Renewable Energy

January 2013

Ocean Power Technologies gets ~$1.5 Million from New Jersey technology program

Ocean Power Technologies, a leading wave energy technology company, announced that it recently received approximately $1.5 million under the State of New Jersey's Business Tax Certificate Transfer

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01/31/2013

SEMI and U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium sign MOU on standards and development roadmap

SEMI and the U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance their cooperation in the areas of standards and roadmap activities

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01/31/2013

Atmel to license ExeginZigBee stacks for wireless smart-grid applications

Atmel, a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, announced the company has signed an agreement with Exegin Technologies Limited, a leading supplier of ZigBee® network stacks,

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01/30/2013

Super Junction MOSFET jumping from consumer to renewable energy and industry segments

It's generally known that consumer products are Super Junction (SJ) MOSFET's main application segment, representing 2/3 of its total market. And while some applications are stagnant, i.e. Desktop

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01/28/2013

Updated international technology roadmap for photovoltaics to be presented at PV fab managers forum

The new edition of the International Technology Road map for PV (ITRPV) will be presented and published at the annual technology event PV Fab Managers Forum (www.pvgroup.org/pvfmf), organized by SEMI.

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01/28/2013

JA solar modules pass PID tests by TUV SUD

JA Solar Holdings, one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that its multicrystalline and monocrystalline PV modules successfully passed Potential

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01/28/2013

China consumed 33% of global photovoltaic panel shipments in Q4 2012

The Chinese end-market dominated shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels during the final quarter of 2012 with 33% of global end-market demand, according to new research released in the NPD Solarbuzz

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01/23/2013

Silicon Laboratories to exhibit at DistribuTECH smart grid conference

Silicon Laboratories, a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, will showcase its wireless solutions for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) at DistribuTECH, the utility

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01/22/2013

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Figure 1: A network topology for wind-farm applications makes use of redundant devices and cabling to maximize system uptime and minimize the operational consequences of single points of failure.

Five considerations for deploying Ethernet in wind farms

Diane Davis, Director of Product Management, Ethernet Networking, Red Lion Controls

Data is a key element to the successful operation of a wind farm. Real-time data access allows operators to monitor wind turbine uptime, performance, and power output—even from remote locations. This

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01/21/2013

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Figure 1: Shading and current distribution inside the solar module

Modeling and simulation for wind and solar energy

Dr Peter van Duijsen, Technical Director, Simulation Research

The market for green and renewable energy is growing, but also presents numerous new challenges when it comes to technology, environment, and acceptance. Concerning technology, these challenges require

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01/20/2013

Solar and wind energy may stabilise the grid

Dirk Witthaut and Marc Timme, Dynamics Group Researchers, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

Such a dense power grid however may not be as vulnerable to power outages as some experts fear. One might assume that it is much harder to synchronize the many generators and machines of consumers,

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01/20/2013

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Figure 1: Wholesale energy prices will be increasingly driven by the weather.

Renewable energy prices; weather driven and volatile

James Cox, Head of Market Analysis, Pöyry Management Consulting

Pöyry Management Consulting has conducted a series of studies over the last two years to investigate how European energy markets would need to evolve in the face of the radical changes expected from

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01/19/2013

Keeping the lights on with renewables

With the intent to focus exclusively on the further development of smart grids and super grids, DNV will open a new Strategic Research Unit at DNV KEMA's global headquarters in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

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01/18/2013

Solar PV Equipment Spending Declines 72% to $3.6 Billion in 2012

Solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment spending (covering c-Si ingot-to-module and thin-film) was $3.6 billion for 2012, a 72% decline from the peak of $12.9 billion in 2011, according to new research

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01/18/2013

Industry session on global commercialization of energy-harvesting technology coming to APEC 2013

The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Energy Harvesting Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2013 titled "Forging Ahead: Global Commercialization of Energy Harvesting

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01/16/2013

Record-breaking organic solar technology achieves a cell efficiency of 12%

Heliatek GmbH, the leader in organic solar films, today announced a record breaking 12.0% cell efficiency for its organic solar cells. This world record, established in cooperation with the University

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01/16/2013

Fifth annual SOLARCON India Exhibition returns to Bangalore

Providing a high-profile platform for the entire PV technology supply chain, with a focus on manufacturing, production, and deployment, SEMI announced that SOLARCON® India 2013 will be held at the

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01/15/2013

Billings and bookings for the third quarter of 2012

SEMI releases third quarter 2012 worldwide photovoltaic equipment market statistics report

SEMI today reported the worldwide PV manufacturing equipment billings and bookings for the third quarter of 2012. Worldwide booking remained essentially flat in the third quarter when compared to

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01/14/2013

This is a schematic diagram of a multi-junction solar cell formed from materials lattice-matched to InP and achieving the bandgaps for maximum efficiency

Multi-junction solar cell may break efficiency records

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboration with the Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, Ill., have proposed

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01/13/2013

Google searches for wind profits in Texas

Google has invested $200 million in a Texas Panhandle wind farm, which will become a part of the company's $1 billion renewable energy portfolio. The Spinning Spur Wind Project in Oldham County, about

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01/11/2013

Research facility to serve offshore energy development

A new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research facility could help bring the U.S. closer to generating power from the winds and waters along America's coasts and help alleviate a major hurdle for

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01/10/2013

Quarterly Inverter Revenues for the Chinese PV market in 2013 by Power Size

China PV demand to provide US$3 Billion for balance-of-systems suppliers

Revenues of CNY 19.5 billion (US$3.1 billion) will be available to solar photovoltaic (PV) balance-of-systems suppliers in the Chinese PV market for 2013, according to the recent NPD Solarbuzz China

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01/10/2013

Power storage system enhances renewable energy generation and improved grid stability

Greensmith Energy Management Systems, a leader in distributed energy storage control systems continues its growth, now with fourteen customers, including eight electric utilities using the company's

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01/10/2013

Step-down converter IC empowers energy harvesting designs

Addressing the question, "How low can you go with power?" Texas Instruments introduced the industry's lowest power DC/DC step-down converter, which increases the amount of harvested energy an end

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01/09/2013