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May 2014
UniEnergy Technologies launches renewable energy storage solution
UniEnergy Technologies (UET), manufacturer of large-scale energy storage systems for utility, commercial and industrial, and microgrid applications, announced commercial availability of the Uni.System grid-scale energy storage system.  The Uni.System is modular, factory-integrated (including power conversion), an
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05/30/2014
Strategic Investors connect with startups at the Silicon Innovation Forum

Silicon Innovation Forum

Strategic Investors connect with startups at the Silicon Innovation Forum
SEMI announced that SEMICON West 2014 will feature Robert "Bob" Metcalfe, professor at the University of Texas at Austin, as the Silicon Innovation Forum's keynote speaker. The Silicon Innovation Forum (SIF) is where strategic investors and key decision makers are introduced to new and emerging early sta
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05/30/2014
GEA Geothermal Energy Expo to convene world's largest geothermal industry gathering in September
With the international geothermal power market booming, with a sustained growth rate of 4% to 5% and almost 700 projects currently under development in 76 countries, the GRC Annual Meeting & GEA Geothermal Energy Expo is expected to be an exciting international gathering of geothermal companies, academics, fi
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05/30/2014
PSMA's tech roadmap chairmen at PCIM 2014 (PSDtv)
In this episode of PSDtv Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design interviews Eric Persson and Aung Tu, the co-chairs of the Power Sources Manufacturers' Association technology roadmap committee about the upcoming update. Consisting of a series of web-based international presentations and a roundtable, the techno
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05/29/2014
Maryland’s growing health technology industry topic of MEDA Conference
The Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA) announced its 2014 Summer Conference, to be held June 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with networking beginning at 9 a.m., at the University of Maryland’s Riggs Alumni Center in College Park, Maryland. Industry experts will speak about the transition of the health te
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05/29/2014
Tollgrade receives 2014 Smart Grid Product of the Year Award
Tollgrade Communications, Inc., the industry leader in redefining the global standard for reliability at the world’s largest electric utilities and telecommunications providers, announced today that their LightHouse® line of smart grid sensors has received a 2014 Smart Grid Product of the Year Award from Sm
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05/29/2014
Printed Electronics USA 2014 comes to Santa Clara in November
What do you need to know about printed, organic and flexible electronics to help you profit from this emerging technology? We believe that the secret to success is having insight into end user needs and requirements. The Printed Electronics USA 2014 conference and tradeshow on November 19-20 in Santa Clara, CA
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05/28/2014
Isola expands production of GETEK materials in Germany to support Europe
Isola Group, a market leader in dielectric materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards, announced that GETEK® laminates and prepegs are now in production at its facility in Düren, Germany, which will shorten lead times to Isola’s European customers. GETEK materials provide the lo
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05/27/2014
Lattice Semi taps Intercomp for Central Europe representation
Lattice Semiconductor and Intercomp announced an agreement which appoints Intercomp as a Lattice representative in Central Europe. Intercomp will play a key role in supporting Lattice as it extends the reach of its programmable solutions featuring the world’s smallest, lowest-power FPGAs (Field Programmable Ga
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05/27/2014
Oncor launches smart-grid Initiatives
Oncor announced its latest initiatives to pursue the company’s strategic vision of improving the value of the grid to customers through proactive customer service initiatives and investments to minimize the impact of service interruptions to customers. In addition, the company will file for certification to bu
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05/27/2014
GaN manufacturing leverages the installed silicon supply chain
Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent to make the silicon technology supply chain incredibly efficient. How can emerging, high performance GaN transistors compete against this huge installed base of silicon-based production? Simple, the production of GaN transistors leverages the installed silicon su
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05/27/2014
International Rectifier opens advanced processing facility in Singapore

IR’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Oleg Khaykin at the facility opening

International Rectifier opens advanced processing facility in Singapore
International Rectifier, a leader in power management technology, announced that the company has commenced initial production at its new state-of-the-art ultra-thin wafer processing facility in Singapore (IRSG). Wafer thinning, metallization, testing and additional proprietary wafer level processing are undertaken at
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05/27/2014
KEMET TOKIN’s expanded product portfolio now available from TTI

All KEMET TOKIN products are now available from TTI

KEMET TOKIN’s expanded product portfolio now available from TTI
TTI, a leading specialist distributor of passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components, is now offering TOKIN’s full product range through its distribution agreement with Kemet Electronics Corporation. Kemet is a leading global supplier of electronic components and has entered into two agreements wi
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05/27/2014
Refillable liquid batteries may empower electric vehicles

Rechargeable fuels are at an early stage

Refillable liquid batteries may empower electric vehicles
A novel battery technology stores energy in what researchers are calling "rechargeable fuel"—electrodes in liquid form. The result can be either recharged like a conventional battery or replaced by pumping in new fuel like gasoline. The materials could theoretically allow an electric car to travel 50
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05/26/2014
AVX announces collaboration with Modelithics
AVX, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has announced a collaboration with Modelithics, a leading RF/Microwave simulation model provider, that will significantly expand the range of AVX components available in the Modelithics Passive Component (CLR™) Library, System Level Com
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05/26/2014
Vicor Custom Europe extends custom power system design and manufacturing capabilities to the European market
Vicor announced the launch of Vicor Custom Europe, extending the company’s sophisticated custom power system design and manufacturing capabilities to the European market. With this latest service offering, customers across Europe can take advantage of Vicor’s advanced design engineering, prototyping, and ma
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05/26/2014
Energy Department to spend $10M to speed geothermal system development
In support of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today announced $10 million to improve subsurface characterization for enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) by developing state-of-the-art methods that quantify critical underground reservoir properties as they change over ti
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05/26/2014
electronica turns 50 (PSDtv)
In this episode of PSDtv - The success story of electronica began 50 years ago with the founding of Messe München. Already in that first year of 1964, exhibitors and visitors from Germany and abroad packed the exhibition halls. Established on the initiative of U.S. companies, the trade fair soon evolved into th
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05/26/2014
Paultre on Power - Fairchild talks about their rebranding at PCIM 2014 (Video)
,/p> In this video Saj Sahal of Fairchild talks to Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design about the company's rebranding at PCIM 2014. They also discuss Fairchild's recent acquisition of of Xsens, a leading global supplier of 3D motion tracking products, that provides Fairchild with sensor fusion technologies to e
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05/26/2014
Paultre on Power - Joachim Fietz von Vincotech über die Electronic Industrie (German Language Podcast)

Joachim Feitz, CEO of Vincotech

Paultre on Power - Joachim Fietz von Vincotech über die Electronic Industrie (German Language Podcast)
In dieser Unterhaltung redet Alix Paultre von Power Systems Design mit Joachim Fietz, CEO vonVincotech, über die aktuelle Situation in der Elektronik Industrie für die Design Ingenieure. Beim PCIM 2014 hat Vincotech einen Spendenmarathon ausgeführt und am Ende der Messe konnte ein Scheck fur 12.000 Euro für Pl
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05/25/2014
PCIM Europe 2014 ended with an increase in visitor numbers
PCIM Europe has come to an end with a positive outcome. Approximately 8,000 visitors have come to Nuremberg to inform themselves about new products and services during the past three days. In total 391 exhibitors and 97 representig companies presented an extensive range of products and services to the trade vi
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05/24/2014
Allegro to exhibit at Sensor & Test
At Sensor & Test 2014, Allegro MicroSystems Europe will feature major new products in its family of Hall-effect sensor ICs targeted at current and position sensing in automotive and industrial applications. The new ACS764 is a low-noise precision digital current sensor IC targeted at server, telecom, and po
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05/24/2014
Central Semiconductor announces global distribution agreement with Digi-Key
Central Semiconductor, a leading manufacturer of innovative discrete semiconductors and global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, an industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, announced a global distribution agreement. Central Semiconductor supplies leading ed
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05/24/2014
Walking through 2014 PCIM exhibition with Google Glass (Video)
In this video, Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design walks through a portion of the 2014 PCIM exhibition wearing Google Glass. PCIM
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05/22/2014
Visiting the Transphorm GaN-tech exhibit at PCIM 2014 with Google Glass (PSDtv)
In this episode of PSDtv Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design walks into the Transphorm booth at the 2014 PCIM exhibition wearing Google Glass, and gets shown a new prototype power supply design to charge multiple devices simultaneously by the company's CEO, Fumihide "Humi" Esaka. Transphorm
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05/22/2014
Bel to Acquire Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions
Bel Fuse announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions (ECS) business of Emerson. Bel will pay approximately $98 million in cash to acquire the ECS business, which had 2013 revenue of approximately $83 million. The acquisition, which is su
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05/21/2014
SunShot Summit kicks off in California
An energetic crowd of hundreds of leaders throughout the solar community gathered yesterday in southern California to kick off SunShot’s four-day summit and generate ideas to tackle the grand challenge to make solar energy cost competitive in the United States by 2020. Mayor Tom Tait of Anaheim welcomed
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05/21/2014
Dresser-Rand to display biogas engines at WISA conference
Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of environmentally-friendly technology platforms in distributed power generation for the oil and gas, industrial, institutional, and commercial industries, will showcase its Guascor® biogas engines to visitors attending the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference &a
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05/21/2014
Winners announced for the PCIM Europe 2014 Awards
The Best Paper and three Young Engineer Awards were presented during the opening ceremony of the PCIM Europe Conference 2014. Four outstanding conference papers were selected from more than 260 high quality papers by the Conference Directors. The determining criteria were originality, topicality and quality. Th
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05/21/2014
Energy Department to launch prize challenge to drive down solar costs
To kick off the SunShot Initiative’s Grand Challenge Summit and Peer Review, the Energy Department today announced SunShot Catalyst, a new prize competition to spur the rapid creation and development of products and solutions that address near-term challenges in the U.S. solar marketplace. Intended to tackle ma
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05/21/2014
IEEE PELS to hold webinar on eGaN power transistors
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), experts on the design and use of gallium nitride transistors, will conduct a one-hour webinar sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) on June 4th from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM (EDT). In this webinar eGaN FETs are compared with MOSFETs in highly resonant wireless
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05/20/2014
NREL's 24th solar and lithium ion car races create winning students
Indy-500-style checkered flags, high-tech neoprene rubber tracks, and of course, sponsor decals graced the site of today's Junior Solar Sprint and Lithium Ion Battery car competitions for Colorado's middle schoolers. Nearly 300 students on 74 teams from 21 Colorado schools converged on Dakota Ridge High School to v
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05/19/2014
Partnership to Help Mexico transform Its power sector
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) will provide up to $3.9 million to the 21st Century Power Partnership to create and operate a platform for power sector technical support for the Mexican federal government. This program will help Mexico achieve secure, reliable, and clean electricity as part of
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05/19/2014
Nurturing young talent in smart-sensor technology
STMicroelectronics, a leader in semiconductors and MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) solutions, announced the winners of its University iNEMO Design Contest 2014. The announcement concludes a year-long technology mentoring engagement with final-year engineering students from the National University of Si
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05/19/2014
Farsens to show their latest battery-free RFID sensor products at Sensor+Test 2014
Farsens announced that it will be exhibiting products from its growing product portfolio at Sensor+Test 2014, which will be held June 3-5 in Nuremberg, Germany. Come see the latest innovations in battery-free RFID sensor solutions in Hall 12, Stand 681. Sensor+Test is the leading forum for sensorics, measuring
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05/19/2014
Energy Department announces national champions of the student energy conservation competition
The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) today announced the national champions of the America’s Home Energy Education Challenge (AHEEC), a student competition created to help families save money by saving energy. The sixth grade class from South Ripley Elementary Sc
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05/19/2014
Electric car sales are stronger than they might seem
Despite falling short of previous expectations, global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) actually are progressing at a much faster pace than hybrid cars did during the same stage of their deployment, paving the way for higher demand as more EV options arrive on the market this year and beyond. During the fourt
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05/16/2014
PERC silicon solar cells achieve world record efficiency

ISFH increases the conversion efficiency of industrial p-type silicon solar cells

PERC silicon solar cells achieve world record efficiency
The Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) increases the conversion efficiency of industrial p-type silicon solar cells with screen-printed metal contacts from today's typical 17.5% to 19.5% to a record value of 21.2%, using leading-edge front-side metallization pastes supplied by the Photovoltaics Bus
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05/15/2014
XJTAG and IPSES to host boundary scan and functional test workshop in Milan

Boundary scan and functional test workshop in Milan

XJTAG and IPSES to host boundary scan and functional test workshop in Milan
On Wednesday 18 June, XJTAG will join Italian Technology Partner IPSES to give a free, one-day workshop on the benefits of combining boundary scan with functional testing. The workshop will be held in association with National Instruments Italy, at its Milan headquarters. While XJTAG is offering a series of
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05/15/2014
Electric Drives Production Conference and Exhibition has best forecast ever
With five months still to go until the 2014 E|DPC exhibition, the number of exhibitors is already up 42 percent on the same time last year. Approximately one third are international exhibitors. The allocation of booths is already underway. Many of the 2013 exhibitors have already registered but there is still a
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05/15/2014
SBE and Danfoss Silicon Power to exhibit & present at PCIM

SBE will display at PCIM

SBE and Danfoss Silicon Power to exhibit & present at PCIM
SBE will exhibit at the PCIM conference in booth # 9-140, and SBE's CEO, Ed Sawyer and Europe Applications Engineer, Dayana El Hage will be present. Mr. Sawyer, will speak on "Integrated DC link capacitor/bus enables 20% increase in inverter efficiency." On display will be a Power Ring Bank Hardener, the
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05/15/2014
Next-gen tech drives organic electronics forward

Exhibit at LOPEC 2014: a cylinder functionalized with sensor structures

Next-gen tech drives organic electronics forward
Electronically or photonically functionalized surfaces, three-dimensionally on every possible object - that is printed electronics for you. At the International Exhibition and Conference for Printed Electronics, LOPEC 2014, leading manufacturers present their latest developments in equipment technology and innovative ma
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05/14/2014
Five key technology trends at CE Week 2014
CE Week announced the top five key technology trends expected at the upcoming event, including Wearable Technology, Connected Car, 3D Printing, Next Gen TV and Digital Health and Fitness. Known as the CE industry’s top annual mid-year event, CE Week brings together media, analysts and technology thought leaders fo
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05/14/2014
Qualcomm brings together China ecosystem players in Shenzhen
Qualcomm Technologies,is hosting the fifth Qualcomm Reference Design and Wireless Innovation Summit at the Shenzhen Intercontinental Hotel in Shenzhen, China, May 14 –15, 2014. The summit will continue to foster collaboration among device manufacturers and software and hardware component providers in the development of
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05/13/2014
Car tech boot camp autoXLR8R 2014 launches in Spring Hill
Following an arduous eight-week selection process, seven emerging automotive technology companies will descend upon Spring Hill, Tenn., on May 19 to begin the autoXLR8R program, a 13-week entrepreneurial boot camp focused on bringing high-potential automotive technologies to market. The list of companies includes
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05/13/2014
GaN Systems to present paper at PCIM
GaN Systems, a leading developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, is exhibiting at PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) on Booth 523 in Hall 9. PCIM focuses on power electronics and its applications in intelligent motion, renewable energy and energy management and the company has selected th
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05/13/2014
PEIC awarded NIST advanced manufacturing development grant
PEIC has been awarded a $500,000, two-year grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech) Program to fund their proposal titled “Strengthening the Domestic Power Electronics Ecosystem”. The AMTech Program provides support t
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05/13/2014
DOE issues final rule for electric motors energy standards
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule regarding energy conservation standards for electric motors (May 8, 2014). The new standard will save consumers up to nearly $16 billion and prevent 96 million metric tons of CO2 through 2030. This document is a pre-pub
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05/12/2014
NREL announces participants in National Executive Education Program
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 17 leaders to participate in its 2014 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs), which empowers executives to integrate clean energy solutions in their communities. The five-month program offers executive decision-makers from throu
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05/12/2014
Wearable tech a $50 Billion investment frenzy
Dr Peter Harrop, IDTechX

Many giant electronics manufacturers, computer services companies and conglomerates have tens of billions of dollars in the bank that is instantly available for investment to counter their saturating sales in mature markets. Samsung, General Electric and Google are examples and Apple even has $133 billion available. Th
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05/12/2014
Group on Earth Observations launches international competition
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) just launched the GEO Appathon 2014, a global competition to develop mobile “apps” to help people make smarter decisions about the environment. Competitors from more than 15 countries – and growing – are competing for $20,000 in prizes being offered by the U.S. Agency fo
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05/09/2014
NREL staff recognized for top innovations
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently recognized the professionals behind the lab's greatest innovations from the past year during its annual Innovation and Technology Transfer Awards ceremony. The event also celebrated NREL's commercialization and partnering successes, recognizing the r
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05/09/2014
Electronic Circuits World Convention closes its doors on a high note
After three successful days of the conference in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, the 13th Electronic Circuits World Convention (ECWC13) closes its doors with a positive result. The PCB conference, which was held this year parallel to the SMT Hybrid Packaging 2014, gave participants from around the world a comprehensive an
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05/09/2014
The British Government takes green cars up a gear
The British Government is going to invest £500 million into electric cars. The funding, brought forward by the Lib Dems, will boost the ultra-low emissions vehicle industry and help drivers afford and feel more confident using electric cars. The investment will create jobs, reduce emissions and set the agenda fo
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05/09/2014
Energy Department announces innovative offshore wind energy projects
As a part of the Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department announced the selection of three pioneering offshore wind demonstrations to receive up to $47 million each over the next four years to deploy innovative, grid-connected systems in federal and state waters by 2017. These pr
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05/09/2014
DOE announces webinars on solar tools, building energy optimization, and more
The Energy Department will help host a live webinar titled “Top Solar Tools: What are they and how do they help policymakers?” on Wednesday, May 14, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. As part of the Solar Technical Assistance Team's Do-It-Yourself Solar Market Analysis summer series, this web
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05/08/2014
MTU Onsite Energy works with Mankato area schools and businesses to launch youth apprenticeship program
MTU Onsite Energy, a Rolls-Royce Power Systems company providing diesel and gas-based power system solutions, announced the launch of a youth apprentice program. The vocational training program is designed for high school juniors and seniors and will combine hands-on training in a manufacturing setting with cl
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05/08/2014
Comdel appoints Scott Johnson as President
Comdel, a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of custom Radio Frequency (RF) Power Supplies, announced the appointment of Scott Johnson, former Senior Vice President, as Comdel’s President. After 48 years, Ted Johnson, founder of Comdel, Inc., has decided to hand over the role of President to
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05/08/2014
Agilent taps Jay Alexander as CTO of Keysight Technologies

Jay Alexander

Agilent taps Jay Alexander as CTO of Keysight Technologies
Agilent Technologies announced that Jay Alexander has been named Keysight Technologies’ chief technology officer. Agilent announced in September 2013 that it would separate into two publicly traded companies in 2014. Agilent’s Electronic Measurement Group is expected to begin operating as Keysight Technologies in
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05/08/2014
Fairchild to deliver keynote speech at PCIM Europe 2014
At PCIM 2014, Thomas Neyer, Fellow and Head of Fairchild’s High Voltage Technology/Device Development Centers, will deliver a keynote address, titled Progress in Power Semiconductor Devices and Applications. On Tuesday, May 20, at 0945, in room Brussel 1, Neyer will discuss how advances in power management
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05/08/2014
May roundup of ESF research and events
This month Energy Solutions Forum features a Clean Energy Connections panel on "The Age of Intelligent Storage: Distributed Systems, Smart Software and Control Systems" on Wednesday, May 14. ESF Research Pro: New York Green Bank to Transform Clean Energy Markets With project funding commencing, the
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05/08/2014
McObject ports their eXtremeDB to Express Logic's ThreadX
McObject®, developer of the eXtremeDB® In-Memory Database System (IMDS) product family, and Express Logic, provider of the ThreadX real-time operating system (RTOS) and software tools, announced a partnership in which eXtremeDB has been ported to ThreadX. The integration delivers a fast and cost-effective ne
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05/08/2014
ABB touts grid connection breakthroughs at AWEA Windpower 2014

ABB promotes grid interconnection technology applications for wind farms

ABB touts grid connection breakthroughs at AWEA Windpower 2014
ABB, a leading wind industry power technology provider, is promoting a series of grid interconnection technology applications for wind farms from the show floor at the annual AWEA Windpower 2014 conference and exhibition this week. Building off a very interactive, half-day, pre-show technical training session on
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05/07/2014
EBW Electronics growing In West Michigan (PSDtv)
In this episode of PSDtv EBW Electronics, a Holland, Michigan-based company that, among other things, creates LED circuit boards for automotive suppliers, manufacturers, and other industries around the world, is growing, expanding, and creating jobs in Michigan. EBW Electronics
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05/07/2014
Orion Energy Systems named Star of Energy Efficiency Award finalist
Orion Energy Systems has been selected as a finalist in the Innovative category for the 2014 Star of Energy Efficiency Awards for its breakthrough energy efficient LED troffer retrofit technology (LDR) that is completely assembled within the frame and reuses the original existing troffer housing. The Alliance
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05/07/2014
APEC 2015 call for papers
APEC 2015 continues the long-standing tradition of addressing issues of immediate and long-term interest to the practicing power electronic engineer. Outstanding technical content is provided at one of the lowest registration costs of any IEEE conference. APEC 2015 will provide a) the best power electr
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05/07/2014
Indium to present at the International Conference on Soldering and Reliability

Indium Corporation’s Ed Briggs

Indium to present at the International Conference on Soldering and Reliability
Indium’s Ed Briggs, senior technical support engineer, will present at the International Conference on Soldering and Reliability Wednesday, May 14 in Toronto, Canada. Briggs’ presentation, Meeting Future Stencil Printing Challenges with Ultrafine Powder Solder Pastes, discusses a statistical comparison of the tr
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05/06/2014
Altium relocates core R&D and PCB CAD division to San Diego
Altium, a leader in smart system design automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer) and embedded software development (TASKING), has announced that it intends to begin a corporate reorganization to best serve the needs of their customers and partners in key growth markets. This includes the relocation of the PC
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05/06/2014
Pulse Electronics to present at PCIM 2014 Nuremberg
Pulse Electronics, a leading provider of electronic components, will present papers at two poster sessions at the PCIM Europe Conference in Nuremberg, Germany. Arc Fault Detection Using Rogowski Coils will be presented at the Renewable Energy Systems poster session on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 3:30 P.M. The second po
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05/06/2014
Students from Slovak University of Technology Bratislava win EMEA Freescale Cup Challenge 2014
Students from Slovak University of Technology Bratislava won the final round of the EMEA Freescale Cup Challenge 2014, hosted by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen. The Freescale Cup, sponsored by Freescale Semiconductor, is a global competition where student teams build, program a
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05/06/2014
Unified Solar student team wins an MIT Clean Energy Prize

Unified Solar's solution reduces energy loss for solar panels

Unified Solar student team wins an MIT Clean Energy Prize
Unified Solar, a student team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), won the regional prize of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition at the MIT Clean Energy Prize on April 28. The team takes home the top prize of $100,000 and advances to the national co
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05/05/2014
Emerson Network Power to partner with Primary Integration Solutions to address data center market
Emerson Network Power, a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, announced a collaboration between its Electrical Reliability Services business and North Carolina-based Primary Integration Solutions (PI). The two industry-leading companies join resources to
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05/05/2014
DoE initiates outreach effort to address a Changing wind industry
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of WINDExchange, a national engagement and outreach initiative that marks a new era of DOE's involvement in wind energy. Building on the success of DOE's previous work in this area, the purpose of WINDExchange is to provide objective information on the cost
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05/05/2014
TE Connectivity launches online interactive 3D intelligent building experience for engineers
TE Connectivity (TE) has launched an interactive 3D intelligent building experience for engineers and customers hosted on their website. The demand for energy efficiency and the evolution of smarter, more efficient technology has created the need for intelligent buildings in which building systems communicate wi
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05/05/2014
Geothermal industry celebrates awareness day
On Monday, May 5, the geothermal industry will recognize Geothermal Awareness Day in California (#GeothermalDay2014) with a slate of activities in Sacramento and beyond, including a call for entries for GEA Honors, the Geothermal Energy Association’s annual awards program. “There is a growing need to e
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05/02/2014
Eaton + ESFI collaborate on anti-counterfeiting initiatives
Power management company Eaton announced an ongoing public awareness campaign focused on educating the public about the dangers of counterfeit electrical products. The program, in partnership with the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) for the second consecutive year, is taking place during National El
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05/02/2014
Repurposing the 1755MHz to 1780MHz spectrum from federal to commercial use
The United States Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent action to repurpose the 1755–1780 MHz band for commercial mobile broadband paired in auction with the 2155–2180 MHz band is one very important step to meet both consumers’ rising demand for mobile broadband and the challenge of limited sp
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05/02/2014
Bel to acquire Power-One Power Solutions from ABB for $117 Million
Bel Fuse announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Power-One Power Solutions business of ABB. Bel will pay approximately $117 million in cash to acquire the Power Solutions business, which had 2013 revenue of approximately $251 million. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory ap
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05/01/2014
Jensen Transformers to present at the Sound Marketing Tech Expo in Chicago
Jensen Transformers President Bill Whitlock will present a 75-minute tutorial at the Sound Marketing Tech Expo in Chicago, Illinois on May 6, 2014. Whitlock's session will focus on effective audio grounding and signal interface design to keep systems free from hum and buzz. Whitlock explains: "I firmly bel
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05/01/2014
Supercapacitors USA 2014 comes to Santa Clara in November
Supercapacitors USA 2014 is a leading conference in North America on the subject for this rapidly growing multi-billion dollar market This international conference and tradeshow focuses on the future applications, market forecasts and opportunities as well as giving the latest technology trends, providing a gl
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05/01/2014
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