Johnson Controls, Inc. opened its newly renovated, state-of-the-art Battery Technology Center and Battery Test Facility at its Power Solutions headquarters in Glendale, Wisconsin. The facility is the largest energy storage technical center in North America. “Our Battery Technology Center and Battery Test Facility will ensure that we not only have the best products on the […]
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Electric Vehicle Maker THINK Resets for a New Start
THINK Global AS has been purchased by an international technology entrepreneur who is committed to maintaining the company’s role in global transportation electrification. A court-appointed trustee selected Boris G. Zingarevich, whose investment operations are based in St. Petersburg, Russia, as the winning bidder following a bankruptcy proceeding initiated by the Norwegian carmaker last month. In […]
First Solar Sets Record for CdTe Solar PV Efficiency
First Solar, Inc. announced it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell efficiency, reaching 17.3 percent with a test cell constructed using commercial-scale manufacturing equipment and materials. The test cell’s performance, confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), far surpassed the previous record of 16.7 […]
GE Energy Licenses DLynx Digital POLs to Bel Fuse
GE Energy Power Electronics announced an agreement to license The Lineage Power® DLynx™ Digital Point-of-Load (POL) product portfolio to Bel Fuse Inc. DLynx leverages the strengths of digital technology to efficiently power silicon devices such as processors and memory devices on circuit boards. The licensing agreement with Bel Fuse utilizes the DOSA digital POL standard […]
Leo Motors Enters Into $6 Million Dollar Deal with Chinese Firm
Leo Motors, Inc. has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a Chinese company, Shenzhen Rui Li Da Shebei (SRLDS) Limited. According to the MOU, Leo will share its 56 patent technologies with SRLDS, and SRLDS in return will pay around US$ 6 million to Leo. Using Leo’s technology, SRLDS will set up an Electric […]
DuPont Acquires Innovalight to Expand Solar Business
DuPont announced that it has acquired Innovalight, Inc., a company specializing in advanced silicon inks and process technologies to increase the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells. DuPont states that the acquisition further strengthens its position as a clear leader in materials for the solar energy market, enabling a broader and more integrated photovoltaic materials […]
‘Smart’ PV Inverter Shipments to Grow to 27 GW by 2015
Wellingborough, UK – 26th July 2011: ‘Smart’ PV inverter shipments are forecast to grow to 27 GW in 2015, accounting for almost 60% of the market compared to just 20% in 2010 according to the latest report from IMS Research. This is being driven by utility concerns over grid imbalances, the growing proportion of PV […]
GE Energy licenses Lineage Power DLynx POL to Bel Fuse
GE Energy Power Electronics today announced an agreement to license the Lineage Power DLynx Digital Point-of-Load (POL) product portfolio to Bel Fuse Inc. DLynx leverages the strengths of digital technology to efficiently power silicon devices such as processors and memory devices on circuit boards. The licensing agreement with Bel Fuse utilizes the DOSA digital POL […]
Showa Denko to Expand Production Capacities for Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery Materials
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to expand its production capacities for materials used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs), namely, artificial-graphite-based anode material (SCMG™), additive in anodes and cathodes (VGCF™), and aluminum laminated films for packaging. SDK will expand the capacity of its SCMG plant at Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, by stages from 1,000 t/y at […]
Digital Power Technology at Techno Frontier
Digital power conversion and digital power management were demonstrated during a special “Digital Power Supply Control” session at Techno Frontier. Cosel, Bellnix Co, Ltd., and TDK Lambda all made presentations about the benefits of digital power to improve performance and lower the cost of power converters. Cosel used the just-released CHS series of regulated bus […]