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Altera Corporation today announced nine new Altera® Enpirion® power system-on-chip (PowerSoC) devices that fully comply with the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC-Q100) qualification standard temperature grade 2, a critical stress test qualification for automotive integrated circuits (ICs). The newly-qualified Enpirion devices include step-down PowerSoCs from the EP53xx and efficiency-optimized EN63xx families, supporting load currents up to 12A. Unlike discrete power products,

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Tesla unveiled an all-wheel drive version of its Model-S on Thursday. The new car is an improvement over the two-wheel-drive version in almost every way, with increased efficiency, range, acceleration, top speed, and a slew of futuristic auto-pilot features. Until now, all-wheel-drive (AWD) vehicles were less efficient and slower than rear-wheel drives due to the added mass of a second

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For the first time ever, German consumers are about to see a drop in the surcharge they pay for renewable energy. Germany’s green energy policies include long-term contracts that require feeding renewables like wind and solar into the grid while guaranteeing them above-market rates. The goal is to build out the country’s renewable generation capacity, but the costs of the

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It was to be expected. India’s coal imports in September zoomed up by 19% to 16 million tons as compared to a year ago, no thanks to low output from the state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), according to data by online trader mjunction. India’s imports of all types of coal rose 18.47% to 110.15 million tons (mt) in April-September, as

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Energy storage has become this year’s cause célèbre. The main selling point for storage, forged into a meme by story after story in the press, is that storage is needed to compensate for the variable output of wind and solar. “Today, the power grid isn’t able to easily handle the rapid fluctuations in the production of wind and solar power,”

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Under the motto “Superior Solutions for a Smart World” TDK Corp. is presenting its innovative and comprehensive range of EPCOS and TDK products for the entire spectrum of electronics applications at electronica 2014, Hall B5, Stand 506. TDK will be highlighting its electronic components, modules and systems according to both the underlying technologies as well as the markets we serve

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Ergon Energy has announced the winner of its first tender to provide ground-breaking grid-based battery storage, in what could be the first of hundreds of such installations across its vast network in Queensland that will reduce its need to build more poles and wires. Ergon Energy says 20 systems that comprise 50 lithium-ion type batteries and a nominal capacity of

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Is Tesla looking to bring a European factory online? Maybe, and it might just be in Slovakia. AutoBlog Green reports that the electric automaker is in talks with officials in Slovakia about potentially building a factory there, though so far Tesla isn’t confirming anything. After the recent retooling of its Fremont factory, Tesla will be able to build about 2,500

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I’ve been monitoring and writing about battery technology advancements for years, and have been let down so many times. This time, a lithium-ion battery technology that can be recharged to 70% in 2 minutes has been developed, and it can theoretically last 20 years! Let’s hope this is for real. This technology is facilitated by the use of a titanium

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The heirs and still majority owners of the Walmart fortune, the Walton family, have been spending millions of dollars in recent years funding a huge number of anti-solar energy groups, according to a recent study from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). If you’re asking yourself, well, what exactly is a “huge number?” — in this case, it’s more than

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