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    September 2022
    PSDcast – A Solar Canopy with 30x Faster Installation

    Tom McCalmont, the CEO and co-founder of Paired Power

    PSDcast – A Solar Canopy with 30x Faster Installation
    ­Paired Power has developed a solar canopy charging station for EVs that doesn’t require permitting and installs 30x faster than traditional solar canopies.
    Date:
    09/27/2022
    Power Companies on Track for Energy Transition but Must not Neglect Full ESG Responsibilities

    Power companies on track for energy transition but must not neglect full ESG responsibilities, says GlobalData

    Power Companies on Track for Energy Transition but Must not Neglect Full ESG Responsibilities
    ­Power companies will face increasing pressure to respond to both social and governance issues while navigating their way through the energy transition process in the following decade, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.  A focus on ‘E’ in ‘ESG’: 40% global power to
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    Date:
    09/22/2022
    Rooftop Solar Cells can be a Boon for Water Conservation Too

    Avner Vengosh, Duke University

    Rooftop Solar Cells can be a Boon for Water Conservation Too
    DUKE UNIVERSITY

    ­Electricity-generating rooftop solar cells not only save on planet-warming carbon emissions, they also save a significant amount of water, say a pair of Duke University researchers who have done the math. A given household may save an average 16,200 gallons of water per year by installing rooftop solar, th
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    09/22/2022
    SolarEdge Launches Next-Gen Smart Power Optimizer Series with a Multi-Layered Safety Technology

    SolarEdge Launches Next-Gen C&I Smart Power Optimizer Series with a Multi-Layered Safety Technology

    SolarEdge Launches Next-Gen Smart Power Optimizer Series with a Multi-Layered Safety Technology
    ­SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. has announced the launch of the S-Series new range of smart Power Optimizers. Now available for commercial and industrial PV applications across North America, the next generation Power Optimizers adds SolarEdge Sense Connect technology to its multi-layered approach for safety. SolarEdge Sense Con
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    Date:
    09/21/2022
    ­New Carrier Doping Technique Enhances PV Device Performance

    Novel Carrier Doping Technology for Enhancing p-type Semiconductor Device Performance by Increasing Hole Concentration

    ­New Carrier Doping Technique Enhances PV Device Performance
    Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

      Perovskite solar cells are looked upon as the potential basis of the next generation of photovoltaic (PV) devices. Experimentally, they have shown that have the potential to be a cost-effective and easily manufacturable way of boosting the efficiency of solar cells. However, there are still challenges t
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    Date:
    09/20/2022
    New Data Shows Nextracker Proprietary Software Improves Solar Plant Performance

    New Data Shows Nextracker Proprietary Software Improves Solar Plant Performance

    New Data Shows Nextracker Proprietary Software Improves Solar Plant Performance
    Nextracker LLC has published a first-of-its-kind white paper based on third-party analysis showing how Nextracker's machine-learning software improves utility-scale solar power plant performance. In a series of tests conducted at operational sites, TrueCapture increased annual energy production by
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    Date:
    09/19/2022
    800 V and 950 V AC-DC Integrated Power Stages Expand the Fixed-Frequency CoolSET Portfolio

    800 V and 950 V AC-DC Integrated Power Stages Expand the Fixed-Frequency CoolSET Portfolio

    800 V and 950 V AC-DC Integrated Power Stages Expand the Fixed-Frequency CoolSET Portfolio
    ­Optimized performance, efficiency, and reliability in high-voltage power supplies need to be combined with reduced bill-of-material (BOM) count and cost, as well as lower design efforts. With its 5th generation fixed-frequency (FF) CoolSET portfolio, Infineon Technologies AG offers the ri
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    Date:
    09/14/2022
    DOE Announces $178 Million to Advance Bioenergy Technology

    U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm

    DOE Announces $178 Million to Advance Bioenergy Technology
    DOE/US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

    ­The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $178 million for bioenergy research to advance sustainable technology breakthroughs that can improve public health, help address climate change, improve food and agricultural production, and create more resilient supply chains. This funding will support cutting-edge bi
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    09/14/2022
    Decarbonizing the Energy System by 2050 Could Save Trillions, Says new Oxford Study

    Dr Rupert Way, postdoctoral researcher at Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment

    Decarbonizing the Energy System by 2050 Could Save Trillions, Says new Oxford Study
    UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

    ­Transitioning to a decarbonised energy system by around 2050 is expected to save the world at least $12 trillion, compared to continuing our current levels of fossil fuel use, according to a peer-reviewed study by Oxford University researchers, published in the journal Joule today. The research
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    Date:
    09/13/2022
    UTAC Holdings Factory-Rooftop Solar Generator Goes Live to Save 467 Tons of CO2 Every Year

    UTAC’s rooftop installation will generate over one million kWh of green energy annually

    UTAC Holdings Factory-Rooftop Solar Generator Goes Live to Save 467 Tons of CO2 Every Year
    ­UTAC Holdings Ltd. (UTAC), a global semiconductor test and assembly services provider, has installed a solar photovoltaic (PV) system at its Singapore factory, helping UTAC to reduce their carbon footprint and extend sustainability initiatives that have already cut the Company’s CO2 emissions by 38% since 20
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    Date:
    09/13/2022
    Expanded Family of Packaged GaN FETs Offers Footprint Compatible Solutions to Optimize Performance vs. Cost

    Expanded Family of Packaged GaN FETs Offers Footprint Compatible Solutions to Optimize Performance vs. Cost

    Expanded Family of Packaged GaN FETs Offers Footprint Compatible Solutions to Optimize Performance vs. Cost
    ­EPC expands the selection of off-the-shelf GaN FETs in thermally enhanced QFN packages with the introduction of the 100 V EPC2306 designed for 48 V DC-DC conversion used in high-density computing applications, in 48 V BLDC motor drives for e-mobility and robotics, and in solar optimizers an
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    Date:
    09/08/2022
    EDP Launches Energy Starter 2022, a Program to Promote Innovative Initiatives in the Energy Sector

    EDP Launches Energy Starter 2022, a Program to Promote Innovative Initiatives in the Energy Sector

    EDP Launches Energy Starter 2022, a Program to Promote Innovative Initiatives in the Energy Sector
    ­EDP has just launched the second module of the Energy Starter 2022 program, the collaborative innovation program created with the mission of introducing startups and fast-growing technology companies (scaleups) to EDP specialists from around the world. This program, which already had the first module in
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    Date:
    09/08/2022
    KIMS Accelerates the Era of Green Hydrogen Production

    A schematic diagram of anion exchange membrane water electrolysis stack (left) and a graph of long-term durability performance evaluation (right)

    KIMS Accelerates the Era of Green Hydrogen Production
    NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

    ­The joint research team led by Dr. Sung Mook Choi of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, and Dr. Jang Yong Lee of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) developed a highly active and highly durable no
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    Date:
    09/08/2022
    Space-Based Solar Power is Prohibitively Expensive and Unrealistic

    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

    Space-Based Solar Power is Prohibitively Expensive and Unrealistic
    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

    ­Space-based solar power (SBSP) is a noble idea that’s likely impractical for a number of reasons. But first, let’s clear up what SBSP isn’t – it’s not, by any means, a new concept. Researchers have pondered the idea since the early 1970s, during the height of the Apollo program, and SBSP was first
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    Date:
    09/01/2022
    Archive

    Korea University and Harbin Institute of Technology Unlock New Pathways in Circular Waste-to-Energy Solutions

    May 26,2026

    Lhyfe Becomes Green Hydrogen Supplier to BMW Group's Steyr R&D Centre to Power Fuel Cells for Hydrogen Engines

    Apr 30,2026

    Transformer Design Comparisons for Mitigating EMI in Gate Driver Circuits

    Mar 29,2026
    Matthew Russell, Master’s student at University College Cork, and a student engineer at Bourns Electronics Ireland

    Jeju Scales Hydrogen as Energy Storage with KraftPowercon's 5 MW Rectifier Solution

    Feb 26,2026

     

     

     

     

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