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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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Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a $2.68 million cost-shared technology development contract by the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) to develop a high-performance hybrid ultracapacitor/lithium-ion battery for stop-start idle-elimination microhybrid autos. Maxwell, which will provide 51 percent of the program funding, is tasked with demonstrating the technological and economic feasibility of a 12-volt

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Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced it will expand its manufacturing capacity in Chengdu, China, with a 300mm wafer bumping facility. The addition of this manufacturing process in Chengdu further increases TI’s 300mm analog capacity and its ability to support customer demand. TI announced the new operation today in concert with an event celebrating the grand opening of its seventh

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SunPower Corp. expanded its product portfolio for its residential customers with the acquisition of SolarBridge Technologies, Inc., a maker of integrated microinverter technologies for the solar industry. SunPower will utilize this technology to develop next-generation microinverters for use with SunPower’s high efficiency solar panels. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Austin, Texas, SolarBridge has developed a highly-reliable

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During electronica 2014, First Resistor & Condenser Co., Ltd. (Firstohm) will showcase the world’s first surge absorber in 0204 MELF packaging and wirewound resistors with enhanced anti-surge capability. Both products echo Firstohm’s product development focus – smaller circuit designs and rising demand for circuit protection. Traditionally, in operating environment where capability of high-power handling is required, wirewound resistor is usually

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International Rectifier Corp. (IR) announced the expansion of its StrongIRFET™ MOSFET portfolio to include 75V devices for a wide variety of industrial applications including power tools, light wlectric vehicle (LEV) inverters, dc motor drives, Li-ion battery pack protection, hot-swap and switched mode power supply secondary-side synchronous rectification. Recommended: IGBT Modules Rated to 450A for High-Power Industrial Applications The new family

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HOMER Pro, a complete rebuild of the HOMER software for economic optimization of microgrids, was released this week by HOMER Energy LLC.The HOMER (Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources) software is the global standard for early stage microgrid design and analysis. Originally developed at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, HOMER was licensed to HOMER Energy LLC

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