REFU Elektronik GmbH announced that its North American subsidiary, REFU Solar Electronics, Inc., is previewing its 24kW, REFUSOL 024K-UL inverter line for the U.S. market. The design of the REFUSOL 024K-UL will feature 2 x 500V maximum dc input voltage with 3-phase grid connection. This cutting-edge construction will enable the units to achieve a maximum […]
PREMO has launched its FEDC Series of dc filters – installed between the PV inverter and the solar panel, dc filters helps...
Energy harvesting calls for collecting light energy from solar or photovoltaic cells, piezoelectric from pressure, kinetic energy from movement, or inductive energy from rotation or motion. This is what generates the low levels of current that make wireless sensors operational. According to OptiXtal Inc., until recently, capturing and storing sufficient power for these applications was […]
ET Solar Group Corp., a Nanjing-based photovoltaic ("PV") system turnkey solution provider and integrated manufacturer of PV products, announced it has received approval and listing from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for its new line of black frame and black back sheet crystalline solar modules for the North American markets, including both US and Canada. […]
Linear Technology announced the LTC3109, a highly integrated step-up dc-dc converter and power management IC designed to start up and run from millivolt input voltage sources such as thermoelectric generators (TEGs) and thermopiles. The device’s proprietary auto-polarity topology allows it to generate usable power from input voltages as low as ±30mV, enabling temperature differences as […]
Cymbet Corp. announced that it has launched the EnerChip™ Energy Processor, a universal energy harvesting power management unit for ultra-low power energy...
Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies announced the launch of a disruptive pocket-size fuel cell power plant targeting portable consumer electronics markets. Named MiniPak, this is the first of several Horizon portable fuel cell power products of varying size and fuel storage technologies to be released commercially over the next months and years. Starting sales at $99, […]
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. announced a new family of high performance solar cells, dubbed "SECIUM." According to the company, the new SECIUM solar cells enable substantially better spectral response at short wavelengths in comparison to standard solar cells. Additional highlights include increased open circuit voltage, increased short circuit current and a reduction in recombination […]
Eltek Valere announced the Theia HE-T product line, which the company says offers the industry’s highest power conversion efficiency for isolated inverters – maximizing the usable energy from solar power plants in commercial and residential applications. Eltek Valere has a long history in telecom power systems, and has had success with using solar power for […]
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. announced that it will introduce its new N-type monocrystalline modules under the brand name "Yingli Solar Panda." The company expects to start commercialization of this new generation of modules on its 300MW monocrystalline silicon-based manufacturing lines at its Baoding headquarters in the third quarter of 2010. The modules have […]
STMicroelectronics (ST) has unveiled what it says is the industry’s first IC to combine important power-optimization and power-conversion functions for solar generators....
Lennox International Inc. announced its new Lennox SunSource® Home Energy System, which it describes as a revolutionary advancement in residential heating and...
Linear Technology Corp. introduced the LT3652HV, a higher voltage version of the innovative LT3652 monolithic buck battery charger for modern battery chemistries. The LT3652HV offers a wider battery float voltage range than the LT3652 – up to 18V – and features the same input voltage regulation loop that controls charge current to hold the input […]
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic ("PV") cells and modules in China, announced that it will launch its new "SolarIris" line of building integrated photovoltaic ("BIPV") modules. Building on its many years of expertise in BIPV, Solarfun was able to integrate its high efficiency cells into […]
Xandex Inc. and European subsidiary Xandex B.V. are introducing the new SunMizer™ shade mitigation tool for photovoltaic modules to the European solar energy market. SunMizer is a shade mitigation tool that increases solar energy harvest by recovering power that is lost when shade falls on a solar module. By isolating the shaded solar module(s) from […]