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Imagine a device the size of large, flat-screen TV that uses sunlight to produce fresh drinking water. Then imagine what you could do with that device. Would you reduce your own dependence on the grid? Give it to a family in need? Send one to a school in Africa? The team from Desolenator is exploring those possibilities – and you

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CODA Energy, which was formed out of CODA Automotive when its electric car sales weren’t going too well, has just installed the largest behind-the-meter energy storage system in the Los Angeles basin. Using lithium-ion batteries, it is a 1,054kWh / 510kW system. CODA Energy has a contract with South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) regarding this project, and the

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The solar PV sector in Croatia is comprised almost entirely of small-scale rooftop systems, owing to a lack of industry/investor interest in the development of larger solar projects (as opposed to wind energy projects), according to recent reports. Based on the most recent figures released by the country’s energy market manager (HROTE), installed solar PV capacity there hit 30.3 MW

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A recent 18-month-long research partnership between Siemens Energy Management Division and Duke Energy, created with the intent of reducing EV charging technology costs, has borne fruit, according to a new press release. The two companies recently demonstrated the results of the collaboration at the Duke Energy Envision Center in Erlanger, Kentucky — utilizing a Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid electric

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South Korean PV module manufacturer SolarPark Korea has supplied modules to the first floating solar PV power plant in the country, the prototype Sunflower Solar Power Plant, which uses a tracking and rotating system. According to SolarPark Korea, the tracking system rotates the PV plant so that the modules face the most sun throughout the day. As the facility floats

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Murata has announced the DRQ series of single output digitally controlled 500W and 600W dc-dc converters from Murata Power Solutions. Incorporating a 32-bit ARM7 Processor, the 600W DRQ-12/50-L48 & 500W DRQ-12/42-D48 models are the second product families offered by Murata Power Solutions to include a PMBus™ compatible digital interface. The DRQ family is packaged in the industry standard quarter-brick format

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GE’s Digital Energy business announced its Encompass™ and RevenueSense™ 600-volt current transformers. Both products enable a utility to maximize billing revenue by ensuring more precise meter readings. Due to the range of applications that both products can cover, a utility also can reduce its inventory by up to nearly 90 percent when using these products. Recommended: Eltek Settles Chinese Intellectual

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Diodes Incorporated announced a family of pwm controllers designed to improve operating efficiency and eliminate no-load losses. The AP3125 current-mode devices have been optimized for use in offline ac-dc converters in portable products, consumer electronics and domestic appliances. The improvement in performance is a result of the devices’ three operating modes. In normal mode, switching frequency is either 65kHz or

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Allegro MicroSystems, LLC announces a new three-phase, sensorless, brushless dc (BLDC) motor controller for use with external complementary P-channel and N-channel power MOSFETs. Reliable sensorless startup and run commutation can quickly be customized for individual motors and loads with adjustment of a few simple default parameters saving considerable design time. The A4963 fits a wide range of applications since the

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The Arduino Robot is the first official Arduino on wheels. The robot has two processors, one on each of its two boards. The Motor Board controls the motors, and the Control Board reads sensors and decides how to operate. Each of the boards is a full Arduino board programmable using the Arduino IDE. Both Motor and Control boards are microcontroller

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