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In a sign of their growing acceptance, string inverters are increasingly being considered in megawatt (MW)-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems, with over 40 percent of inverter buyers regarding them as suitable for use in systems larger than 1 MW, according to a new report from IHS Technology. In an IHS survey, more than 300 solar installers, distributors and engineering, procurement and

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First Solar, Inc. today announced the launch of its modular AC Power Block™ solar power plant solution and its next generation First Solar Series 4™ thin film photovoltaic (PV) module. The company will showcase these and other solutions at Intersolar Europe in Munich, Germany from 4 to 6 June 2014. Purpose-built for power plant owners and developers seeking to minimize

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UniEnergy Technologies, Inc. (UET) today announced commercial availability of the Uni.System™ grid-scale energy storage system. The Uni.System is modular, factory-integrated (including power conversion), and “plug & play,” comprised of five 20′ standard containers requiring only a concrete pad and interconnection that provide 500kWAC of power for 4 hours, with power up to 600kWAC and energy up to 2.2MWhAC. Uni.System integrates

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Altera continues to up the technology specifications in the complex programmable logic (CPLD) market with details of its first 0.35µm four layer metal device, which it claims will support densities up to 250,000 gates.  While admitting that the large gate count designs will inevitably be small in number, Altera points out that the push to 0.35µm will reduce the size

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Linear Technology has introduced a ride-through DC-DC voltage converter IC which can deal with a sudden loss of input voltage from a single supercapacitor energy source. The IC has a main buck regulator with a built-in boost converter for temporary backup, or ride-through, of VOUT during a sudden loss of input voltage. The device monitors VIN, VOUT and VCAP and

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Linear Technology has designed a pair of 1.5W DC-DC converters with 2kVac galvanic isolation in a 9mm x 11.25mm x 4.92mm BGA (ball grid array) package. The LTM8057 and LTM8058 include an isolated transformer, control circuitry, power switches and a modest amount of input and output capacitance. Both devices will operate from an input voltage range of 3.1V to 31V,

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Power Integrations today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. Net revenues for the quarter were $83.1 million, eight percent lower than the prior quarter and up eight percent from the first quarter of 2013. GAAP net income for the quarter was $12.4 million or $0.40 per diluted share, compared with $0.52 per diluted share in the

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During this week’s PCIM Europe, Clifton GmbH unveiled a unique epitaxy (epi) technology to produce high-voltage Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) semiconductor material for diodes, transistors and intelligent power modules. The new GaAs devices offer higher performances, more efficiency and reliability in smaller and lighter devices; all at lower manufacturing costs/prices compared to SiC and GaN products. The company’s initial product is

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Alcoa and Phinergy will unveil their jointly developed aluminum-air battery that they say powers electric cars to greater distances. An Alcoa-Phinergy electric car will take laps around the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve to demonstrate the technology, ahead of the Formula 1 Grand Prix Du Canada in Montreal. Why go with aluminum-air technology for batteries? Phinergy explained aluminum contains high amounts of energy

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Four Japanese automakers are working together to make EV charging stations widely available through Japan. Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation jointly established a new company, Nippon Charge Service, LLC, (NCS) on Monday, May 26, to promote the installation of chargers for electric-powered vehicles. The goal is to help build a

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