Nidec Corp. announced that it has established its first India-based sales subsidiary, Nidec India Private Limited, in Gurgaon, a city adjacent to India’s capital, New Delhi. India ranks only behind China as the world’s second most populous country with 1.2 billion people and the second-fastest growing economy among the BRIC nations. An increasing demand for […]
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Molycorp and Hitachi Metals to Pursue Formation of Joint Ventures to Manufacture Rare Earth Alloys & Magnets in the U.S.
Molycorp, Inc. and Hitachi Metals, Ltd. jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement regarding the planned formation of joint ventures for the production of rare earth alloys and magnets in the U.S. The ventures would be focused on the manufacture of neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) alloys and magnets that are vital to many clean energy, […]
Wi-Fi Alliance Critiques Recent GE White Paper Comparing Wi-Fi and Other Wireless Technologies
According to the Wi-Fi Alliance a recent white paper authored by the General Electric Company (GE) comparing the power efficiency of Wi-Fi and Zigbee technologies in home Smart Grid applications is flawed, resulting in inaccurate findings. What follows is the Wi-Fi Alliance critique of the GE paper: SOURCE
Lighting Science Group Sponsors U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathalon
Cutting-edge solar houses would not be complete without state-of-the-art LED lighting, so Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG) has become a proud sponsor of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011. The Solar Decathlon is an award-winning program that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and […]
GE Nucleus Energy Manager is First Energy Gateway to be ZigBee-Certified
GE announced that its Nucleus™ energy manager with Brillion™ technology will be the first ZigBee®-certified home energy gateway for smart grid communications and home energy management. Nucleus is the first ZigBee device to act as both an in-premise display device and energy services gateway that can communicate inside and outside of the home. In this […]
Melexis Wins the Patent Nullity Court Case vs. austriamicrosystems
On December 9, 2010, the Federal Patent Court in Munich (Germany) rendered its verdict on the patent nullity case initiated by Melexis in March 2009 against the austriamicrosystems patent EP0916074. In the first-instance, the Court declared all attacked patent claims (1-3 and 5-14) as null and invalid based on the prior art submitted by Melexis. […]
Power Distribution Inc. Names New CEO
Power Distribution Inc. (PDI), a provider of mission critical power distribution equipment for data centers, announced that it has promoted Rob Sweaney to President and CEO. Sweaney brings over 20 years of leadership experience to the position and will continue to grow PDI’s forward momentum in the mission critical data center and alternative energy areas. […]
Garden State Outdoor Contracts With Daktronics to Install Digital LED Billboard at Atlantic City
Daktronics Inc. recently contracted with Garden State Outdoor to install a high-contrast digital billboard at the end of the Atlantic City Expressway. Well suited for its prime-time location, the new 12 mm LED billboard advertises exclusively for Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Casino and Hotel locations in Atlantic City, and measures approximately 16 feet by 60 feet. […]
EPRI Analysis Reveals That Video Game Consoles Differ in Energy Consumption
Buyers of video game hardware who like to compare costs and features may want to consider the various systems’ energy consumption after the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) tested three top-selling systems and found that a Nintendo Wii™ system uses six times less power than a Sony PlayStation® 3 or Microsoft® Xbox 360 in active […]
JinkoSolar Partners with Innovalight to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency with Silicon Ink
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced that it has entered into a commercial agreement with Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held company that manufactures proprietary silicon ink and licenses proprietary processing technology to solar cell manufacturing companies. Under the terms of the agreement, JinkoSolar will purchase silicon ink from Innovalight and license Innovalight’s processing technology to produce solar […]