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Much of the automotive world doesn’t seem to have a lot of love for Elon Musk these days. Even companies that Tesla has worked with, like Toyota and Mercedes, have derided Musk’s plan to take over the world with electric cars. But to one former GM CEO, Musk is making all of the right moves and is challenging the auto

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Taking inspiration from Gujarat’s Charanka Solar Park, during the 2014–15 financial budget, India’s Finance Minister had amongst other things announced a fund of Rs5 billion ($80 million) in order to promote Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects (UMSPP) across states with good solar potential. Accordingly, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had prepared a draft scheme for these UMSPP. Representative Picture Prime Minister Modi and his cabinet

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Exar Corporation today introduced the XR77129, a quad-output programmable universal power management IC (PMIC) with an input operating voltage range of 6V to 40V. Its patented control architecture is well-suited for 40V inputs using a 17-bit wide PID voltage mode VIN feed forward architecture. This controller offers a single-input, quad-output, step-down switching regulator controller with integrated gate drivers and dual

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The AL8820 LED driver converter fromDiodes Incorporated is a compact, two-stage, boost/buck non-dimmable MR16 lamp design solution, that is simultaneously characterized by high power factor, low total harmonic distortion (THD) and low-output current ripple. For example, in a 6W MR16 application, the device operates flicker-free with most common LED lighting transformers at a power factor of 0.9 and THD of

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Astrodyne Corporation now offers a half-brick COTS ac-dc power module with an output voltage of 375Vdc. The PFC-375, part of Astrodyne’s UniVerter Series, offers high reliability in the most demanding applications. Suited for use in military and commercial aviation applications and other challenging thermal and shock vibration environments this new base-plated, potted module features Astrodyne’s proprietary Insulated Metal Substrate (IMS)

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Boston Power Inc. has secured USD 290 million in local government financial support for the expansion of its two facilities in China. The company’s Liyang facility will receive a total investment of 160 million dollars, increasing its manufacturing capacity fivefold by 2016. The company’s Tianjin facility will grow its capacity to 4GW by 2017, and is expected to reach 8GWh

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Kyocera Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation recently announced plans to build the world’s largest floating solar installation. The massive 13.4 megawatt plant will be located in the Chiba Prefecture in Japan and will provide enough power for 4,700 homes once it is up and running. The announcement follows the recent completion of the current largest floating solar plant, which

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There’s a lot of debate about whether or not solar power could feasibly power the entire country. A new report by Environment America and a breakdown by Treehugger’s Micheal Graham Richard is putting the final nail in the naysayers coffin. According to the information, the United States could easily power itself one hundred times over on solar energy in the

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Range anxiety – the fear an electrical vehicle will run out of power before it can reach a charging station – may become a thing of the past in several European countries. EV drivers will soon be able to power up through the ELECTRIC project, a corridor of fast charger stations along highways connecting Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden

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