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It’s barely been a month since we reported on the government of Kawajima-machi’s (Saitama Prefecture, Japan) plans to develop a 7.5 MW solar power plant on the surface of Umenokifurukori reservoir. And now Kyocera has announced a 13.4 MW floating solar power plant on the Yamakura Dam reservoir in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The company did not release any information on

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With the Indian government’s plan to mandate use of domestically manufactured solar power equipment, Indian companies are now planning long-term investments in the manufacturing sector. Rolta Power is looking to partner with a Chinese technology provider to set up a solar cell manufacturing facility. The initial capacity of the facility will be 60 MW and will require an investment of

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Danish wind energy giant DONG Energy announced Monday that it had completed the divestment of its onshore wind energy holdings, allowing the company to now focus solely on offshore wind energy. DONG Energy agreed Monday to divest its shareholding in the Swedish onshore wind farm Storrun, a 30 MW wind farm which has been in operation since September 2009. DONG Energy sold

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Two Canadian pension funds have announced an agreement with Spanish banking giant Banco Santander to jointly acquire a portfolio of renewable energy and water infrastructure assets which is valued at over $2 billion. The pension funds, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) will expect to see the transaction closed sometime in the first

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Much of the automotive world doesn’t seem to have a lot of love for Elon Musk these days. Even companies that Tesla has worked with, like Toyota and Mercedes, have derided Musk’s plan to take over the world with electric cars. But to one former GM CEO, Musk is making all of the right moves and is challenging the auto

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Taking inspiration from Gujarat’s Charanka Solar Park, during the 2014–15 financial budget, India’s Finance Minister had amongst other things announced a fund of Rs5 billion ($80 million) in order to promote Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects (UMSPP) across states with good solar potential. Accordingly, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had prepared a draft scheme for these UMSPP. Representative Picture Prime Minister Modi and his cabinet

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Exar Corporation today introduced the XR77129, a quad-output programmable universal power management IC (PMIC) with an input operating voltage range of 6V to 40V. Its patented control architecture is well-suited for 40V inputs using a 17-bit wide PID voltage mode VIN feed forward architecture. This controller offers a single-input, quad-output, step-down switching regulator controller with integrated gate drivers and dual

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The AL8820 LED driver converter fromDiodes Incorporated is a compact, two-stage, boost/buck non-dimmable MR16 lamp design solution, that is simultaneously characterized by high power factor, low total harmonic distortion (THD) and low-output current ripple. For example, in a 6W MR16 application, the device operates flicker-free with most common LED lighting transformers at a power factor of 0.9 and THD of

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Anderson Power Products Corp.® (APP®) Mini PL SPEC Pak series of compact, environmentally sealed connectors are touch safe on both sides and feature a latching shell. Power handling capabilities up to 23A and 600 volts ac or dc per pole allow more power in a smaller waterproof (IP68) shell than competing solutions. Recommended: Molex Invests in NuCurrent for Wireless Power

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Astrodyne Corporation now offers a half-brick COTS ac-dc power module with an output voltage of 375Vdc. The PFC-375, part of Astrodyne’s UniVerter Series, offers high reliability in the most demanding applications. Suited for use in military and commercial aviation applications and other challenging thermal and shock vibration environments this new base-plated, potted module features Astrodyne’s proprietary Insulated Metal Substrate (IMS)

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