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Mean Well Enterprises Co. Ltd. has unveiled the SPB05 series of 5W regulated single output dc-dc converters to meet the increasing demand for system miniaturization. This series is in SIP (single-in-line) package form and adopts the plastic case of the 3W SPB03 (0.86″x0.36″x0.44″) but increases the available power to 5W. The power density is up to 36.7 W/in³; and the

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Murata today announced the addition of a 1300-Watt model to their D1U3CS series of front-end ac-dc power supplies from Murata Power Solutions. The D1U3CS 1300 series can deliver 1,300 Watts from the wide 108- to 264-Vac universal input, is hot pluggable, has no minimum load requirement, and incorporates low-loss integral ORing FETs on its main 12-V output, for fault-tolerant and

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Altera Corporation today announced nine new Altera® Enpirion® power system-on-chip (PowerSoC) devices that fully comply with the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC-Q100) qualification standard temperature grade 2, a critical stress test qualification for automotive integrated circuits (ICs). The newly-qualified Enpirion devices include step-down PowerSoCs from the EP53xx and efficiency-optimized EN63xx families, supporting load currents up to 12A. Unlike discrete power products,

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Tesla unveiled an all-wheel drive version of its Model-S on Thursday. The new car is an improvement over the two-wheel-drive version in almost every way, with increased efficiency, range, acceleration, top speed, and a slew of futuristic auto-pilot features. Until now, all-wheel-drive (AWD) vehicles were less efficient and slower than rear-wheel drives due to the added mass of a second

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For the first time ever, German consumers are about to see a drop in the surcharge they pay for renewable energy. Germany’s green energy policies include long-term contracts that require feeding renewables like wind and solar into the grid while guaranteeing them above-market rates. The goal is to build out the country’s renewable generation capacity, but the costs of the

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It was to be expected. India’s coal imports in September zoomed up by 19% to 16 million tons as compared to a year ago, no thanks to low output from the state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), according to data by online trader mjunction. India’s imports of all types of coal rose 18.47% to 110.15 million tons (mt) in April-September, as

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After almost five months of litigation, Battery Handling Systems, Inc. (BHS) (http://www.bhs1.com) has obtained an agreed, permanent injunction prohibiting its competitor, Materials Transportation Company (MTC) (http://www.mtcworldwide.com) from hiring BHS’s former National Accounts Manager, James Stoneman. The agreed permanent injunction was entered September 9, 2014, in the case styled Battery Handling Systems, Inc. v. James D. Stoneman, et al., case number

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Energy storage has become this year’s cause célèbre. The main selling point for storage, forged into a meme by story after story in the press, is that storage is needed to compensate for the variable output of wind and solar. “Today, the power grid isn’t able to easily handle the rapid fluctuations in the production of wind and solar power,”

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Under the motto “Superior Solutions for a Smart World” TDK Corp. is presenting its innovative and comprehensive range of EPCOS and TDK products for the entire spectrum of electronics applications at electronica 2014, Hall B5, Stand 506. TDK will be highlighting its electronic components, modules and systems according to both the underlying technologies as well as the markets we serve

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The Hawaii Electric Light Company (HELCO) submitted a long-term energy plan to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission that includes a target goal of hitting 92% renewable electricity by the year 2030. So, if this goal is reached, the big island would be almost energy independent in just sixteen years. Where is the island currently in their energy mix? About 40%

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