DC Power Systems and Solar Depot announced the renaming of the integrated company as Soligent, LLC, effective immediately. Both companies, specialists in the renewable energy field, combined in February 2011 by parent company ITOCHU, to form what is described as the largest solar energy equipment distributor in the Americas. The combined entity continued using both […]
Panasonic Corp. announced that it will start in June mass-production of a compact, secure and long-life lithium-ion battery system the company has developed for European homes. This marks the first time for the company to produce in volume such a system designed for Europe. In Germany and other European countries, governments are cutting purchase prices […]
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will launch the "LEAF to Home" power supply system, which can supply electricity from batteries onboard in Nissan LEAF electric vehicles (EV) to homes when used with the "EV Power Station" unit developed by Nichicon Corp. "LEAF to Home" is an industry first backup power supply system that can transmit the […]
ABB and Green Datacenter AG, an information and communications technology (ITC) service provider in Switzerland, announced the official opening of Green’s new Zurich-West data center expansion based on dc technology. Green’s facility, which employs HVDC-capable HP servers, is the most powerful application of dc in a data center to date. Performance tests showed that Green’s […]
Locus Energy has released a redesigned and revamped version of its solar monitoring platform, rebranded as SolarOS®. The SolarOS upgrade bolsters the company’s monitoring service for residential and commercial solar PV installations and improves overall software usability and performance. The new release includes a refreshed site interface as well as a number of feature enhancements. […]
CalCEF, which creates institutions and investment vehicles for the clean energy economy, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) announced a partnership to launch CalCharge, a consortium uniting California’s emerging and established battery technology companies with critical academic and government resources. By bringing together the dozens of battery companies and institutions in California working on […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced two fully integrated LED driver micro-modules that eliminate the external components and complex layout placement challenges typical of LED driver designs. The 450mA TPS92550 and TPS92551 dc-dc LED driver modules are the industry’s first to incorporate all the required power and passive circuitry into a single IC package to deliver […]
Powin Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Powin Corp., announced it will begin utilizing Ideal Power Converters’ (IPC) patented bi-directional battery converters as part of the Powin Energy Grid Storage Solution. IPC is a leader in developing disruptive electronic power converter products. Through this development agreement, Powin and IPC will jointly develop the Powin Energy […]
Energy technology and power electronics specialist AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS) announced the expansion of its product portfolio with a new central inverter with 630 kW performance. The new inverter is the next step in AEG PS’s offering of high-end utility-class inverters. The product is available as of today. The first central inverter, launched in […]
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded $1,200,000 to MicroGen Systems Inc. to commercialize its proprietary micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) enabled vibrational energy harvesters. This grant comes on the heels of a 2009 NYSERDA investment of $300,000, which helped MicroGen create early prototypes. The start-up originally came to NY […]
MiaSole, a manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed a 15.5 percent aperture area efficiency on commercial size flexible PV module (total area 1.68m2). MiaSole states that its record represents over 2 points of improvement compared to […]
Tanaka Denshi Kogyo K.K. announced that New Japan Radio Co., Ltd. has adopted Tanaka Denshi Kogyo’s "CHA" thick copper wire for wiring on aluminum electrodes of semiconductor chips manufactured by New Japan Radio. This has led to the establishment of what the companies say is the world’s first power semiconductor mass production technology using copper […]
The global market for advanced batteries is nearly $50 billion, with economists predicting double-digit annual growth over the next decade, driven by increasing adoption of electric vehicles, the implementation of smart electric grid technologies, and other applications for flexible energy storage. To take advantage of the demand for rapid commercialization in this high-tech sector, the […]
Solantro Semiconductor Corp. announced the completion of its Series A Financing in the amount of $10 Million. This funding was led by Black Coral Capital, and included participation from Presidio Ventures (a Sumitomo Corporation company), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Export Development Canada (EDC). Solantro designs, manufactures and markets semiconductor chipsets and Reference […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the first round of winners for the "Apps for Energy" competition, with app developers submitting more than 50 innovative mobile and web applications that will help utility consumers save money by making the most of their "Green Button" electricity usage data. The winners were selected by a panel […]