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First Solar is in the process of adding 120 new employee positions at its Perrysburg, Ohio, fabrication facility. The new employees at the US-based thin-film solar producer and project developer are a “necessity,” owing to the company’s plans to increase output at the Ohio facility by around 100 MW. The news that two new lines are set to be installed

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One of the more successful investors/hedge fund managers of recent years, Ron Baron, recently made comments about Tesla Motors blowing up over the next few years, and that “all of us will likely be Tesla customers in 25 years.” While the words that come out of the mouths of those involved in the financial industry should always be taken with a

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While we have reported recently that India has hiked its solar power capacity target by five times and seeks to install 100 GW capacity by 2022, we’ll now consider some of the aspects of this enormous target. India’s recently announced target to install 100 GW solar power capacity by 2022 could make it one of the largest solar power markets in the

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State governments across India are implementing highly ambitious plans to rapidly expand solar power generation capacity. While a few are roping in private sector companies, most are opting for large government-owned companies with proven track records in the power sector. Odisha, a southeastern state in India, has asked the country’s largest power producer, NTPC Limited, to set up an ultra mega

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Private sector power companies in India seem to have realised the business case behind the fuel cost advantage of renewable energy projects over conventional power projects and are now looking to expand their renewable energy portfolios. The second-largest private sector power generating company in India, Tata Power, is planning to expand its renewable energy portfolio through its subsidiary Tata Power Renewable

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TE Connectivity (TE) announces its new ALCOSWITCH Subminiature Series of switches. The new switches add to the extensive product portfolio of 4,000 ALCOSWITCH switches that provide a cost savings for switching power in set-top boxes, control panels, light fixtures and industrial machinery. The compact, reliable, high-performance mechanical switches are ideal for space-sensitive applications, and are available in pushbutton, toggle and

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GE Critical Power has added the EHHD 120-Watt, HAMMERHEAD™-series isolated dc-dc converters that provide a single, precisely regulated output voltage over an ultra-wide input voltage range of 18- to 75-Vdc. Comprised of three eighth-brick, low-height power modules, the EHHD power modules provide nominal output voltages of 12-, 5- and 3.3-Vdc and are rated for output currents of 10-, 24- and

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International Rectifier Corp (IR) announced the introduction of IR’s µHVIC™ family of general purpose high-voltage and low-voltage integrated circuits that simplifies power system development by offering easy-to-implement building blocks for frequently used circuit elements. The new family of µHVIC devices includes the IRSxx752L 100V, 200V and 600V single channel high-side drivers; the IRS25751L high-voltage start-up IC; the IRS44273L single channel

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STMicroelectronics Inc. new STM32F091 ARM® Cortex®-M0 microcontroller overcomes the resource constraints imposed by similar devices positioned for cost-sensitive applications by providing large on-chip memories and up to eight USARTs that save multiplexing communication ports in applications such as in-car audio or three-phase power metering. With up to 256Kbytes of Flash on-chip and a 32Kbyte SRAM — enough to implement a

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Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) announced the introduction of a new ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection diode – the DF5G7M2N. Built to protect equipment attached to communication lines, the DF5G7M2N shields high-speed interfaces such as USB3.1, HDMI®, DisplayPort™ and Thunderbolt™ from static electricity. It can also be used to protect small portable devices such as smartphones and tablets from ESD

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