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Last Friday, the Omaha Chamber of Commerce arranged to have Michael Mullis, the CEO of J.M. Mullis, Inc. give an hour-long talk on the Gallup campus. Mullis’ firm specializes in finding locations for companies to either relocate or expand; many of them Fortune 500 organizations. What attracted me to the 7:30 AM event downtown was the promotional announcement that he

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The new lab, an extension to the existing eLab battery research centre, is run by research institute ZSW and offers industrial partners the possibility to develop, test and optimise battery materials and formulations as well as manufacturing processes and equipment. Currently, first equipment tests are conducted in the lab which offers a space of 3.600 square meters (39.000 square feet)

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The new method for studying battery failures points to the next step in extending lithium ion battery lifetime and capacity, opening a path to wider use of these batteries in conjunction with renewable energy sources. Lithium ions strain the material as they shuttle between electrodes and can even alter its structure, which lead to defects. Designs for more resilient electrodes

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India is on a fast-track to boost its solar power capacity, and as the investors flock to its solar power market, no state would stand to gain more than the western state of Rajasthan. The Rajasthan state government has a policy that dwarfs the national solar power policy itself. While the current national policy aims at 22 GW installed capacity

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A new report from the European Commission has found that 14 European Union member states will fail to meet their 20% renewable energy target by 2020 based on current progress. The EU Tracking Roadmap released by the Keep on Track! monitoring body warned that Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia,

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The Australian government – and ministers Greg Hunt and Ian Macfarlane, in particular – like to tell everyone how much they support renewable energy. But they seem to be doing their level best to trash the industry in Australia. Key data released late last week underlines the disastrous state of the large-scale renewable sector: for all intents and purposes, it

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Adaptive Networks, Inc. today announced the introduction of a new powerline networking modem series to its Powerline Communications family of products. The new MWB™ Powerline Modems will allow companies operating in the most electrically adverse and challenging industrial environments to support multipoint networks at longer distances and higher network speeds, for an even more reliable and robust powerline communications (PLC)

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At the world’s biggest electronics show, electronica in Munich, ROHM Semiconductor will present its most recent developments from the company’s R&D centers as well as co-developments with partners which have been manufactured in its fully integrated production sites. The new devices feature future-oriented properties reflecting latest material research, proprietary process and packaging technologies. Designed to meet the ever increasing demand

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The final barrier preventing energy suppliers making the switch from ac power grids to faster, more efficient dc systems could now be removed, thanks to research carried out at the University of Birmingham. Electrical engineers, led by Xiao-Ping Zhang, Professor of Electrical Power Systems at the University, have developed a way of managing faults in dc power systems. The solution,

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International Rectifier Corp. today announced the introduction of the AUIRFN8459 and AUIRFN8458 40V automotive-qualified COOLiRFET™ power MOSFETs that offer benchmark on-state resistance (RDS(on)) for automotive applications requiring compact size and high current performance including pump motor control and automotive body control. The AUIRFN8459 and AUIRFN8458 are the first in a family of automotive-qualified 5x6mm dual PQFN power MOSFETs based on

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