Solyndra a California-based solar panel manufacturer announced that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company is ceasing operations and will immediately lay off all of its 1,100 employees. The company had received more than $1.6 billion in federal and private funding in recent years. Critical observers had noted that Solyndra’s solar tubes were […]
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ET Solar Announces Linear Power Performance Warranty
ET Solar Group Corp. announced a linear power performance warranty for its solar module products. The ET Solar 25-year linear power performance warranty guarantees no less than 97% of the nominal power output in the first year and then a maximum annual output degradation of 0.65% thereafter. By the end of the 25th year, the […]
Texas Instruments and Wurth Electronics Midcom Create Suite of Power-over-Ethernet Applications
Wurth Electronics Midcom Inc. recently designed in three Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) reference designs with Texas Instruments (TI). Featured on the suite of PoE designs from Texas Instruments is a WE-LAN transformer module and at least one WE-PD4 inductor. The WE-LAN transformer module provides coupling and impedance matching from the IC to the Ethernet line and provides […]
Viridity Software to Incorporate Intel Data Center Manager Into EnergyCenter
Viridity Software announced that Intel® Data Center Manager SDK will be incorporated into Viridity’s EnergyCenter™ software. This integration will help provide IT and facilities managers with the ability to obtain detailed information directly from specific server assets, such as temperature. In addition, the Intel-enhanced EnergyCenter software will help enable users to add and monitor new […]
Ascent and TFG Radiant Announce Solar CIGS Partnership
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. and TFG Radiant Group announced they have signed a more than $275 million plus royalties long-term, multi-faceted, strategic partnership that includes (i) investments by TFG Radiant in Ascent and (ii) a joint development agreement between TFG Radiant and Ascent to establish manufacturing facilities to be located in East Asia. Under the […]
Hitachi Cable Develops Compact Connectors for Use in Power Harnesses for HEVs and EVs
Applying a proprietary design, Hitachi Cable, Ltd. announced the development of what it says is the world’s smallest compact connectors for use in power harnesses for hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles. According to the company, recent years have seen strong demand to reduce the environmental impact associated with motor vehicles. Various countries around the […]
Chinese PV Module Suppliers on Top in Q2 as Consolidation Continues
Wellingborough, UK – 31st August 2011 – The three largest suppliers of PV modules in Q2’11 were all Chinese according to the latest industry report from IMS Research. Suntech, Yingli and Trina Solar collectively grew their shipments by almost 20% over the previous quarter despite difficult market conditions, increasing their market share and furthering China’s growing […]
Hands-On Digital Power Design Seminar Added to Darnell’s Power Forum
A hands-on lab training class in a lab-bench environment titled, “Test Drive Your Power Supply Design” will be hosted by Exar Corp. Seminar delegates will design and validate a 4-channel complex power system using XRP7714 digital power solution from Exar in a hands-on environment. The session will be led by Kevin Parmenter, power systems engineer […]
ZBB Energy Forms Joint Venture Company to Enter Energy Storage Market in China
ZBB Energy Corp. announced that it has entered into agreements for establishment of a joint venture company that will initially assemble and ultimately manufacture ZBB products for sale in the power management industry on an exclusive basis in mainland China and on a non-exclusive basis in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The new company will build […]
Former Altair Nanotechnologies CEO Joins Xtreme Power as CTO
Xtreme Power (XP), developer and manufacturer of Dynamic Power Resource™ (DPR™) utility-scale energy storage and digital power management systems, announced the appointment of Alan J. Gotcher, Ph.D. as Chief Technology Officer. In his new role, Dr. Gotcher will oversee research and development activities as well as formulate long-term visions and strategies to drive the continued […]