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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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ZMD AG (ZMDI) today announces the release of the ZSPM2000, a configurable true digital PWM controller with integrated MOSFET driver for smart digital point-of-load (POL) solutions. ZMDI’s ZSPM2000 operates as a synchronous step-down converter in a single-rail, single-phase configuration. ZMDI’s Tru-Sample Technology™ and State-Law Control™ algorithms ensure best-in-class transient performance and excellent steady-state behavior. With its integrated power-stage driver, the

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Humans have harnessed hydrogen for a variety of applications, from blasting rockets into space to making common household products like toothpaste. Now, after decades of development, hydrogen is about to find its way into the family car. In June, Hyundai Motor Co. began leasing its Tucson Fuel Cell and has pledged to produce 1,000 units globally by 2015. Toyota Motor

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By Brandon Chase, Fellow at the Clean Energy Leadership Institute Wind turbines and solar panels both use natural resources to produce clean, renewable energy. However, the intermittency of these energy sources (i.e. speed and availability of wind is uncertain and solar production varies with cloud cover and time of day) creates a challenge for grid operators who need to keep

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Two of the most repeated oppositions to wind turbines are their impact on wildlife and their supposed “ugliness” (which those of us who love the look of wind turbines don’t really understand). A new report has managed to solve one of these issues while simultaneously making the other issue worse. Researchers from Loughborough University in the UK have found that

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The energy independence goals of Turkey could be met by renewable energy, rather than its current coal-centric strategy, according to new analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The research, funded by the European Climate Foundation and commissioned by WWF-Turkey, was published Tuesday, and shows that an alternative approach based on building up a sizeable renewable energy base would not only

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Australia’s largest generator of electricity has chosen a new managing director with an eye to the future, particularly the evolution of a new business model and the inevitable emergence of solar and storage to give the company’s near 4 million consumers more choice about the energy they use. AGL Energy announced on Tuesday that they had hired a 56 year

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Fremont, California–based Imergy Power, a provider of advanced energy storage systems, has received an order from Hawaii’s Energy Research Systems for four of its flow battery systems. Two of them are for residential customers, one is for an institution, and one is for a microgrid customer. Dr. Herve Mazzocco, Director of Business Development for Imergy Power Systems, generously agreed to

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Amidst national policies in Australia that seem to be growing ever further from reality, the City of Melbourne and several other local councils and businesses have made a stand to attempt to divest themselves from Victoria’s coal-fuelled energy grid. Led by Lord Mayor Robert Doyle of the City of Melbourne, the group of councils and businesses which represent a collective

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SL Industries, Inc. (SLI) announced today the divestiture of RFL Electronics Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of SLI. The divestiture is structured as a stock transaction with a cash sales price totaling $20 million, less transaction fees and subject to a final working capital adjustment, with proceeds of $2 million currently held in escrow pending resolution of certain indemnification

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