Tag: battery industry

FastCAP Systems, Inc. announced that its newest technology, an ultracapacitor (ultracap) that reliably operates in extreme temperatures (200 degrees C, or roughly 400 degrees F), has successfully completed third party validation testing by Sandia National Laboratory. The newly-validated ultracaps, celebrated as the highest temperature rechargeable energy storage devices in the world, mark a new frontier in ultracap development with major

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Power Integrations today announced that a Federal District Court in Delaware has granted its request for another permanent injunction against Fairchild Semiconductor products that infringe the company’s patents. The ruling, issued yesterday, follows a 2012 jury verdict in which approximately 80 Fairchild products were found to violate three of Power Integrations’ patents.                

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Increased generation capacity, high wind speeds, and low electricity demand has pushed the share of electricity generated from renewable energy sources closer to 20% in the United Kingdom. According to the data released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in the UK’s total electricity mix reached 19.4% during the

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Chinese solar module manufacturers have been at the receiving end of some pretty high anti-dumping duties from the US and the EU, and other countries like India are also considering to levy such duties on Chinese solar imports. As a result the Chinese companies are now looking to new solar markets, and what bigger market than Africa? With this in

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June 30th was Sullivan Solar Power Day in San Diego. The County Board of Supervisors gave it that name in honor of the county’s leading solar installation company. Supervisor Dave Roberts presented CEO Daniel Sullivan with a proclamation in a ceremony at the company headquarters . “The declaration commends Sullivan Solar Power for its outstanding service, leadership and commitment to

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Private equity investment companies have seen renewable energy sector as an attractive sector for quite a few years now. A number of PE firms have made notable investments in renewable energy companies around the world, especially in emerging solar and wind energy markets. Global PE investment giant KKR has furthered this trend by investing in one of the largest renewable

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Clean technology researchers just killed two birds with one stone by coming up with a new way to capture carbon dioxide and turn it into useful chemical compound via solar energy. In collaboration with New Jersey-based startup, Liquid Light Inc., Princeton University scientists have been able to turn a combination of carbon dioxide and water into formic acid using an

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Along with an industry-wide commitment to increasing the efficiency of automobiles, the promise of autonomous transport is closer to being realised. Systems that provide greater control over every element of an automobile not only offer better mileage, they also deliver greater safety. Indeed, the dream of a self-driving car is no longer science fiction. Trends such as advanced driver assistance

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Integration has long been the key to the adoption and growth of microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) technology. MEMS-based devices are already used in a broad range of electronic products, from audio microphones for sound to optical components for displays and vision, and should only continue to expand into different application areas. With a growing number of commercial MEMS foundries, opportunities are increasing

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Featuring a minimum load current of just 1 mA, a maximum of 3 A and an adjust pin current of only 6 µA, the AZ2085 adjustable LDO regulator announced by Diodes Incorporated handles a far wider range of applications than alternative DC linear voltage regulators. The device’s dropout voltage is typically 1.2 V at the full 3A load current, supporting

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