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“Offshore wind offers great promise but the industry is at a very delicate stage now. We can’t afford to make mistakes in construction that lead to cost overruns,” warns Joe Phillips, Head of Strategy & Policy for Renewables at DNV GL, one of the largest technical energy consultancies in the world. DNV GL has recently issued an “offshore wind cost

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The US-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change made on 11 November, has given rise to a lot of commentary in the media worldwide. In this article, Mat Hope of The Carbon Brief provides an excellent critical overview of some of the most significant analyses. Energy Post chief editor Karel Beckman adds some insights of his own. The US and China yesterday agreed

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US-based SunEdison is looking to expand operations and footprints into new and emerging solar power markets. Philippines is the latest market on the company’s radar. Missouri-based SunEdison recently announced that it entered into an agreement with Aboitiz Renewables, Inc, a subsidiary of Philippines-based Aboitiz Power Corporation to develop 300 MW solar power projects. “Our deep knowledge of local markets, together

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The Roen Financial Report Paradigm Portfolio has moved off its record highs reached this summer, but is still smartly up. This select portfolio has gained 42.7% since inception after accounting for additions, removals, and rebalancing*. Two promising alternative energy stocks are being added to the portfolio this month, one a key solar and smart grid player, and the other working

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Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. during Electronica announced the FL7733A Single Stage Primary-Side-Regulated (PSR) Flyback LED Driver for delivering constant brightness and instant flicker-free turn-on of LED lighting. The new low-power LED lighting driver is built for a variety of 5W to over 60W, indoor and outdoor LED applications so that designers can easily overcome the challenge of meeting global standards and

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Your renewable energy infrastructure projects are far too expensive to make random decisions on siting. For many reasons – not the least of which are cost, efficiency and productivity – siting should be as exact as the science behind renewable energy itself. Visual assessments don’t cut it. Paper maps aren’t efficient. Most online maps don’t offer the amount of information

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency, the government entity responsible for regulating America’s multi-trillion-dollar secondary mortgage market, is reportedly easing its opposition to local programs that allow homeowners to pay for renewable energy and efficiency retrofits through their property taxes. That’s according to a report from Asset-Backed Alert, an industry publication that covers securities markets. The publication reports that the Federal

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Littelfuse, Inc. IGBT Power Modules are available in a broader range of package designs, now including half-bridge, six-pack, and PIM modules in S, D, H, W, and WB packages, with ratings up to 1700V and 450A. These modules offer the high efficiency and fast switching speeds of modern IGBT technology in a robust and flexible format. In addition to the

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NIC Components Corp. announced the addition of NCLP series metal strip current sensing resistors to its expanded offering of SMT resistive products. NCLP series utilizes multiple metal constructions (Ni-Cr, Mn-Cu and Fe-Al-Cr) for low thermal EMF performance and stable TCR of +75ppm / degree C. Offered in resistance value range of 1mΩ to 500mΩ (0.001 to 0.500 Ohm) in 1%,

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Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) announces the EPC2105, 80 V enhancement-mode monolithic GaN transistor half-bridge. By integrating two eGaN® power FETs into a single device, interconnect inductances and the interstitial space needed on the PCB are eliminated. This increases both efficiency (especially at higher frequencies) and power density, while reducing assembly costs to the end user’s power conversion system. The

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