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Raytheon UK‘s semiconductor business unit in Glenrothes, Scotland, has been selected by a leading automotive manufacturer to develop a Silicon Carbide (SiC) based MOSFET for use in electric, hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. As experts in the development of components and modules intended for safety-critical applications within harsh environments, Raytheon will employ its extensive SiC fabrication expertise to develop

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With the recent progress in the inclusion graphene in batteries as material for anodes, cathodes or supercapacitors, it seems reasonable to think we should accept the new naming convention “graphene battery” to reflect the immense contribution of graphene in increasing charging power and reversible capacity. Thus far graphene has played the secondary role of an additive to the lithium-ion battery

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A little less than four years ago, the first 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car was delivered to eager buyer Olivier Chalouhi in San Francisco. Earlier this month, Nissan and its partner the French carmaker Renault delivered their 200,000th electric car. Collectively, those cars have driven roughly 2.5 billion million miles (4 billion million km) without adding any airborne emissions to

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Magnesium is abundant in nature, it is non-toxic, and does not degrade in air. In many electrical devices, lithium-ion and metal-hydride batteries are applied for energy storage. Scientists are also studying alternatives to these established battery systems in order to enhance the safety, cost efficiency, sustainability, and performance of future devices. It is their objective to replace lithium by other

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The government of Scotland is looking to boost the country’s still-nascent wave energy industry via the creation of a new organization dedicated to just such a purpose, according to recent reports. Ironically, reports of this development surfaced shortly after the Edinburgh-based developer Pelamis went into administration. Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing revealed the plans to create “Wave Energy Scotland” over

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The IKEA Group has purchased a 165 MW wind farm in Cameron County, Texas, according to recent reports. This marks the second time that the group has purchased a wind farm in the United States from Apex Clean Energy, and represents the biggest renewable energy investment made the group to date, worldwide. Given IKEA’s massive investments and leadership in renewable

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What a year this has turned out to be. To be honest, everyone expected solar to grow at a “good” pace. But the sector has outdone most expectations — taking the fight to the fossil camp at every possible chance. Here’s a quick recap before we delve into the big news. The year started with Recurrent Energy signing up a

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A new report by a Western Australia academic has underlined the importance of grid-scale battery storage, particularly as the penetration of rooftop solar rises to the point where baseload generation will no longer be needed during the daytime. That scenario could arrive soon. The report by Bill Grace – ominously titled Exploring the Death Spiral – looks at the WA

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India’s plan to become of the largest solar power markets in the world has received a massive boost as the latest estimated of its solar power potential. The National Institute of Solar Energy in India (pdf) has determined the country’s solar power potential at about 750 GW, a recently released document by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE)

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Electric vehicles, which registered nearly zero in statewide new car-sales as recently as three years ago, are now taking a noticeable market share, according to the latest quarterly report released by the Sacramento-based California New Car Dealers Association. CNCDA said 23,648 registrations of various plug-in hybrid models in California from January through September this year accounted for 1.7 percent of

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