Renewable Energy

    April 2022
    Yotta Energy to Deploy Solar + Storage Microgrid at Nellis Air Force Base
    ­As oil and gas prices continue to rise the world needs more alternative energy sources that increase resiliency and decrease dependence on fossil fuels. Yotta Energy has raised an additional $3.5 million, including a strategic investment from inverter OEM partner  APsystems, bringing its total Series A
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    04/26/2022
    New Heat Cell Could Enable Grid-Scale Thermal Batteries
      The vast majority of global electricity comes from sources of heat, such as coal, gas, nuclear energy and concentrated solar energy. Some accounts put that number as high as 90% of our total electricity production. Steam turbines have been the industrial standard for converting such heat sources into
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    04/26/2022
    New Technology Enables 1200 V SiC MOSFET in Various Packages
    The new M1H chip has been designed to provide flexibility and is intended for use in applications, such as inverters in solar energy systems, which have to meet peak demand. The chip is also ideal for use in fast EV charging, energy storage systems and other industrial applications.   Advancements in the
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    04/19/2022
    PSDcast – The Basics of Solar Clothing

    Pvilion CEO Colin Touhey

    ­One area of renewable energy we haven’t really covered, at least as of yet, is the wearable sort – including and especially solar clothing that generates power while you go about your daily routine. But it’s still a technology with a ton of potential, and here to discuss that is Pvilion CEO Colin Touhe
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    04/19/2022
    Clean Path New York Renewable Energy Project Helps Transform New York's Energy Future

    Anne Reynolds, Executive Director of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York

    ­Clean Path NY (CPNY) announced a critical milestone for its nation-leading, “All Renewable, All New York” clean energy and transmission project to deliver reliable, clean energy to New York communities and transform how New York is powered. With contract approval from the New York State Public Service Co
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    04/18/2022
    350 V GaN Power Transistor − 20x Smaller Than Comparable Silicon
    EPC announces the production release of the EPC2050, a 350 V GaN transistor with a maximum RDS(on) of 80 mΩ and a 26 A pulsed output current. The EPC2050 measures just 1.95 mm x 1.95 mm. This tiny size enables power solutions that occupy ten times less area than comparable silicon solutions. Applications benefiting from the
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    04/07/2022
    Molten Salt Battery Could Provide Long-Term Energy Storage
    The biggest downside of renewable energy is that we can’t control when the sun will shine or winds will blow. That factor alone ensure that renewable energy cannot supply all of our energy needs at the moment. Of course, there are other types of renewable generation that are more predictable, tidal energy and hydr
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    Date:
    04/05/2022
    AC Losses in Magnetic Components

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    Figure 1. Typical B-H curve from positive saturation to negative saturation. When H is zero there exists Br which requires -Hc to return to zero. The area within the loop is core loss per cycle

    What are AC Losses and why are they important? This paper discusses the physical effects and which issues must be observed by design engineers. Furthermore, an approach to determine AC losses with unmatched accuracy is being introduced. In 1892 Charles P. Steinmetz, working for General Electric presented his no
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    Date:
    04/01/2022
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