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 […]
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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 […]
Eaton Second Quarter Earnings Per Share Increase 47 Percent
Eaton Corp. announced net income per share of $0.97 for the second quarter of 2011, an increase of 47 percent over the $0.66 earned in the second quarter of 2010. Sales in the second quarter were $4.09 billion, 21 percent above the second quarter of 2010. Net income in the second quarter was $336 million […]
National Instruments Technology Helps Virginia Tech Win EcoCAR Competition
AUSTIN, Texas – July 25, 2011 – Virginia Tech recently was named the overall winner of EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, a three-year collegiate vehicle engineering competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors (GM). The Virginia Tech Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT) designed and built an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) that uses […]
Microsemi Announces Proposal to Acquire Zarlink for CAD $3.35 in Cash
Microsemi Corp. announced that it has made a proposal to the board of directors of Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company for CAD $3.35 per share in cash. The proposed transaction has a total equity value of USD $548.7 million based on a fully diluted share count and […]
New ZigBee Smart Energy Version 1.1 Now Available
The ZigBee Allianceannounced that an update to ZigBee® Smart Energy™ version 1, the first and only widely available Advanced Metering Infrastructure standard, is now available for product development and public download. ZigBee states that the ZigBee Smart Energy is the industry leading standard helping to create greener homes by giving consumers the information and automation […]