The California Public Utilities Commission and NRG Energy have entered into an agreement where NRG will build a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) charging network in California, investing approximately $100 million over the next four years. This fee-based charging network will consist of at least 200 publicly available fast-charging stations–installed in the San Francisco Bay area, […]
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Patent for Conversion Circuit Systems Issued to O2Micro
2Micro International Limited was issued 24 claims under United States patent number 7,965,061 for its Conversion Circuit Systems invention. This invention samples/monitors battery cell voltages and makes adjustments, as needed, for over-voltage or under-voltage conditions. Conversion systems also protect the battery, while maintaining balanced cell currents. “This patented battery protection invention is important to overall […]
MAGE SOLAR Opens Distribution Center in Arizona
MAGE SOLAR, part of the globally operating MAGE GROUP, announced today that it has added a new warehouse and distribution center in Phoenix, Arizona. Effective immediately, the company’s signature MAGE POWERTEC PLUS high-efficiency modules as well as other premium-performance PV-system components will now ship in 50% less lead time to West Coast customers. The quicker […]
Booming China Market Creates Great Opportunities for PV Inverter Manufacturers
The Chinese PV inverter market, driven by the introduction of the national FiT, grew by over 400 percent in 2011 to reach more than 2.5 GW in shipments according to a new report from IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS Inc. The report also found that the market was highly consolidated in 2011 and the ten […]
The Tinker’s Toolbox – Jeff Klaus of Intel
Tinker’s Toolbox returns to the data center with Jeff Klaus, Director of Data Center Solutions at Intel. Workload, power consumption, thermal management and energy efficiency are always concerns in the data center, and Jeff will tell us what enterprise managers have been reporting as their biggest concerns. We’ll discuss what data center infrastructure vendors such […]
Computers and cars drive up demand for higher efficiency in the power sector
Cloud computing and carbon emissions controls will see the extinction of the silicon semiconductor, as the power discretes market demands superior products, according to a new report by business intelligence experts GBI Research. The new report shows that substrate technologies used in the manufacturing of power discretes have recently evolved, offering improved efficiency for the […]
Digilent and Analog Devices Unveil Portable Analog Design Kits For Engineering Students
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) and Digilent Inc., unveiled two all-in-one analog design kits that enhance engineering students’ educational experience by allowing students to experiment quickly and easily with advanced technologies and build and test real-world, functional analog design circuits anytime – anywhere – right on their PCs. For the price of a textbook, students can […]
Emerson Network Power Addresses 10 Common Data Center Surprises
Emerson Network Power released a list of 10 common surprises for data center and IT managers and offered tips on how to be prepared for them. The list, released at AFCOM Data Center World Spring, includes information on a surprising cause of data center downtime, what data center managers might not know about that next […]
White House Pushes Green Button
Responding to President Obama’s call for an “all-of-the-above” strategy to help consumers reduce their energy costs, the Administration announced that nine major utilities and electricity suppliers will commit to providing more than 15 million households access to data about their own energy use with a simple click of an online “Green Button.” By providing consumers […]
Eltek Announces First Sub-Saharan Africa Office
Eltek announced the opening of a new office in Nairobi, Kenya, to provide sales and after-sales technical services to support increased sales growth in eastern and southern African countries. Stanley Mogire is the first employee hired for the office and will serve as sales and technical support manager for East Africa. Mogire has eight years […]