Market Watch

June 2014

DOE issues final guidance on small electric motors definitions and scope of coverage

The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued final guidance concerning small electric motors definitions and scope of coverage. Guidance Type: Definitions and Scope of Coverage Category: Commercial and Industrial Equipment Product: Small Electric Motors Guidance Version: FINAL Issued: June 17, 2014 Th

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06/17/2014

Quantifying the Internet of Things market

Analyst views of the Internet of Things (IoT) vary drastically depending on how one defines the topic. As a result, there is the potential for much hyping. Having thoroughly researched the topic, IDTechEx has mapped the IoT ecosystem as shown in the diagram below, where IoT centers on things collaborating with th

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06/16/2014

Paper Battery Company closes $3M series A financing

Paper Battery Company, developer of an innovative energy storage and enhancement technology for consumer electronics and other applications, announced the closing of a $3.0M Series A private investment round. The funds will be used to commercialize its first products that promise to significantly improve battery li

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06/16/2014

Fuji Electric of America has announced a project featuring their 25kW DC Quick Charger for Electric Vehicles

Fuji Electric's e-vehicle charging station installed at Edison ParkFast in Manhattan

Fuji Electric of America has announced a project featuring their 25kW DC Quick Charger for Electric Vehicles at the Edison ParkFast's famous Hippodrome location, conveniently located in Midtown Manhattan. The publicly available station provides a complete charge to electric vehicles in under an hour, making it

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06/16/2014

Energy Department invests over $10M in efficient lighting R&D

The Energy Department announced nine research and development projects that will receive funding to support solid-state lighting (SSL) core technology research and product development. The projects will help accelerate the development of high-quality light-emitting diode (LED) and organic light-emitting diode (O

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06/13/2014

Crane's Ernie Parker elected Chairman of PSMA Board of Directors

The Power Sources Manufactureurers Association (PSMA) announced a new slate of officers has been elected to lead its Board of Directors for the 2014-16 term. The new officers are Ernie Parker (Crane Electronics, Inc.), Chairman; Eric Persson (International Rectifier Corporation), President; Stephen Oliver (Vicor Co

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06/12/2014

Analog Devices to acquire Hittite Microwave

Analog Devices, a leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, and Hittite Microwave, an innovative designer and manufacturer of high performance integrated circuits, modules, subsystems and instrumentation for RF, microwave and millimeter wave applications, announced that the tw

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06/09/2014

Tesla to expand its Supercharger network

Tesla to open up its Supercharger patents to boost electric car adoption

Tesla's CEO has been carefully dropping hints that he might "do something controversial" with his company's collection of technology patents, and now we know what he's on about. Speaking at the UK launch of the Tesla Model S yesterday, Elon Musk said that he specifically wants to open up the designs for h

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06/09/2014

The state of energy in Germany

Global energy demand is expected to rise dramatically as the world's population grows, economies flourish, and standards of living increase, enabling greater access to modern energy. By 2040, consumption is projected to increase by more than 56 percent worldwide, with the industrial sector accounting for over hal

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06/07/2014

Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 tech now available in Japan via NTT DOCOMO

Qualcomm announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies is expanding its Quick Charge ecosystem. NTT DOCOMO, a personalized mobile solutions provider for smartphone and tablet users in Japan will have the opportunity to take advantage of Quick Charge 2.0's rapid charging capabilities. DOCOMO has

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06/04/2014

ARM establishes CPU design center in Taiwan

ARM announced the establishment of a new CPU Design Center in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan. This is ARM’s first CPU Design Center in Asia, and it will focus on the design, verification and delivery of the ARM® Cortex®-M processor series targeted at the Internet of Things (IoT), wearables and em

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06/02/2014

Recycling of lead-acid batteries climbs to 99%

The National Recycling Rate Study, commissioned by Battery Council International, has been completed for the years 2009–2013 and concluded that the recycling rate of lead available from lead-acid batteries in the United States is 99%. When compared to the National Recycling Rate Study performed for the y

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06/02/2014