Renewable Energy

December 2010

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Figure 1: LTC4070 application circuit operational modes

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

Shunt voltage references are simple to use; they have been around for many years and are in a myriad of products. However, they cannot effectively charge a battery, and to configure one to do such

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12/22/2010

Figure 1: Voltage split forecast for the entry of compound semiconductor devices in PV inverters (Source: Yole Développement - November 2010)

PV Inverter Trends

Brice Le Gouic, Yole Développement Market and Technology Analysis Power Electronics and Related Applicative Markets

Yole Développement announces its comprehensive analysis on the first standardization steps in the PV inverter industry. Yole Développement's analysts evaluate the market forecasts and positioning

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12/22/2010

PV installation and control system at the University

Renewables at University

PhD. Salvador Segui Chilet and Victoria Devesa (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia) Velencia, Spain

A 3.3kWpk photovoltaic installation consisting of 64 amorphous silicon modules was connected to the power grid of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV). The plant is located on

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Date:

12/22/2010

Figure 1: Sixpack Used as a Half Bridge

Pushing Power Capability

Werner Obermaier, Head of Product Marketing, Vincotech GmbH, Germany

The increasing requirement in renewable energy systems and motor drive applications for ever-higher power levels is, as a consequence, driving the demand for power modules to provide higher levels

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12/22/2010

Figure 1: VCE(on) comparison of FS (Red), and NPT (Green) IGBTs

Renewable Energy & Energy Saving

Alberto Guerra, International Rectifier El Segundo, California, US

The global economic recession of the last two years has had a profound impact on world energy demand, at least in the near term. As manufacturing and consumer demand for goods and services declined

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Date:

12/22/2010

Power from Renewables

Cuijiao Ma, and Song Gaosheng, Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. China; Haitao Xiang and Haijiang Jiang, Shanghai Aero-Sharp Electric Technologies Co., Ltd. China

This article describes a dual input two stage grid-tied PV inverter by using Mitsubishi Photovoltaic Intelligent Power Modules (PV-IPM) of type number PM50B6LA060. Dual circuit branches have independent

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Date:

12/22/2010

The Promise of Solar Technology

By Peter Haaf, Technical Marketing Manager Fairchild Semiconductor GmbH Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany

Solar electricity generation is becoming a viable alternative energy source, due to burgeoning energy costs. Up until 2007, the German solar market was the world’s largest solar market driven by a law encouraging the use of renewable energy through incentives (the “Energieeinspeisungsgesetz”). Generating electrici

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Date:

12/15/2010