Renewable Energy

June 2011

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Figure 1: LTC4070 Typical Application Circuit

Steve Knoth, Senior Product Marketing Engineer, Power Products Group, Linear Technology Corporation

Energy harvesting ICs can convert an appropriate transducer's output into an electric current for a battery charger device. Recent technology developments have pushed energy harvesting to the point

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Date:

06/29/2011

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Figure 1: National Semiconductor's diverse analog IC product offering for PV

Solar IC Solutions

Leslie Bane, Senior Ecosystem Strategy Manager, National Semiconductor

To succeed in today's competitive solar market, system designers and OEMs require a system solution which may include energy-efficient analog ICs, tools, evaluation boards, and reference designs. As

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Date:

06/28/2011

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Efficiency Chart

Solar Power Optimization

Rob Dixon, Senior Reliability Engineer, Azuray Technologies

Solar industry insiders have declared this "The Year for Power Optimization." Distributed electronics like maximum power point tracking (MPPT) power optimizers and microinverters are growing in

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Date:

06/27/2011

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Figure 1: Power-Voltage Curve of a photovoltaic cell for differing light levels

Solar Harvest

Giacomo Mazzullo Area Manager TDK-Lambda, Italy

In the utilization of solar panels, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is the automatic adjustment of electrical load to achieve the greatest possible power harvest, during dynamic variations

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Date:

06/27/2011

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Renewable Energy

Jerry Douglas, Engineering Practice Leader - Renewable and Alternate Energy Eldred Clark, Engineering Manager ACE European Group

Recognising, defining and dealing with renewable energy risks have never been more of a priority. Projects tend to be complex, innovative and often pioneering, which is why it pays to have insurance

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Date:

06/18/2011