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Did you hear about the largest solar power plant in the world and how it is now producing electricity? Did it make the nightly broadcast news? Probably not, but Solyndra was all over the news media for a while. There’s a blatant lack of coverage for solar success stories, so it wouldn’t be surprising if most people aren’t hearing about

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The European wind market is expected to stabilise this year, after a decline in 2013, with a 2.5% year-over-year growth. And while short-term outlooks for Europe’s wind energy industry show declining wind demand, consulting firm MAKE believe that, in the long term, the European wind market will grow 2.1% per year between 2014 to 2023. An emailed press release from

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A recent Pembina Institute fact sheet discusses how wind energy is subsidizing Albertan ratepayers. The author, Ben Thibault, said that during 2013 Alberta’s electricity was 65% less expensive when wind was generating over 600 MW than when production fell below 300 MW. He also had some interesting insights into other wind sector issues. During 2013, the average price for wind

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The energy storage news keeps coming. LG Chem is one of the largest lithium-ion battery manufacturers in the world. Siemens is one of the largest engineering companies in the world and has made some of the largest wind turbines. (It is also a world leader in offshore wind turbine construction.) LG Chem and Siemens have been collaborating for some time,

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ZeroHour Innovations, Inc. offers the ZeroHour tactical-grade flashlight integrated with a USB battery backup that can charge smartphones, tablets, and other USB devices. ZeroHour is a USB rechargeable flashlight featuring a 1,000 lumen LED that can throw a beam 1,300 feet or more, up to 10,000mAh of USB battery backup power, IPX8 waterproof protection, and a unique modular component design.

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Around the globe, billions of pounds of agricultural waste are generated every year. Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are exploring ways to convert this waste into high-value silicon carbide (SiC) that can be used for a variety of electronic and structural applications. For NRL scientists, the conversion of rice husks to high-value SiC nanowires may provide new

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Enit Energy IT Systems GmbH is the latest spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISEin Freiburg. Enit develops and markets monitoring and control systems for decentralized energy systems like combined heat and power plants, photovoltaic systems or industrial consumers. These systems help customers gain more transparency about their electricity, heat and gas consumption. In addition, the company’s

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GlacialTech, Inc. announces its line of Bay Light heatsinks for high-wattage LED applications from 100W to 250W – the Igloo SR100, SR150, SR200, SR200HP and SR250HP. These lightweight heatsinks are made through a stamping process and achieve superb thermal performance from 0.71 degrees C/W to 0.39 degrees C/W at a competitive price point. For high power CoB applications, these heat

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Bourns, Inc. today introduced its innovative FLAT™ Gas Discharge Tube (GDT) technology. Designed as a robust circuit protection solution to meet the challenging requirements of today’s smaller and more sensitive electronics equipment, Bourns’ new FLAT™ GDT technology reduces height and overall volume while maintaining its isolation and current-handling capabilities. The new compact, space-saving design offers superior surge current ratings, low

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Renesas Electronics Corp. is expanding the use of touch key in healthcare, building automation and home appliance applications with the new RX113 Group of microcontrollers (MCUs). Part of the RX100 Series, the new MCUs offer a single-chip solution with unique touch sensor IP and leading-edge low-power technologies. This enables significantly reduced power, size, and development costs for entry-level devices in

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