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Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today introduced the industry’s smallest, lowest power linear battery charger and a tiny, fully integrated dc-dc power module, which consumes only 360nA of quiescent current, to help extend battery run-time in wearable electronics, remote sensors and MSP430™ microcontroller-based applications. The new bq25100 single-cell Li-Ion charger comes in a 0.9-mm by 1.6-mm WCSP package, and achieves a

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China is moving to accelerate its deployment of distributed rooftop solar with new incentives and new financing tools akin to the SolarCity leasing model. The National Energy Administration of China released a policy documentearlier this week which provides extra subsidies for public entities and rural buildings.   China has aimed to add 8 gigawatts of distributed solar and 6 gigawatts of

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Zurich-based bank UBS  sent a briefing paper to some its clients saying that conventional power plants could become irrelevant within two decades. Instead, they say clean energy could replace them and that means home and business owners may generate their own power, rather than rely on conventional fossil fuel plants. If it seems dubious that such a force in the conservative banking

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Hawaii is a place of great natural beauty,  so it only makes sense that renewable energy would be utilized there to protect it. Conventional power generation in Hawaii has been mostly oil-based, but that appears to be changing. Solar panel prices have been falling over the last several years. This trend is accelerating interest and sales in home and business solar systems.

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A new combination of materials can efficiently guide electricity and light along the same tiny wire, a finding that could be a step towards building computer chips capable of transporting digital information at the speed of light. Reporting today in The Optical Society’s (OSA) journal Optica, optical and material scientists at the University of Rochester and Swiss Federal Institute of

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Trojan Battery, Co. LLC, has released its new lines of deep-cycle batteries featuring Smart Carbon technology, which addresses the impact of partial state of charge (PSOC) on cycling batteries in renewable energy (RE), inverter backup and remote telecom applications. Smart Carbon is designed to enhance life and performance of Trojan batteries operating in PSOC.Smart Carbon is a proprietary Trojan formula

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Lithium-ion batteries are seen as a solution for energy storage of the future and have become indispensible, especially in electromobility. Their key advantage is that they are able to store large amounts of energy but are still comparatively light and compact. However, when metallic lithium forms and deposits during charging it can lead to a reduced battery lifespan and even

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A statement from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and State Administration of Taxation has confirmed that China has introduced an exemption from the present 10 percent purchase tax for electric vehicles, with effect from September 1, 2014. The new measure, which was first announced in July this year, is being seen as a vital element within the Government’s

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A new lithium-ion battery converter/charger, the Inteli-Power 9100L series, is available from Progressive Dynamics, Inc.These 12 volt and 24 volt lithium-ion battery converter/chargers are designed to meet the stringent voltages required for properly charging and maintaining lithium batteries.Lithium-ion batteries require special balancing circuits and chargers to prevent overcharging a cell or discharging too much. Standard features of the Inteli-Power 9100L

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In late May, Vermont became the first US state to enact a primary battery recycling bill requiring the development of a program for collecting and recycling primary batteries. The statute puts that burden on battery and some battery-powered manufacturers who place batteries on the market in the Green Mountain State.At the bill-signing, Governor Peter Shumlin said:“This bill is Vermont at

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