simplified the MCU design process with the launch of its integrated development tools platform,
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    04/26/2013
    Novel battery design promises enhanced solar- and wind-energy grid stiffening
    Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy
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    04/25/2013
    Berkeley Lab startup brings fuel cells to the developing world
    In some parts of the developing world, people may live in homes without electricity or toilets or running water but yet they own cell phones. To charge those phones, they may have to walk for miles
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    04/25/2013
    RGS Energy, a commercial and utility division of Real Goods Solar, and Smart Energy Capital (SEC), will provide Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) with 5.1 megawatts (MW) of solar power that
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    04/24/2013
    Maxwell Technologies announced today that it is supplying ultracapacitors for an energy-saving braking energy recuperation system that American Maglev Technology (AMT), is installing on light rail
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    04/23/2013
    Eltek announced the signing of a frame agreement for hybrid power solutions with Caterpillar Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of high-speed diesel generator sets and engines. The contract
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    04/23/2013
    National Instruments has partnered with Prolucid LocalGrid Technologies to build the next-generation energy management system for Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited. Funded by nearly $2.5 million
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    04/23/2013
    element14 launches its latest green design challenge Energy Harvesting Solutions with seven competitors from around the world competing to develop an innovative energy harvesting solution with
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    04/23/2013
    Lightbridge, a leading innovator of next-generation nuclear fuel designs, and provider of nuclear energy consulting services to commercial and governmental organizations, announced that President
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    04/22/2013
    SEMI releases 2012 Q4 worldwide photovoltaic equipment market report
    SEMI, an industry association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the micro- and nano-electronics industries, reported that for the quarter ending December 31, 2012, the worldwide photovoltaic
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    04/22/2013
    Microbattery development promises a boost for electronics
    Though they be but little, they are fierce. The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by
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    04/22/2013
    ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, and Power-One, a leading provider of renewable energy and of energy-efficient power conversion and power management solutions, announced that
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    04/22/2013
    Solar system boosts natural gas power plant output
    Natural gas power plants can use about 20 percent less fuel when the sun is shining by injecting solar energy into natural gas with a new system being developed by the Department of Energy's Pacific
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    04/22/2013
    Eltek, a leader in high-efficiency power systems for telecommunications, industrial applications, and renewable energy projects, announced the addition of the modular IBB-250 wall mount (WM) DC power
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    04/22/2013
    The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has released a new technical specification for solar-powered light-emitting diode (LED) lighting devices, such as solar lanterns. The new specification
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    04/19/2013
    IDT announces enhanced dual-mode wireless power solution
    Integrated Device Technology, a creator of mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, announced what is believed to be the industry's first dual-mode wireless power receiver IC that provides compatibility
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    04/17/2013
    Cymbet announced that it has completed a recapitalization of the company in connection with a $20 million equity investment led by U.S.-based Island Shore Investments (ISI). This significant investment
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    04/17/2013
    Canova Tech, delivering silicon intellectual property (IP), design services and product solutions to the semiconductor industry, and ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficient innovations, will demonstrate
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    04/17/2013
    FuelCell Energy, a leader in the design, manufacture, operation and service of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, announced the sale of a megawatt-class fuel cell power plant
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    04/17/2013
    Many of us talk about the smart grid without really thinking about what we are really talking about. Most people are referring to functionality sets instead of the systems that furnish them, and
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    04/12/2013
    SmartPower Stackâ„¢ is presented as the industry's first fully integrated,
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    04/12/2013
    Inovateus Solar makes Joseph R. Jancauskas VP of Operation
    Inovateus Solar, an installer of commercial and industrial solar power systems, is pleased to announce the promotion of Joseph R. Jancauskas, PE, to vice president of operations. Formerly VP of Engineering
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    04/10/2013
    Saft, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-tech industrial batteries, is providing a high power lithium-ion (Li-ion) energy storage set of batteries in the system (ESS) of SAET to support the
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    04/10/2013
    At APEC 2013, Steve Murphy of Teledyne LeCroy demonstrates several of
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    04/09/2013
    Customized wirewound resistors tout accuracy
    Riedon is a specialist manufacturer and supplier of advanced resistive solutions, providing the advantages of precision wirewound resistor technology along with designs that are easily customized
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    04/09/2013
    Roll clad strips offer effective termination for battery cells
    A challenge of electromobility is storage technology. In such a storage system Li-ion batteries, for example, are connected in series. As the anode consists of copper and the cathode of aluminum,
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    04/09/2013
    The Ontario Clean Technology Alliance is attending Hannover MESSE, the world's leading industrial technology showcase with 180,000-plus visitors, with news of a milestone order by Samsung Renewable
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    04/08/2013
    FuelCell Energy Solutions, GmbH, a provider of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, is hosting a press conference on Tuesday April 9 at the H2FC Fair in Hannover, Germany including
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    04/08/2013
    Hydrogenics, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and hydrogen-based power modules, announced that it has been awarded a 1-megawatt hydrogen energystorage system to be deployed
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    04/08/2013
    At their booth at APEC, Mike Brubaker, the CTO of SBE, a leading developer
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    04/08/2013
    EnerNOC, a leading provider of cloud-based energy management software, announced its newest EnerNOC Open project, Open Data. As part of its participation in the Green Button Initiative and in order
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    04/04/2013
    Synchronous buck-boost converter boasts low quiescent current
    The LTC3129 synchronous buck-boost converter from Linear Technology delivers up to 200mA of continuous output current from a wide variety of input sources including single or multiple-cell batteries
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    04/04/2013
    Nominations now open for first-round Global LEAP Outstanding Off-Grid Product Awards nominations
    Nominations are now open for the first round of the Global LEAP Outstanding Off-Grid Product Awards. The Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP) is an initiative under the Clean
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    04/03/2013
    SEMI has announced the release of the 4th edition of the International Technology Roadmap for PV (ITRPV), the global collaborative process that informs PV cell, module and system manufacturers, equipment
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    04/02/2013
    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it has won a contract from Fluor Corporation for the 125-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) Arlington Valley Solar Project (AVSE II).
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    04/02/2013
    To better meet Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall's energy needs and reduce its carbon footprint, the JBM-HH Directorate of Public Works has been working with Arlington County to share ideas and strategies
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    04/01/2013
    JA Solar Holdings, one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, announced it has commenced delivery of 2 MW of solar modules to Jet Energy International for
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    04/01/2013

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