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Striking another blow to the oil and gas industries, an American solar company has developed technology that can produce super-efficient solar power that’s cheaper than fossil fuels. Rayton Solar’s new solar panel manufacturing technology uses 50 to 100 times less silicon than other technologies, cutting out large amounts of the most costly component of solar panels. The company says its

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Chinese carpenter Liu Fulong spent four months this year building a fully operational, all-electric car out of wood! The car is armored, it features several missiles mounted to the sides and roof, and it’s road-worthy, too. The 48-year-old carpenter shelled out 20,000 yuan (around $3,200 USD) to build his wooden creation. Fulong lives in Shengyang, in northeast China’s Liaoning province,

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The Berkeley Lab team was led by Richard Saykally, a chemist with Berkeley Labs Chemical Sciences Division, David Prendergast, a theorist with Berkeley Labs Molecular Foundry, and Steven Harris, a chemist with the Labs Materials Sciences Division. A crucial process in lithium ion batteries is the transport of lithium ions between the electrodes, explained Saykally. Commercial lithium-ion batteries contain a

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Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) $5 billion Gigafactory is being built in Reno, and it will provide a huge boost to the economy of the area. Moreover, officials in Reno believe that the area is capable of handling the growth driven by the construction of the factory, but note it will require more investment and it is not clear who will

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Emerging economies in the Middle East and Africa will have installed almost 3 GW of wind power by the end of 2014, with more than 58% of that being installed in the last two years. This is according to new analysis from MAKE, which follows on from recent and numerous additions to its wind power analyses, including an analysis of

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Yingli Green Energy Holding, the world’s largest photovoltaic modules manufacturer, has recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Yingli Green Energy Singapore Company Pte. Limited (Yingli Singapore) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei, Solventina Solar Energy, and Kasikornbank to provide turnkey solar power solutions for power plants and distributed generation projects throughout Thailand. According to Ms. Angie

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After a slew of acquisitions in the thin-film solar power technology market, Hanergy is now taking steps to add them into its existing production infrastructure. The latest news is that thin-film solar module manufacturer Hanergy Thin-Film Power Group Limited plans to establish a 300 MW flexible CIGS manufacturing facility in Changde, which is located in the Hunan province of China.

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Schurter AG introduces its high temperature inlet and cord connectors series to extend its range of IEC high-temperature power inlets and outlets according to IEC/UL 60320. The high-temperature appliance inlets and cord connectors are designed according to IEC for 16A at 250Vac, and according to UL / CSA for 20A at 250Vac. Pin temperature may reach a maximum of 155

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ON Semiconductor has introduced a family of affordable, precision CMOS operational amplifiers (op amps) that deliver zero drift operation and industry leading quiescent current for front-end amplifier circuits and power management designs. Targeted at industrial, white goods, telecom, wearables, Internet-of-Things (IoT), test equipment and instrumentation applications, the NCS325 and NCS333 op amp devices enhance the accuracy of motor control feedback

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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced a new surface-mount Power Metal Strip® resistor designed to save space in automotive, industrial, computer, and consumer applications. The Vishay Dale WSHM2818 combines a high 7-W power rating with extremely low resistance values down to 1mΩ in the compact 2818 case size. The advanced construction of the WSHM2818 resistor incorporates improved thermal management and a solid

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