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Shunfeng Photovoltaic International Ltd. (1165), which plans to become one of the world’s biggest solar cell manufacturers this year, said it’s speaking with as many as five banks about finance for expanding installations. Chairman Zhang Yi said he’s targeting installations of 3 gigawatts this year. The company expects capacity of 2.2 gigawatts for cell making and 2.4 gigawatts for finished

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Electric vehicles are cool. They’re inexpensive to operate, can make our air cleaner, and help reduce the amount of climate change-causing gases released into the atmosphere. But right now, they’re also mostly just for rich people. The initial cost of buying the car, combined with their limited availability, is just too much for most people to justify making the switch.That

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Transportation is changing. Throughout the auto industry, companies are beginning to focus their efforts on developing vehicles that produce zero emissions. Many are doing so in order to comply with emissions regulations being instituted in their most prominent markets, while others are looking to cater to changing consumer behavior, answering the call for cleaner vehicles and cleaner transportation. The issue,

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Scrapped car tires have been used for construction material and recycled into floor mats and shoe soles. Now they might find their way back into hybrid and electric cars, but under the hood. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have devised a method to convert tire rubber into a carbon material for lithium-ion battery anodes. Conventional lithium anodes are made

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Hybrid London buses that use batteries and a motor will now start recharging at stops, wirelessly. The inductive charge should mean the engine won’t need to be used as much, or at all. The inductive charging, built into the bus stops, will be trialled by TfL in four stops in east London from next year. The special Enviro400H E400 hybrid

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Micrel, Inc. today introduced the MIC2873/MIC2874, an ultra-compact, camera flash LED driver that integrates a 1.2A boost converter and LED driver circuit into a small 9 pin, 1.3mm by 1.3mm chip scale package. Operating from 2.7V to 5.5V and featuring up to 92 percent efficiency, these solutions are suited for Li-Ion battery operated portable applications such as phone cameras, tablet

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News that official figures showed wind turbines provided more power to the UK grid than coal plants on five separate days is of no surprise, considering the tantalising hints we received during August. But RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable trade association, announced Monday that UK wind had exceeded coal on the 3rd, 9th, 11th, 12th, and 17th of August. “Wind

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The Indian government is set to start work on a large project to install several renewable energy-powered mobile communication towers across nine states in the central belt of the country as it pushes for development in economically underdeveloped regions. Last month, the central government gave approval to an ambitious project that would see as many as 2,200 mobile communication towers

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By Jesse Morris. Four short years ago, the U.S. solar industry surpassed expectations by installing 340 MW of solar at a cost of $6.40 per watt in the first half of 2010. How times have changed. In the first quarter of this year alone, the U.S. installed 1,330 MW of solar for an average $2.36 per watt. In other words,

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Neware Typical BTS3000 Cabinets Part 1: BTS3000 Cabinets for 5V Cell Batteries Neware typical mA level BTS3000 products: BTS3000-5V1mA, BTS3000-5V5mA, BTS3000-5V10mA, BTS3000-5V20mA, BTS3000-5V50mA, BTS3000-5V200mA. Neware typical 3A-30A level BTS3000 products: BTS3000-5V3A, BTS3000-5V6A(very popular product), BTS3000-5V10A, BTS3000-5V20A, BTS3000-5V30A. Neware typical 50A-200A level BTS3000 products: BTS3000-5V50A, BTS3000-5V60A, BTS3000-5V100A, BTS3000-5V200A(4 channels for the best), BTS3000-5V500A(2 channels for the best), BTS3000-5V1000A(1 channel for the best), BTS3000-5V3000A(1 channel for the best).   Part 2: BTS3000 Cabinets for 15V/20V/40V Battery Modules Neware typical 15V level BTS3000 products: BTS3000-15V3A, BTS3000-15V6A, BTS3000-15V10A, BTS3000-15V20A, BTS3000-15V25A, BTS3000-15V30A. Neware typical 20V level

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