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3KVA Rackmount Inverter Boasts Industry Leading Power Density in 1U Package
Schaefer’s AEP-A3000R Series of highly efficient, pure sign wave inverters provide 3KVA of power in a compact 1U rack design and is available in standard input configurations of 24VDC and 48VDC. Outputs are regulated to +/-3% or better.
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Integrated Self-testing and Fault-tolerance Strengthen System Integrity
MEN Micro Inc. continues to expand its CompactPCI Serial offering with the G301, a rugged 3U Ethernet Switch that features four Gigabit Ethernet ports via RJ45 or M12 connectors in the front, complying with the PICMG CompactPCI Serial standard fully ratified at Embedded World 2011.
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Two LNAs Lower Current Draw of WiFi and WiMAX Data Cards
Avago Technologies announced four low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) to extend the RF performance and diversity of its market-leading LNA portfolio. The new modules feature high linearity that improves an application’s ability to distinguish between desired signals and spurious signals received close together.
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Pocket-Sized Broadband Amplifier Features a Frequency Range of 20 MHz to 6.0 GHz
Amplifier Technology Ltd. has developed a new, compact broadband amplifier, Model 8790, which operates at the higher frequencies used by WiMAX, 3G and 4G phones.
The 8790 can be integrated into a variety of systems, for different applications.
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National Instruments Announces 2011 Green Engineering Grant Program
AUSTIN, Texas, /PRNewswire/ -- National Instruments today announced its 2011 Green Engineering Grant program, a worldwide competitive program that fosters rapid design, prototyping and commercialization of promising new renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart grid systems.
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Japan Nuclear Crisis Boosts European Solar Markets
The earthquake-related nuclear disaster in Japan could prove to be a boon to the photovoltaic (PV) industry in Germany and Italy, the world’s two largest solar markets, which have become sensitized to the dangers of a nuclear meltdown, according to new IHS iSuppli research.
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Hydrogen Generation and Storage Made Easy with Nano Technology
Fuels like gasoline, based on hydrocarbon, create pollution and carbon footprint. Hydrogen has been claimed to be a good alternative to replace fossil fuel since 1970s. But hydrogen’s potential has not been realized even partially mainly because of storage and commercial production difficulties.
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Top Ten Global Energy Trends in 2011
DUBLIN -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Top Ten Global Energy Trends in 2011" report to their offering.
In 2009, global energy consumption was at 11.05 Btoe (billion tonnes of oil equivalent), which was a decrease of 2.
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Freescale Semiconductor and Fuji Electric Partner to Increase Efficiency of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Freescale Semiconductor has entered into a strategic alliance with Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. to collaborate on insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology and products for hybrid electric and electric vehicles (HEV and EV).
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Emerson Partners with Sanmina-SCI to Build Solar Power Inverters for Canadian Market
OTTAWA, Ontario -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Emerson today announced that it is partnering with Sanmina-SCI to build innovative Emerson solar power inverters at Sanmina-SCI’s Ottawa, Ontario, manufacturing facility.
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High Power, Low Wattage Environmentally Conscious LED Wall Washers
DENVER -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- American Lighting recently announced three new high performance additions to its LED Wall Washer product family - the Linear LED RGB Wall Washer, the Linear Warm White LED Wall Washer and the Warm White LED Wall Washer.
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Microcontrollers Feature Low Cost, Low Power Consumption, and Self-Write Flash Program Memory
Microchip Technology Inc. recently announced an expansion of its existing 28-/40-pin PIC16F72X microcontroller (MCU) family with two new 20-pin devices — the PIC16F(LF)720 and PIC16F(LF)721. The new MCUs feature low power consumption, making them suitable for various low-power and battery-powered applications.
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Centralized Intelligence Delivers Higher Spectral Efficiency and Greater Flexibility in Mobile Networks
MINNEAPOLIS -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TE Connectivity (TE) today announced that the new trend toward distributed radio intelligence in mobile networks may be a trip down the wrong path, and that centralized radio intelligence offers lower costs, better scalability, higher spectral efficiency and greater flexibility for mobile operators.
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SemiLEDs Introduces the New I-Do™ LED Chip
CHUNAN SCIENCE PARK, Taiwan -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SemiLEDs Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, recently announced the introduction of the new I-Do™ LED, an innovative new chip that will be featured in SemiLEDs’ ultra high brightness LED product portfolio.
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The Best of High-intensity Fluorescent and LED Technologies provided in One Fixture
MANITOWOC, Wis. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Orion Energy Systems Inc. launched new cutting-edge technology this week at the ProMat 2011 show in Chicago, IL. The new Advanced Hybrid Lighting Platform combines the best of both High-intensity Fluorescent and LED technologies in one fixture.
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PV Incubator Pushes Solar Innovations
To catapult America to the global lead in solar manufacturing, the U.S. Department of Energy is turning to small start-ups with the kind of disruptive technology that has the potential to lower costs dramatically.
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GSMA Mobile Energy Efficiency Network Benchmarking Service Gains Backing of 20 Mobile Operators
LONDON, /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA recently announced that its Mobile Energy Efficiency (MEE) Network Benchmarking Service, launched in November 2010, has now recruited a further 17 mobile network operators (MNO), growing the total number of operators supporting the initiative to 20 worldwide.
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Pre-qualified Configurations Enable Enterprise Customers to More Rapidly Gain Benefit from Citrix Virtualization Solutions
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Citrix Systems, Inc. announced that IBM has certified Citrix XenServer® on System x and BladeCenter Servers to make deployment faster and easier for customers.
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Power from Two Energy Sources?
Article Source: Alternative Energy
Alternative sources of energy are clean and green but the catch is they generate less energy compared to fossil fuels. So now the scientists are trying to use different sources of alternative energy at the same place and same time to generate power.
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Executive Identifies Four Areas That Need to Be Addressed to Enhance Care and Control Costs of Healthcare System
ORLANDO, Fla., /PRNewswire/ -- The lack of common interoperability standards and inconsistent approaches to security, privacy and trust are perpetuating an antiquated U.S. health care delivery system that has been largely unable to benefit from the widespread adoption of IT, according to Verizon's top security and health care executive.
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New Approach to Electric Power Conversion Eliminates Multi-Billion Dollar Efficiency Losses
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Transphorm Inc., redefining energy efficiency with the most efficient and compact power conversion technology, emerges from stealth mode recently at a private event at Google Ventures.
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New Family of Intelligent Communications Products for the Smart Grid
CHICAGO, /PRNewswire/ -- S&C Electric Company, a smart grid leader shaping the future of reliable electric power delivery, introduces the new IntelliCom™ family of wireless networking communications products.
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OMRON to Launch New Series of Cutting-Edge Image Processing Illumination Devices
KYOTO, Japan -- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- OMRON Corporation announced plans to release on March 1, its new "FL Series" of image processing illumination devices, which utilize OMRON's proprietary ODR (Optical Double Reflection) optics technology.
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The Benefits of Server-Level Monitoring Discussed at Teladata’s Technology Convergence Conference
SANTA CLARA, Calif -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Future Facilities North America announced that its General Manager, Sherman Ikemoto, recently discussed how the combination of server-level monitoring and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling can increase efficiency and offer a complete view of present and future environmental conditions at TELADATA’s Technology Convergence Conference.
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Belvedere Trading Selects Force10 Networks Switches to Drive Down Latency
SAN JOSE, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- Force10 Networks, Inc., announced that Belvedere Trading LLC has selected and deployed high-performance Force10 S-Series™ top-of-rack (ToR) switches as part of a successful network design aimed at providing ultra-low latency, which better supports the highly transactional nature of their business.
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Adding Storage Capacity to Meet Performance Demands is a Common Theme
PRINCETON, N.J. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Midrange Fibre Channel SAN users continue to face challenges optimizing for performance and efficiency according to a recent third-party survey conducted on behalf of Dataram Corporation [NASDAQ: DRAM], a worldwide leader in the manufacture of high-quality computer memory, storage products and software.
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TomTom Remote LINK Products Help Businesses Boost Productivity, Increase Efficiency and Save Money
CONCORD, Mass. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) – TomTom has released two new remote control devices for TomTom LINK designed to help fleet managers save administrative costs and improve efficiency. The new Remote LINK Working Time device enables businesses to track the working hours of every employee in the field.
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Sepura and Rohde & Schwarz Partner in the first TETRA Demonstration Project
CAMBRIDGE, England -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sepura, Rohde & Schwarz Professional Mobile Radio and Nielson Communications announce their participation in the very first TETRA demonstration project to take place in the US.
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High Efficiency 6-Channel New LED Driver to Drive Up to 72 LEDs Using MOSFET Based Synchronous Rectification
MILPITAS, Calif. & BIEL, Switzerland -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- IXYS Corporation today announced the availability of samples and evaluation boards of the LDS8763, an innovative inductor-based, high efficiency, 6-channel White LED (“WLED”) driver.
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GE to Bring High-Efficiency Energy Solutions to Telecommunications and Datacenter Industries with Acquisition
ATLANTA -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GE announced it has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held Lineage Power Holdings, Inc., from The Gores Group, LLC. Lineage Power is a leading global provider of high-efficiency power conversion infrastructure technology and services for the telecommunications and datacenter industries.
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Eton Corporation Announces Raptor, The Solar Charging Device with All-Terrain Guidance Functions
LAS VEGAS -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Eton Corporation, a leading emergency preparedness company and creator of green-powered electronics, announced the Raptor at CES
2011. The self-powered device uses solar energy to charge a cell phone via USB and provides guidance functions for outdoor activities.
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x86 and MIPS Applications Processors to Challenge ARM’s Smartphone Market Share
LONDON -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ARM-based applications processors currently have a virtual lock on the smartphone market. Traditionally ARM processors have provided the best power efficiency while having comparatively less processing grunt than Intel equivalents, a formula that has worked well for smartphones so far.
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2.1 MHz Automotive Step-Down Converters Consume Only 25mA
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX16903/MAX16904, automotive-grade, synchronous step-down converters that consume only 25mA (no load) and deliver 1A and 600mA, respectively. These 2.1MHz step-down converters are optimized for operation over
the 3.
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Distributed PA Chip Delivers up to +25 dBm Saturated Output Power
Hittite Microwave Corporation has introduced a new GaAs pHEMT MMIC Power Amplifier which is ideal for test instrumentation, microwave radio, and military and space applications from DC to 40 GHz.
The HMC930 is a GaAs pHEMT MMIC Distributed Power Amplifier die which operates between DC and 40 GHz, and delivers up to 13 dB of gain, +33.
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LED Drivers offer Drop-In Replacement for CCFL Inverters
Display power supply specialist Endicott Research Group (ERG) Inc. has announced new package configurations that offer footprint-compatibility with their existing CCFL inverter designs.
ERG has used its 30+ years of experience in LCD backlight power supplies to create a series of LED driver boards that are designed in the same form factor as DC-AC inverters already in the field.
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Efficient 1.5 A Switching Regulator
CUI Inc's power line, V-Infinity, and their distributor
Digi-Key Corporation, announced the addition of a 1.5 A model to their V78XX switching regulator series. With this latest addition, CUI now offers 0.
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Top 40 Shortlist to Compete for the Prestigious Zayed Future Energy Prize
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Zayed Future Energy Prize, today announced the top 40 entries to compete for the 2011 Prize. The Prize is the most prestigious and internationally recognized award for innovation, performance and leadership in sustainable and renewable energy projects.
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Standard Energy Solutions to Audit More Than 30 District Heights Homes for Energy Efficiency
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Standard Energy Solutions today announced it will audit and retrofit approximately 33 homes in the city of District Heights and install solar panels on one of these homes.
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A Focus on Energy Efficiency Spurs European Low Voltage Drives Market
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "European Low Voltage Drives Markets" to their offering.
This study covers the state of the low voltage drives market in Europe, examining drivers and restraints for growth, market challenges, technology and product trends, demand and geographical trends.
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New Survey Report Examines the Role of IT Leadership in the Smart Grid World
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- IDC Energy Insights today announced the availability of a new study, Utility CIOs: Living in a Smart Grid World (Document #EI225592) that presents the results from a survey conducted with North American utility executive IT leaders to assess the role of IT leadership in the smart grid world.
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First Customers Should Get Extended-Range Electric Cars within Days
DETROIT, /PRNewswire/ -- The first Chevrolet Volts left the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant on Monday destined for initial retail launch markets. Customers in California, Texas, Washington D.C. and New York could receive the world's first-and-only electric vehicle with extended-range capability in the next few days.
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Power over Ethernet (PoE) Touch screen Panel PC’s
IRVINE, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- American Industrial Systems Inc. (AIS) introduces a line of Power over Ethernet (PoE) Touch screen Panel PC’s available in 5.7”, 7”, and 10.1” compact form factor sizes.
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3-Channel Class D Audio Driver IC Delivers Superior Sound Quality in a Smaller Footprint
International Rectifier, IR® introduced the IRS2053M 200V driver IC for use in Class D Audio applications including high performance home theater systems and car audio amplifiers requiring a compact footprint.
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DSP Family Delivers New Levels of Performance for the Next Wave of Wireless Base Station Deployments
Two years and multiple field deployments after introducing the industry’s highest-performing programmable baseband DSP, Freescale Semiconductor announces two next-generation products that deliver more than twice the throughput of their industry-leading predecessor.
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Mobile Health Device Links Patients and Healthcare Professionals Anytime, Anywhere
Cambridge Consultants announced a new product concept based on its low-cost Continua-compliant Vena platform. The Minder, powered by Vena, enables continuous, real-time medical data collection and transmission via cellular networks.
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Step-up DC-DC Converter Draws only 1µA Quiescent Current
UNTERPREMSTAETTEN, Austria -- (BUSINESS WIRE)--austriamicrosystems has introduced the AS1310, an ultra low quiescent current hysteretic step-up DC-DC converter optimized for light loads (60mA) and the highest efficiency ? up to 92 %.
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First Privately Funded, Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Comes to Houston
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Walgreens is participating in the nation’s first privately funded and comprehensive electric vehicle support solution in Houston, where NRG Energy will install high-powered rapid charging stations for electric vehicles at 18 initial Walgreens locations.
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South Korea Planning Massive Off Shore Wind Farm
Source: Alternate Energy, http://www.alternative-energy-news.info
Wind energy currently meets a mere 1.5% of global electricity generation. But scientists foresee a lot of potential in this alternative energy source.
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Infinite Power Solutions Aids Innovation at MicroStrain for Wireless Monitoring of Rotorcraft Components Using Energy Harvesting
LITTLETON, Colo., /PRNewswire/ -- Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS) announced that it has secured a design win for its award-winning THINERGY® solid-state, rechargeable, Micro-Energy Cell (MEC) product with MicroStrain, Inc.
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Mobile Industry Set to Deploy 640,000 Off-Grid Base Stations by 2012
The GSMA Development Fund today announced that is has partnered with Lighting Africa, a joint IFC and World Bank program, to formally launch the Community Power from Mobile (CPM) initiative. CPM will support and encourage mobile network operators (MNOs) and tower-sharing companies in developing countries to provide excess power generated by their base stations to local, off-grid communities.
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GE Publishes Position Paper on Lighting Efficiency Laws and Industry Transformation
CLEVELAND -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The State of California becomes a test lab next year for how consumers nationwide may react to new federal lighting efficiency laws taking effect throughout the country on January 1, 2012.
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'Going Green' by Utilizing Environmentally Friendly Resources and Smart Data Center Solutions
GalaxyVisions, a managed web hosting, dedicated server, colocation, and shared web services provider announces its commitment to further its efforts to 'going green' and becoming more environmentally responsible in its data center operations.
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Hybrid Lithium Ion Capacitors Provide Energy Densities up to 10X Greater than EDLCs
Taiyo Yuden’s new Cylindrical Lithium Ion Capacitor (LIC) offers extremely large energy capacitance and high reliability. Combining the strength of lithium-ion secondary batteries with conventional Electric Dual Layer Capacitors (EDLC)s, this next-generation energy device offers an energy density 4 to 10 times greater than EDLCs.
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High Performance 1W Isolated DC-DC Converters
Murata Power Solutions is set to change the shape of 1 Watt isolated surface-mount DC-DC converters. The introduction of its new high performance MTU1 series marks a step-change in the miniaturization of power modules, setting new standards for footprint, load regulation and efficiency.
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Dual Cool™ Package Answers the Need for Higher Power Density in DC-DC Designs
As DC-DC applications, such as power modules, telecommunications and servers, become more space-constrained, designers are looking for smaller devices to meet their design challenges. The thermal capability of these devices, however, is a concern.
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Cost-Effective Ethernet Products to Debut at ASIS 2010
ComNet, Communication Networks, a manufacturer of fiber optic transmission and networking equipment, is introducing the ComWorx VL line to satisfy the demand for a cost-effective line of Ethernet transmission products.
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NEC Selects Freescale Communications Processor for Wireless Infrastructure Equipment
AUSTIN, Texas -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NEC Corporation has selected advanced embedded technology from Freescale Semiconductor for the newest generation of PASOLINK
microwave communications equipment.
NEC's PASOLINK products facilitate communication between a network’s core and intermediate network points such as wireless base stations.
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Online Support for Engineers Unable to Attend Live Embedded Designers Forum
Digi-Key Corporation and Microchip Technology, Inc. announced the co-sponsorship of the Virtual Embedded Designer's Forum (EDF) event to take place Tuesday, November 2, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. PST at www.
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FCC Crunches Numbers on Spectrum Crisis
Source: CNET, Monday, October 26
The Federal Communications Commission is laying the groundwork for freeing up wireless spectrum. Last week, the FCC held a workshop that examined the looming spectrum crisis.
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Royalty-free RTOS Now Available for Energy-Efficient Microcontrollers
Express Logic, Inc. announced ThreadX® RTOS support of Energy Micro’s Cortex™-M3-based EFM®32 microcontroller (MCU) family. Designed for small footprint, demanding real-time control, the ThreadX RTOS is a perfect match for the EFM32 Gecko, which targets energy-sensitive real-time control applications including energy, water, and gas metering, building automation, alarm and security, and portable medical/fitness equipment.
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Initiative Provides Growing Security, Monitoring and
Automation (SMA) Market with Much Needed Support Ecosystem
Ember announced it is among the first companies to join the newly formed OpenSMA program, an industry group committed to the growth and development of the Security, Monitoring and Automation (SMA) market.
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Solar Wind Power: Generating Power In The Future
Source: Alternative Energy News
As the world discovers new ways to meet its growing energy needs, energy generated from Sun, which is better known as solar power and energy generated from wind called the wind power are being considered as a means of generating power.
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Web-based Platform Helps Maximize and Maintain Energy Efficiency of Commercial Buildings
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Serious Materials today announced SeriousEnergy Manager™, a software-as-a-service platform that provides building owners and property managers with continuous monitoring, analysis, optimization and control of overall energy usage in commercial buildings.
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New Simulation Tool Accelerates the Development of High-Efficiency LED Lighting Solutions
PHOENIX, Ariz. & PORTLAND, Ore. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ON Semiconductor together with Transim Technology announced the launch of its interactive GreenPoint® online design simulation tool for high-efficiency LED based lighting applications.
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National Semiconductor and Solar Partners to Display ‘Smart Panel’ Technology at Solar Power International
National Semiconductor Corporation announced that it will display SolarMagic smart panel technology in its booth at the Solar Power International Conference. Several of National’s solar partners will also feature SolarMagic smart panel technology in their booths.
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Free Reference Design and Family of Digital Power Devices Speed Development of Smart Energy Products
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Microchip Technology Inc. announced a fully digitally controlled, Grid-Connected Solar Micro Inverter Reference Design with an advanced, high-efficiency topology. Complete documentation, including software, schematics and application note, can be downloaded for free today from Microchip’s website.
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Future QorIQ Processors to Feature Enhanced AltiVec Acceleration Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Linley Technology Processor Conference) -- Freescale Semiconductor plans to incorporate its proven and highly successful AltiVec vector processing technology into the multicore QorIQ product family.
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Emerson to Demonstrate Solar Inverter and Power Plant Control Technology
At the Solar Power International conference and expo, (October 12th to 14th, Los Angeles Convention Center) Emerson will highlight its leadership in technologies for renewable energy with demonstrations of solar inverters and power plant control technology from across its Network Power, Industrial Automation and Process Management business platforms.
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USPS Goes Green
Article Source: Alternative Energy News
In strict adherence to guidelines released by the Department of Energy, the United States Postal Service gets on a fast track to reach the goal for energy reduction.
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Texas Medical Center “Takes Flight” With GE Technology
HOUSTON -- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- A GE aeroderivative gas turbine, developed with the same reliability, efficiency and emissions technology that powers many of the world’s aircraft, is now powering one of the world’s largest medical centers.
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PETE Process Promises Successful Technology Fusion
Article Source: Alternative Energy News
A new joint venture research work at Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, supported by Department of Energy and DARPA has come up with a new solar energy conversion process that can potentially double the efficiency of solar cells.
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IC Enables Up to 98 Percent-Efficient Power Extraction in Solar PV Applications
NXP Semiconductors N.V. recently announced the availability of the MPT612 - a unique low-power IC dedicated to performing the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) function for applications using solar photovoltaic (PV) cells or fuel cells.
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Nano Antenna Steers Photons
Article Source: Technology Review, published by MIT
A new optical antenna could improve the efficiency of devices that handle just a few photons at a time, such as quantum computers and quantum cryptography circuits.
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Apple Refuses to Allow its iPhones to be included in the UK's First-Ever Green Ranking Scheme
Adam Vaughan
Article Source: The Guardian
The scheme gives phones a rating of zero to five based on their environmental footprint and major manufacturers including Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung have signed up.
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Acquisition Expands capabilities into Energy Market
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- SRA International, Inc. today announced it has acquired Sentech, an energy management consulting company with expertise in renewable energy, distributed generation, energy efficiency and advanced transportation technologies.
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Pratt & Whitney Gears Up for First PurePower® Engine to Test for Bombardier CSeries Aircraft
FARNBOROUGH, England, /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW -- Pratt & Whitney is on target for its first engine to test for the new PurePower PW1500G engine for the Bombardier* CSeries* aircraft.
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Analyzing Plasmonic Solar Cells: A Comprehensive Tool for Understanding This Technology
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analyzing Plasmonic Solar Cells" report to their offering.
The Sun, believed by the mankind to be just a mere centerpiece of the solar system in which we live is in reality not just a unit but an entire symphonic system which was in place much before the first humans ever walked on planet earth.
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More Power to Electronics Thanks to Nano-scale Wires
Article Source: Alternative Energy News http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/
Today a long-standing electronic dream has become a reality thanks to research done by a team of scientists from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, supported by U.
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Understanding the Technology, Benefits, and Potential of Microgrids
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Understanding the Technology, Benefits, and Potential of Microgrids" report to their offering.
The 2nd Edition of Understanding the Technology, Benefits, and Potential of Microgrids report is a 45-page overview of what microgrids are and what is being done to define and implement them.
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Hella Introduces New Line of “Green” LED Street-Light Products
PLYMOUTH, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hella, a major automotive lighting and electronics supplier, is introducing a new line of energy-efficient LED street and area-lighting products designed to replace conventional lighting on streets, parking lots and commercial property throughout North America.
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Wind Power Expected to Continue to Grow at 15.7% until 2013
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kalahari Greentech, Inc. released a statement today that wind power is expected to continue to grow worldwide, in part due to favorable government policies.
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Transportation is the Achilles' Heel of Green Energy Efforts
TEMPE, Ariz., /PRNewswire/ -- In America's efforts to go green, our Achilles' heel is transportation; cars, trucks, and buses represent 29 percent of U.S. energy use, according to Gary Dirks, director of LightWorks at Arizona State University and a renewable energy expert.
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Solar Components Places Initial Manufacturing Order for its Joos Orange™ Portable Solar Chargers
CAMPBELL, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- Solar Components™, LLC recently announced that it has placed its initial manufacturing order for its Joos Orange™ portable solar chargers with Singapore-based Eastern Asia Technology Limited, one of the leading Original Equipment Manufacturers in the world for consumer electronics devices.
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Compact Power Adapter Enables Data Loggers to Measure and Record Kilowatts, DC Current, and More
Onset has broadened its offerings for energy and environmental monitoring by expanding the range of measurement options for its line of HOBO U12 data loggers.
Specifically, multi-channel versions of HOBO U12 data loggers can now measure and record kilowatts, air velocity, gauge pressure, differential pressure, DC current and other energy and environmental parameters.
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National Poll Shows Strong Bipartisan Support for Plan to Expand Electric Vehicles
WASHINGTON, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Electrification Coalition (EC) has released the results of a national poll that showed across-the-board support for electric vehicles and the Coalition's plan --reflected in recent bipartisan legislation--to deploy them.
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Ford Adds Soy Foam Seat Cushions to Ford Explorer; Expands Use of Eco-Friendly Material Across Lineup
DEARBORN, Mich., /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The new 2011 Ford Explorer will offer more eco-friendly features
including soy foam in seat cushions and seatbacks as well as at least a 25 percent increase in fuel economy over the current model.
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Toshiba to Spend Big on Chips, Nuclear Power
Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer
TOKYO (AP) — Toshiba Corporation unveiled an ambitious three-year agenda, aiming to quadruple profits and spend $14 billion to amplify its strengths in semiconductors and nuclear power.
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Electric Car Maker THINK to Drive Product and Market Expansion with Additional $40 Million Equity
OSLO, /PRNewswire/ -- THINK has completed a US$40 million equity increase to support further product development and planned expansion into North American markets. With the new equity, THINK is now fully funded and expects to become cash-flow positive in 2011.
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Room-Temperature Microlasers
By Duncan Graham-Rowe, Technology Review – Published by MIT
Scientists have created the smallest ever laser capable of operating at room temperature. The device is less than one cubic micron--less than the wavelength of the light it emits.
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Integrated CMTS Platform Offers Maximum Performance Efficiency at both a System and a Component Level
HORSHAM, Pa. –- The Mobile Devices and Home business of Motorola, Inc. have announced that the long-running Motorola BSR 64000 Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) establishes industry-density and power-efficiency leadership over comparable hardware of its kind.
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DirectFET Chipset Combines Ultra Low Charge and RDS(on) with Low Gate Resistance to Minimize Conduction and Switching Losses
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — International Rectifier, IR® announces the IRF6706S2PbF and IRF6798MPbF DirectFET® MOSFET chipset that provides best-in-class efficiency for 12V input synchronous buck applications including servers, desktops, and notebooks.
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Intwine Energy WiFi Connected Thermostats Now Available
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio, /PRNewswire/ -- Intwine Connect today announced the creation of the Intwine Energy (http://intwineenergy.com/) business unit to deliver an integrated family of Internet connected energy management products.
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Intel® Atom™ Processor-Based Platform Using Significantly Lower Power Readies Intel for Smartphone, Tablet Push
SANTA CLARA, Calif., –- Benefitting from the company's power-saving architecture, transistor and circuit design expertise, plus unique manufacturing process techniques, Intel Corporation recently unveiled its newest Intel® Atom™ processor-based platform (formerly "Moorestown", PDF 202KB).
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DOE Initiates $62 Million for Concentrating Solar Power
THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Evolution Solar (PinkSheets:EVSO). US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced recently the selections of projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power.
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Digi Announces Wireless Green Design Contest Grand Prize Winners
MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Digi International announced that Danish Shrestha and Andrew Popp of “Team Hilotec” have been awarded $7,500 as the grand prize winners of Digi’s wireless green design contest.
The pair used iDigi™ wireless development kits to develop a prototype system for The Palms of Destin Resort in Destin, Fla.
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Single-Chip 8 to 32-Core Processors Target Energy-Efficient Data Center, Mobile Internet and the Borderless Enterprise
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 11, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- MIPS Technologies, a provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, announced that its MIPS64® architecture is powering the new OCTEON® II CN68XX/67XX processor families introduced today by Cavium Networks.
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EPA, DOE Announce Changes to Bolster Energy Star Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy recently jointly announced changes to the Energy Star product certification
process to ensure that only products meeting the program requirements can receive an Energy Star label.
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Single Inductor Buck-Boost Converter Features up to 96% Efficiency
The TPS6302x devices provide a power supply solution for products powered by either a two-cell or three-cell alkaline, NiCd or NiMH battery, or a one-cell Li-Ion or Li-polymer battery.
Output currents can go as high as 3A while using a single-cell Li-Ion or Li-Polymer Battery, and discharge it down to 2.
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SOLEXEL Licenses Methods for Thin-Film Solar Cell Technology
Imec has agreed to grant SOLEXEL a non-exclusive license on selected patents related to thin-film solar cell technology. These licenses will help SOLEXEL INC. (U.S.) in the development and commercialization of next-generation high-efficiency thin-film photovoltaic arrays and solar modules.
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Expanded Power Forum to Cover Advanced Components, Digital Power, Energy Harvesting, Smart Grid, and More
An Announcement and Call for Papers has been issued for Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF10). DPF10 is an exciting new event that builds on the success of the Digital Power Forum and the nanoPower Forum. It will be hosted at the Doubletree Hotel Chicago, Oak Brook, mid-way between O’Hare and Midway airports, September 13-15, 2010.
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Service Provider Offers Green Tips to Consumers on Wireless Products
Many people will be looking for ways to go green on Earth Day, but most aren’t aware of options for going green with their wireless products. PlatinumTel, a nationwide prepaid provider that operates on a 3G Network that reaches 280 million people, is doing its part to reduce waste with refurbished phones and products, local sourcing, online manuals and more.
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Marvell Embraces Earth Day: Driving Greener, Eco-Friendly Embedded Enterprise Applications
Marvell, a worldwide manufacturer of integrated silicon solutions, today announced a new addition to the ARMADA™ family of application processors in honor of Earth Day 2010 - the Marvell® ARMADA 310.
The new System-on-a-Chip (SoC) is designed to deliver scalable performance of up to 1 GHz while consuming less than 1W – a striking industry benchmark for the enterprise application developer community.
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Combination Expands National Services Footprint while Accelerating
Total Efficiency Mobile Internet Solutions for Wireless Infrastructure
Lineage Power Holdings, Inc., a Gores Group company announced it has completed the acquisition of PECO II, Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement approved by shareholders, Lineage has acquired all of the outstanding shares of PECO II, based on a price of $5.
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Solar Installations to Nearly Double in 2010
A surge of sales in Germany combined with plunging prices are set to boost solar demand in 2010, prompting iSuppli Corp. to dramatically upgrade its forecast of installations of Photovoltaic (PV) systems in 2010.
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Only Hybrid Vehicle in the Premium Compact Segment Expected to Lead the Class in Fuel Economy Numbers
NEW YORK, /PRNewswire/ -- Lexus announced today that the all-new CT 200h premium compact hybrid will go on sale in the U.S. in early 2011 as the first dedicated hybrid vehicle in the premium compact segment.
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International Conference and Exhibition Will Assess the Technologies and Opportunities for Energy Harvesting and Storage
Energy harvesting (energy scavenging) is concerned with converting ambient energy into electricity for small devices. This has many exciting applications, such as perpetual devices which can run for decades, wireless sensors and switches, and powering devices from watches to laptops to new printed electronics.
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Shutting Down Computers at Night Saves Ford More Than One Million Dollars
DEARBORN, Mich., /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Simple step of "powering down" laptops and desktop PCs is useful to corporations and individuals.
At Ford Motor Company, the commitment to energy efficiency and saving money now starts at the office computer.
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EPA and DOE Announce New Steps to Strengthen Energy Star Program
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently outlined a series of steps to further strengthen the trusted Energy Star program. This action comes at a critical time for American consumers, many of whom struggle to keep up with their monthly energy bills.
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Next Generation AE20r Integrates WiMax plus Other Technologies on 700 MHz Platform
NEW YORK, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcadian Networks has launched the AE20r, a second generation router/gateway that integrates a multitude of technologies with numerous applications and devices.
The AE20r allows utilities to gather real-time information from virtually any converged platform, empowering utilities to manage and monitor assets and to generate smart grid efficiencies.
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Advanced Fuel Cell to Provide Clean, Reliable, and Affordable Power 24/7
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bloom Energy Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based company committed to changing the way people generate and consume energy, announced today the availability of the Bloom Energy Server™, a patented solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology that provides a cleaner, more reliable, and more affordable alternative to both today's electric grid as well as traditional renewable energy sources.
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MOSFETs Deliver Fast Turn-on and Reduce Dynamic Power Losses for High-voltage Power Consumer and Industrial Applications
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Feb. 11, 2010 - ON Semiconductor has expanded its market leading power switching product offering with the introduction of a high-voltage power MOSFET portfolio including 500V and 600V devices.
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Sixteenth-Brick DC-DC Converter Series Offers High-Efficiency, Low Profile and is Cost-Effective
Carlsbad, Calif. -- Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, has launched the ALD15 sixteenth-brick DC-DC converter series.
Designed for use with telecom-standard 48 V power supplies, the converters are capable of achieving up to 92% efficiency at full load and are extremely cost-effective when used in applications requiring up to 35W of output power.
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High PSRR, Voltage Regulator Well Suited for Low Noise Applications
Chelmsford, MA, -- Hittite Microwave Corporation, the world class supplier of complete MMIC based solutions for communication & military markets, has introduced its 24th product line, Power Conditioning, appropriate for low noise voltage regulation in automotive telematics, cellular/4G, WiMAX/4G, military and test equipment applications.
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First Powerline Solution Designed to Comply With the IEEE 1901 Draft Specification
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., BARCELONA, Spain and EDINBURGH, Scotland, /PRNewswire/ -- Gigle Networks, a developer of intelligent multi-PHY switching devices for both wired and wireless entertainment-grade home networking, announced that it is shipping the first powerline solution designed to comply with the IEEE 1901 Draft Standard published in January 2010.
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Digital Signage Solutions Combine Simplicity, Style, Energy Efficiency
LAS VEGAS, /PRNewswire/ -- Highlighting anti-reflective surfaces, video wall applications and more, LG Electronics recently illustrated how simple it is to incorporate LG's digital signage solutions into any environment.
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TXU Energy Partners with SolarCity to Introduce North Texas’ Most Affordable Solar Power Option
DALLAS (BUSINESS WIRE)--For less than the monthly cost of most cell phone plans, many North Texans can now use renewable solar energy to help power their homes.
TXU Energy’s new solar program, in cooperation with SolarCity, a national leader in solar financing, design, installation, monitoring and related services, will provide North Texas homeowners with solar power systems that can allow them to save money on energy costs from day one.
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