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Vivint Solar announced its third quarter financial results in its first earnings call as a public firm yesterday. Right now, Vivint Solar is the only credible installer-financier of scale that stands as a competitive threat to SolarCity. During the earnings call, Vivint’s CEO said that the firm had gone from zero to 15 percent market share “in three short years”

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Kemet Electronics Corp. introduced today its first automotive grade polymer capacitors at the Electronica 2014 trade fair in Munich, Germany. The T591 High Performance Automotive Grade Polymer Tantalum Series delivers stability and endurance under harsh humidity and temperature conditions. The T591 Series is available today in capacitances up to 220 microfarads and rated up to 10 volts. This series features

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Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems has introduced a new low profile version of its SP-Cap range of specialty conductive polymer aluminum capacitors. Measuring just 0.9mm above the PCB, the devices (LR & SR series) are rated from 2V up to 6.3V with capacitance values of 68 to 220µF. Capacitance tolerance is ±20% (120Hz / +20 degrees C). Recommended: IGBT Modules

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Zilog, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ixys Corporation today introduced its Z8 Encore! XP® F6482 Series microcontrollers (MCUs), the latest in Zilog’s line of Z8 Encore! XP® Flash microcontroller products. These F6482 Series products are based on Zilog’s advanced 8-bit eZ8 CPU core and are optimized for low-power and wireless applications, supporting 1.8V to 3.6V low-voltage operations with extremely low

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It was still summer when a company called Greenaer, hearing of my experiments in car-free living, suggested a test-drive on one of their electric bicycles. At the time I was sceptical. Half the point of cycling was exercise, I thought. No pain no gain, and all that. But when I finally got around to trying their bike, last Sunday, it

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Demand leads Raleigh to line up a second set of courses for February 2015, where dealers get first-hand training from the likes of Bosch, Yahama and more This weeks sees Raleigh’s inaugural Cyclelife Electric training academy courses, providing the UK’s serious electric bike dealers with a free detailed technical training course from electric bike system providers like Bosch, Yamaha, Tranz

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India’s largest wind energy solutions company, Suzlon Energy, is looking to rapidly expand its product portfolio as it gets ready to exploit the big-ticket reforms that the government is expected to implement in the wind energy sector soon. The company recently unveiled the tallest wind turbine of its kind in the world. The 2.1 MW turbine sits on top of

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Texas utility Oncor wants to spend billions of dollars on batteries to back up its transmission and distribution network — a major investment in grid-scale energy storage that will require major changes in the country’s most deregulated energy market. In a first for a Texas transmission and distribution utility, Oncor will seek state regulatory approval for up to $5.2 billion

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Tesla’s Model S sedan — already no stranger to industry awards and praise — recently achieved a full 5 out of 5 possible stars in the Euro NCAP Crash Test, administered by the European New Car Assessment Programme. Of course, this isn’t a surprise, as the Model S actually achieved the “best crash test ratings in the history of accident

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Slow Food has come a long way since its creation in 1986 by Carlo Petrini after a demonstration on the intended site of a McDonald’s at the Spanish Steps in Rome. From its humble Italian origins, it has expanded into a global movement that involves thousands of food producers and millions of people in 160 countries. The biennial Slow Food

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