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Five Victorian train stations have reduced their peak summer electricity use by as much as 30 per cent, through the installation of solar power and energy efficient lights and appliances. The stations were built or upgraded as part of the state government’s Regional Rail Link project, using more than 100 solar panels to provide power and hot water, as well

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The multinational furniture giant IKEA will soon begin selling residential solar panels in its stores in the Netherlands, as per recent reports. The move is part of a new partnership between the thin-film module manufacturer Hanergy and IKEA. The solar panels will at first only be offered in the Haarlem region — but availability will then be expanded to encompass

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Roost, Inc. unveiled itself and announced a strategic seed investment round of $975,000. Unlike the wide array of existing smart home electronics providers, Roost economically brings smart home functionality to consumers through one-step retrofitting of existing household products. The company also announced its new flagship product, the Roost Smart Battery. With this news, Roost claims the easiest and most cost

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Australian households and businesses have installed more than 1GW of rooftop solar since July, 2013, with the rate of installations growing in the last few months due to uncertainty about the future of the renewable energy target. Data released by Green Energy Markets shows that in the past 14 months, more than 1,020MW of rooftop solar has been installed across

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The new PolyZen YC device series now available from TE Connectivity’s Circuit Protection business unit offers an integrated approach to help protect consumer electronics, such as tablets, set-top boxes, hard disk drives and dc power ports, from damage caused by ESD (electrostatic discharge) and other electrical over-stress events that can lead to safety and warranty concerns. The new PolyZen ZEN056V230A16YC

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Engineers can now design energy meters using one common core that meets worldwide utility standards and saves development time with the ZON™ family of metering SoCs from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Electricity meter standards vary around the world and utility companies require different types of meters to meet customer and regional needs, so it is no surprise that meter manufacturers

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Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced a transistor output photocoupler in a low-height, wide body SO6L package, which can be used to replace conventional DIP4 packages. The new product – TLP385 – offers a high isolation performance. It guarantees a minimum creepage and clearance distance of 8mm and isolation voltage of 5kVrms (min). Recommended: Buck-Boost Converters Optimized for Automotive Systems

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Linear Technology Corporationintroduces the LTC2975, a 4-channel PMBus digital power system manager featuring current, power and energy monitoring of the intermediate bus input to point-of-load (POL) converters. Monitoring circuit board power and energy consumption is the first step in managing, optimizing and reducing it to lower server utility and cooling costs. The LTC2975 relieves the host of burdensome computation and

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LG Corp. announced today that it is introducing its “Complete Energy Value Chain,” which promotes the production, storage and efficient use of eco-friendly energy, at Asia’s leading biennial electric power supply event, which is taking place on Jeju Island, Korea from October 27 to 29. The LG exhibit is part of the Conference of the Electric Power Supply Industry (CEPSI),

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SolarReserve, a leading global developer of large-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal technology, today announced its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) business. The acquisition includes intellectual property (IP) rights and patents related to molten salt technology for concentrating solar-thermal power and electricity storage applications, as well as heliostat designs and collector field control systems. The

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