Leyden Energy, Inc. announced that it has received $20 million in Series B financing led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Ventures, Sigma Partners and Walden International. Leyden Energy will use the new capital to expand production of its full suite of next-generation Li-ion batteries, increase company staff and fund […]
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The Tinker’s Toolbox – Nelson Quintana of Renesas on Low-Power Microcontrollers
Hosted by Alix Paultre, the Tinker’s Toolbox is the Advantage Design Group’s web-based interview show where we talk about the latest technology, components, and design issues for the electronic design engineering community. In today’s podcast we talk to Nelson Quintana of Renesas about their new RL78 microcontrollers. In the most common operating modes, the RL78 family […]
Will China Take Over the Inverter Market?
Sungrow. It’s not a name you hear all the time at solar conferences at the moment, but give it a few years. The Hefei, China-based company is the first of what could become a wave of inverter makers from China using that time-tested formula of low costs, increasing technical sophistication and domestic support to soak […]
Power Integrations Quarterly Sales Top $80 Million for First Time
Power Integrations announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. Net revenues for the second quarter were $80.2 million, up four% from the prior quarter and up slightly compared with the second quarter of 2010. Net income was $10.6 million or $0.35 per diluted share, compared with $0.33 per diluted share in the […]
Advanced Energy Announces Garry Rogerson to Join as CEO; Dr. Hans Betz to Retire
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced that its board of directors has appointed Garry Rogerson, Ph.D., as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer and board member, effective as of August 4, 2011. Dr. Hans Betz, Advanced Energy’s Chief Executive Officer since 2005, will continue as an advisor until December 31, 2011. “I am excited to join […]
2011 Darnell Power Forum Program Announced
The Plenary Session at the 2011 Darnell Power Forum (DPF ’11) will feature senior executives from Efficient Power Conversion, Electric Power Research Institute, IBM, Qualcomm, SemiSouth Laboratories, Petra Solar and Transphorm. Plenary session topics will include new data center power architectures, advanced GaN and SiC devices, wireless charging technologies, renewable energy, and the smart grid. […]
$10 Million and GE Collaboration Light Way for Growth of Nuventix, Maker of LED Cooling Technology
Nuventix, creator of an LED cooling technology for energy-efficient lighting, announced that GE has provided capital alongside other investors and recently entered into a license agreement to access Nuventix’s extensive patent portfolio. GE unit GE Energy Financial Services and The Bergquist Company joined existing investors Braemar Energy Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners and Rho Ventures […]
Digi-Key Announces Addition of Energy Harvesting TechZone
Digi-Key Corp. announced the addition of an Energy Harvesting TechZone to its expansive listing of online resources. This new TechZone features all the amenities of Digi-Key’s previously launched Lighting, Microcontroller, Power, Sensor, and Wireless TechZone technology zones, including application notes, product highlights of the latest innovations, product guides, Product Training Modules, videos, white papers, and […]
Nexeon Receives 40 Million Euro Boost for Rechargeable Batteries
Nexeon announced that it has received an investment of €40 million for its rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology. The Series C investment was led by existing investor Imperial Innovations Group and included Invesco Perpetual; both organizations are existing investors. Nexeon plans to use the new funding to establish a world class manufacturing facility, scaling up the […]
Power Integrations Names Ben Sutherland Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Power Integrations announced that Ben Sutherland has been appointed Vice President of Worldwide Sales, a role in which he has served on an interim basis since March 2011. Sutherland joined Power Integrations in 2000 and has served in a succession of sales-management roles, most recently as senior sales director with responsibility for a broad geographic […]