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The 27th Photovoltaic Solar Energy Symposium will be held at Banz Monastery, Bad Staffelstein, from 29 February to 2 March 2012. VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG (Hanau) will again take part, this year in the capacities of both sponsor and exhibitor. The company will present its innovative nanocrystalline
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Date:
2/17/2012
The PV inverter market achieved a new record in 2011 with shipments exceeding 26 GW for the first time according to preliminary results from IMS Research. The research firm found that inverter shipments grew by more than 10% in 2011, despite the huge inventory overhang from the year before.
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2/13/2012
Two hundred leaders from the geothermal industry, the finance community and government agencies met yesterday at the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) fourth annual Finance Forum, held at the Marriott Marquis San Francisco. The event focused discussions on the issues and opportunities in geothermal
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Date:
1/20/2012
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Oerlikon Solar presented its 2nd generation ThinFabTM at the World Future Energy Summit 2012 (WFES) in Abu Dhabi today. This end-to-end production line resets the standard for manufacturing sustainable solar modules at low cost and high quality. The new design reduces capital expenditure (Capex) by
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Date:
1/16/2012
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today expanded its offering of TMBS® Trench MOS Barrier Schottky rectifiers with 12 new 45 V devices in three power package options that feature a wide range of current ratings from 10 A to 40 A. With extremely low forward voltage drops down to 0.51 V typical
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1/9/2012
Welcome to PSD where we are carrying a special feature section on Renewable Energy. This area of our business has given birth to a huge wave of innovation. In this business, whether in solar, wind, wave power or indeed, any other method is crying out for our engineers to deliver products and systems
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Date:
1/2/2012
The U.S. Embassy in the Greek capital of Athens is placing the emphasis on solar power. In October, a photovoltaic array with a nominal power of 96,6kWp delivered by IBC SOLAR was put into operation by the U.S. Embassy. Generating approximately 135.000kWh of green electricity per year from sunlight,
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12/16/2011
GridSense, a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, which develops and markets advanced monitoring solutions for the electric power industry, has developed a maintenance-free and battery-less monitoring system for a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored project. This self-powered system will allow utilities to
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Date:
12/13/2011
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Harvesters with various dimensions. The shiny capacitor stack on top of the beam is visible through the glass package.
Imec and Holst Centre announced that they have made a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489µW. Measurements and simulation show that the harvester is also suited for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires, where it could power built-in sensors. In a tire,
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Date:
12/12/2011
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Walt Cheng, global business director, DuPont Microcircuit Materials, accepted the Suntech Supplier Award at its recent Supplier Conference.
DuPont was recently recognized with a Supplier Excellence Award from Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a global leader in solar energy and the world’s leading solar company, for providing superior supply and technical service, product innovation and collaboration. DuPont supplies DuPont™ Solamet® photovoltaic
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Date:
12/1/2011
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REpower Systems SE has concluded a contract with EverPower for the delivery of a total of 68 wind turbines. REpower MM92 type turbines are destined for the Twin Ridges wind project in Somerset County, north of the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. It will be REpower’s first project in Pennsylvania. After
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Date:
11/25/2011
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The latest figures point to significant growth in the Chinese solar market, underlining the ever more important role it plays in the global solar industry. The international role of the Chinese companies that are now active in many markets across the globe has also grown. Inter-solar China, which is
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Date:
11/25/2011
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has agreed to acquire Powercorp, an Australian renewable power automation company. This acquisition strengthens ABB’s portfolio of control technologies used to manage the integration of renewable energy sources.
Darwin based Powercorp employs
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11/16/2011
Ventyx®, an ABB company, today announced a significant new software license contract that will contribute to reliable power distribution for the Lyse Group, an energy and telecommunications company, with systems that optimize the management and monitoring of power generation and transmission. The contract
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Date:
11/14/2011
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I had the pleasure to meet with the leaders of a new company, Amantys, who are fast becoming a formidable force in the power industry. Bryn Parry, Managing Director who was previously General Manager of the Development Systems Division at ARM Ltd; Mark Snook, Technical Director, who has extensive
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11/11/2011
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Dual, Monolithic 4A Low Loss PowerPath™ Ideal Diodes
Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4415, a monolithic two-channel 4A PowerPath™ ideal diode device designed to reduce heat, voltage drop and board space while preserving battery run time in power switchover circuits. The LTC4415 is ideal for applications requiring an ideal Diode-ORing function
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Date:
11/11/2011
Infineon Technologies is the global market leader in power semiconductors for the eighth consecutive year. According to IMS Research* data, Infineon again strengthened its position in 2010 and commands an 11.2 percent share of the overall market, ahead of Toshiba (6.8%), STMicroelectronics (6.5%) and
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Date:
10/29/2011
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Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, continues its mission of advancing the adoption of SiC into mainstream power applications. Cree's advances in SiC technology are setting new standards in energy efficiency while reducing system costs and improving reliability
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Date:
10/8/2011
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Infineon Technologies (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) extended the family of switch-mode LED drivers for high power LEDs for general lighting applications. Combining thermal protection feature that contributes to the lifetime of LEDs with flexibility in output current range from 350mA up to multiple amperes,
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9/22/2011
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TDK-EPC, a group company of TDK Corporation, presents new EPCOS power capacitors with higher rated voltages from 550 VRMS AC up to 1000 VRMS AC. The MKP AC HP B25360* series covers a capacitance range from 10 to 150 µF. Their high dielectric strength was made possible by a castor oil filling. Another
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9/21/2011
Solyndra LLC, the American manufacturer of innovative cylindrical solar systems for commercial rooftops announced on August 31, 2011 that global economic and solar industry market conditions have forced the Company to suspend its manufacturing operations. Solyndra subsequently filed a petition for relief
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9/15/2011
US Renewables Group (USRG) announced today its plan to provide $344 million in financing for a project led by SolarCity to install solar panels on military housing across the United States. USRG's debt financing affiliate, USRG Renewable Finance, will serve as lender for Project SolarStrong, a multi-year
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Date:
9/12/2011
The Honorable United States Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) visited the ABB power transformer facility in St. Louis on August 9 to learn how companies like ABB, the world’s leading provider of transmission and distribution equipment for the power grid, are using advanced “smart grid” technologies to
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Date:
8/18/2011
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SMP's compact inductive components feature low losses and very low stray fields, and meet the demand for ever higher efficiency.
The chokes’ cores consist of powder composites with low magnetostriction, which SMP specifically engineers for this application. With their low eddy current and hysteresis
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Date:
7/24/2011
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Rogers Corporation’s Power Distribution Systems Division has announced an innovative new solution for emerging power electronics applications: RO-LINX® PowerCircuit™ busbars. The PowerCircuit solution was developed to meet the growing power distribution demands in electric vehicle (EV) drives, hybrid
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7/16/2011
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International Rectifier, IR (NYSE: IRF), a world leader in power management technology, today announced the extension of its packaging portfolio with the introduction of a PQFN 4mm x 4mm package featuring IR’s latest high-voltage gate drive ICs that delivers an ultra-compact, high density and efficient
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Date:
6/23/2011
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, announces a new family of seven 1200V Z-Rec(TM) silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes optimized for price and performance and available in a range of amperages and packages. Cree is advancing the adoption of silicon carbide
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6/22/2011
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced a design guide for developing next-generation high-voltage, high-power systems based on the company's unique digital radio frequency (DRF)
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Date:
6/22/2011
Yet again the solar PV market amazed me last year. My forecast at the start of the year of 17GW of new capacity being added was seen as bullish by most – hardly surprising considering that this would have been an increase of 125%. Amazingly, this turned out to be pessimistic! A massive surge in demand
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Date:
6/18/2011
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Silicon Laboratories has introduced the industry’s most energy-efficient wireless sensor node solution powered by a solar energy harvesting source. The new turnkey energy harvesting reference design enables developers to implement self-sustaining, ultra-low-power wireless sensor networks for home
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Date:
6/18/2011
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Designed specifically for switching high power IGBTs, the ZXGD3006E6 gate driver from Diodes Incorporated helps to increase power conversion efficiency in solar inverter, motor drive and power supply applications.
The gate driver typically provides a drive current of 4A for an input current of 1mA,
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6/18/2011
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today expanded its offering of TMBS® Trench MOS Barrier Schottky rectifiers with 12 new 45 V devices in three power package options that feature a wide range of current ratings from 10 A to 60 A. With extremely low forward voltage drops down to 0.33 V typical
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Date:
6/17/2011
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STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading supplier of power chips, has extended its family of high-efficiency power transistors featuring sixth-generation STripFETT technology, adding more choices for
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Date:
6/9/2011
SolarEdge Technologies, a leading global provider of end-to-end solar power optimization systems, and Cleaner Air Solutions, one of the largest providers of solar PV systems in the UK, announce a new distribution partnership increasing SolarEdge’s activities in the UK. In the first quarter of 2011 Cleaner
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Date:
5/30/2011
Enecsys Limited, a leading provider of reliable solar micro inverter systems, will showcase new micro inverter products and solar PV monitoring systems on booth B5.380 at Intersolar Europe, June 8-10, in Munich, Germany.
The new products will include a 480W Enecsys Duo micro inverter that supports
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Date:
5/26/2011
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor technology aimed at building a smart, secure, connected world, announced three families of power modules spanning all major solar converter topologies. The new products include boost-only modules for solar converters with and without
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Date:
5/26/2011
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor technology aimed at building a smart, secure, connected world, today announced it has expanded its line of standard power modules to include a product that uses silicon carbide (SiC) devices for all diode and normally-off junction
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Date:
5/22/2011
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today introduced a battery management integrated circuit that increases the life of rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs and maximizes available energy for hybrid and electric vehicles, power tools and uninterruptible power source (UPS) applications.
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Date:
5/22/2011
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Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched an ultra-compact, high-speed, high-current gate drive photo-IC, that can directly drive middle capacity IGBTs or power MOSFETs in an extended operating temperature range of -40ºC to 125 ºC.
With a maximum delay time of 200 ns and a transmission delay
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Date:
5/20/2011
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The new MiniSKiiP IGBT power semiconductor module – now also available in 3-level topology. The new module boasts a rated current of 4.9 A/cm², beating the rated currents per unit of area of any competitor product.
Semikron presents its newest MiniSKiiP IGBT power semiconductor module, which is now also available in 3-level topology. The new module boasts a rated current of 4.9 A/cm², the highest rated current per unit of area in comparison to competitor products, and one phase leg per module, enabling the development
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Date:
4/27/2011
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Joe Hogan, ABB Group CEO
For the third consecutive year, ABB integrated all of its power and automation businesses’ resources to put on its annual customer conference and exhibition. This year’s event, ABB Automation & Power World 2011 – held this year at the Marriott World Center in Orlando with record-breaking attendance
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Date:
4/23/2011
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Christian Bairhuber, Managing Director of IBC SOLAR AUSTRIA
IBC SOLAR AG has founded a new subsidiary in Austria. The company was created via collaboration with STA Solartech GmbH of which IBC SOLAR AG has held 51 percent of shares since March 30, 2011. Through the takeover IBC SOLAR AG has been able to draw on an organic structure and an established company.
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Date:
4/12/2011
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ROHM Semiconductor announces the availability of the SCS1xxAGC series of high-performance silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky barrier diodes (SBD). This new class of SiC diodes offers industry-leading low forward voltage and fast recovery time, leading to improved power conversion efficiency in applications
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Date:
3/30/2011
Ioxus, Inc., a manufacturer of premium performance ultracapacitor technology for transportation, alternative energy, medical, industrial and consumer product markets, today announced that Mouser Electronics, a global engineering design resource for semiconductors and electronic components, has joined
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Date:
3/30/2011
Global leader in power generation equipment and services, Alstom, and power conversion specialist, Converteam, are collaborating on the world’s largest direct drive permanent magnet generator (PMG) for a wind turbine. As a first step Converteam will equip Alstom’s two 6 MW offshore wind turbine prototypes
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3/16/2011
Microsemi Corporation announced the immediate availability of its solar technology portfolio. Microsemi's products for renewable energy applications include SmartFusionTM and IGLOO® FPGAs; analog, mixed signal devices such as bypass diodes/switches, MOSFETs, FREDs and IGBTs; DC-DC converters, and pulse
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Date:
3/14/2011
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Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power generation solutions, today introduces Thermobility, the next generation of power generation technology that uses heat as a source of electricity for low-power wireless applications.
Thermobility uses innovative solid-state thin-film
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Date:
2/25/2011
