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With demand for LNG rising in Asia and a wave of supplies coming on-stream, long-term point-to-point contracts in the Asian market may give way to more flexible trade patterns and the growth of spot trading. Singapore with its deep water harbour and thriving financial centre is gearing up to become the first LNG trading hub for Asia.  But success is

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While policymakers and companies generally acknowledge the need for an energy transition, they still underestimate the enormous task that is facing us. The real energy transition, says André Faaij, the new academic director of the Dutch research institute Energy Academy Europe, has yet to start. And, he adds, it will only succeed if it is strongly directed by government policy

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The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) submitted a letter signed by 49 member companies to European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, urging the council to set a binding energy efficiency target of at least 40 percent. The letter reads as follows: “In the coming days the European Council decision on the 2030 climate and energy package will be finalized.

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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced the release of a new tantalum-cased, hermetically-sealed wet tantalum capacitor that is claimed to be the industry’s first qualified to the MIL-PRF-39006/33 specification. For designers, the M39006/33 (Style CLR93) offers established reliability for critical avionics and aerospace systems. Offered in the axial T4 case size, the Vishay Sprague device released today features a wide voltage range

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TDK Corporation presents three new series of EPCOS aluminum electrolytic capacitors with screw terminals. They are characterized by their high ripple current capability and simultaneously highly compact dimensions. The capacitors of the new B43703 series are designed for rated voltages from 350Vdc to 450Vdc and cover a capacitance range from 1500 µF to 22 000 µF. They are up to

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Ecova announced a new 80 PLUS certification for 115V industrial ac-dc power supplies. The new certification encourages greater efficiencies in the industrial market by recognizing and rewarding manufacturers that achieve a premium efficiency rating and enabling customers to compare and contrast power supplies based on established criteria. This improved efficiency is expected to save $88 million annually in conserved energy.

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Renesas Electronics Europe today announced a new OFDM powerline modem, the second generation of its market leading and award winning family of powerline communication (PLC) modem solutions. The Renesas PLC device, an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) solution designed for smart metering applications, maintains the flexible concept of the original Renesas PLC chip range. It offers broad-based support for multiple

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From out of nowhere, a startup named Alevo has emerged as a serious rival to Tesla in the race to achieve next-generation grid battery manufacturing at gigawatt scale. On Monday, the North Carolina-based, European-backed company announced plans to invest $1 billion in turning an old Philip Morris cigarette factory into a battery factory eventually capable of churning out “several gigawatts”

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At the same time, the researchers also found that the electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries could be replaced with halogen-free electrolytes that are both nontoxic and environmentally friendly. “The significance [of our findings] is that one can have a safer battery without compromising its performance,” said lead author Puru Jena, Ph.D., distinguished professor in the Department of Physics of the College

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The cost of electricity from new solar cell installations is starting to compete with electricity from new coal and nuclear plants in sunny locations. As a result of research at the University of Washington, the solar cells of the near future might be printed from inks and reach efficiencies more than double that of today’s typical solar cells, reducing the

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