WARREN, NJ–(Marketwire – February 1, 2010) – ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading provider of innovative RF solutions for broadband wireless and wireline communications, today announced that Novatel Wireless has selected its WCDMA/HSPA and EDGE power amplifiers (PAs) for two new wireless HSPA+ Mobile Broadband USB modems. HSPA+ is the next evolution of high-speed packet access (HSPA) […]
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Power Entry Module Provides Added Seal Protection
Schurter’s Series 5707 power entry module offers IP 54 protection at the power input, in addition to IP 65 protection to the equipment. The sealed module is appropriate for use in medical equipment exposed to leaks, drips and spills, as well as equipment subject to routine washing. The compact module combines an appliance inlet, fuse […]
Energy Data Available Anywhere, Any Time
Enlarge image NREL’s Debbie Brodt-Giles was a key developer of the Virtual Information Bridge to Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy its sister Open Energy Information. Credit: Pat Corkery Having rapidly established itself as a “go to” site for transportation and other related energy information, the Virtual Information Bridge to Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (VIBE) […]
NREL to Help Scale Up Biofuels Operations
Enlarge image NREL Biomass Partnership Development Team Leader, John Ashworth works with NREL’s industry partners to develop and prove biomass conversion technologies. Due to recent ARRA funding announcements, NREL has five new partners in the biofuels race. Credit: Pat Corkery When it comes to fostering new biofuels technology during a recession, a big barrier can […]
Optical Cable Gets Modular Connection Patent
ROANOKE, Va. (Jan. 19, 2010)—Optical Cable Corporation (OCC) (Nasdaq GM: OCCF), a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber optic and copper data communications network solutions and services, announces the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued patent No. 7,594,829 for a keyed modular connection system and associated adapter cable. This is the second patent […]
Hendrix Completes Stanton Spacer Cable Project
Milford, N.H. – Hendrix Wire & Cable, a premier provider of high quality overhead and underground power distribution products, announces the completion of a project for Clark Energy Cooperative, a non-profit electric utility headquartered in Winchester, Kentucky. Clark Energy needed to add a circuit to an existing Double Circuit bare wire system out of a […]
Concentrating Sunshine for Improved Solar Power
CPV Concentrated Photovoltaic is a promising technology. Many companies and research groups are working on cost containment offering a lower per watt energy alternative.
Grant Allows Nexergy to Improve Batteries
COLUMBUS, OHIO – January 11, 2010 – The Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program recently announced plans to award $7.2 million to companies in the state to help commercialize new energy solutions. Nexergy, Inc. (www.nexergy.com), a leading designer and manufacturer of battery packs and chargers, will participate in a grant awarded to GrafTech International Holdings, […]
Prototype Superconducting Rectifier is Magnetic-Field-Tunable
(Goddard Space Flight Center) – Superconducting electronic components have been developed that provide current rectification that is tunable by design and with an externally applied magnetic field to the circuit component. The superconducting material used in the device is relatively free of pinning sites with its critical current determined by a geometric energy barrier to […]
NREL Sets the Bar for Office Building Energy Use
Enlarge image Designers met NREL’s aggressive energy use requirement for the Research Support Facility by taking advantage Colorado’s sunny climate. Large windows for daylighting and thermally sophisticated wall systems for solar heating are crucial to the net-zero energy design. Credit: Pat Corkery Technology — from sophisticated computer modeling to advanced windows that actually open! — […]
