BlackLight Power, Inc. (BLP) announced a major breakthrough in clean energy technology, which experts agree holds tremendous promise for a wide range of commercial applications. The announcement comes on the heels of BlackLight’s recent completion of a $5 million round of financing to support commercial development of its new process for producing affordable, reliable energy […]
Ideal Power Converters (IPC) announced that its light-weight 30kW photovoltaic (PV) inverter, IPV-30kW-480, conforms to the UL standard 1741 and is included on the California Energy Commission (CEC) list of approved PV inverter products. Inclusion on the CEC list allows the IPC product to be installed in California and across the United States. IPC completed […]
The EMerge Alliance – an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe dc power distribution standards for commercial buildings – announced the formation of a new Campus Microgrid Technical Standards Committee at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2012 National Convention and Design Exposition. Chaired by Guy AlLee, of Intel’s Energy Research and […]
The EMerge Alliance announced the addition of six new members and five new EMerge Alliance Registered products for dc power applications at LIGHTFAIR International 2012. Now supported by more than 90 member organizations, the group continues to make progress toward delivering greater efficiency, flexibility and sustainability throughout buildings. Newest members to the dc power distribution […]
One of the highlights of the technical program at this year’s PCIM Europe event was a session on "Competition in Wide-Bandgap Devices"...
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. announced a scalable, in-system upgradable, star topology power management architecture that can be used across a wide range of circuit boards requiring more than 12 power supply rails. Lattice has simultaneously made available two new application notes for its award winning Platform Manager™ devices that will enable customers to quickly adopt the […]
CISSOID, SemiSouth, Rohm, Powerex, Cree, Infineon Technologies, and GaN Systems were among the companies revealing developments in wide bandgap devices at this...
The 9th International Exhibition for Power Electronics, Energy and Energy Saving will be held in Moscow, Russia, from November 27-29, at the...
Microsemi Corp. introduced a suite of system and power management design tools for high availability wired and wireless communications infrastructure equipment. The new design tools include Microsemi’s Mixed Signal Power Manager (MPM) 4.0 reference design, which supports up to 64 power rails and mixed analog and digital point-of-loads (POLs), as well as PMBus™-based communication. The […]
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the availability of the SSL2109 – a high-efficiency buck controller for high-power, non-dimmable LED lighting applications using non-isolated topologies. Designed for use with an external power switch, the SSL2109 LED driver IC provides a single design platform for 100, 120 and 230V mains input voltages and power ranges up to 25W. […]
Boulder Ionics Corp. announced the completion of a $4.3 million Series A financing. The over-subscribed financing round was led by Pangaea Ventures, and joined by new investors 9th Street Investments, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund, and JSR Corporation as well as existing investors including Protonic Capital. The investor funds complement the company’s grant awards totaling […]
Server System Infrastructure Forum (SSI), a server industry group that drives server form factor standards, announced the approval and immediate availability of unrestricted access to specifications in the areas of micro server, power supply and enclosure. The specifications are now available to SSI and non-paying SSI members, furthering the organization’s charter of making open specifications […]
Ericsson has announced an extension to its 3E Gold Design Kit with the launch of two new development board kits. Launched in...
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. announced that its G3-PLC protocol has been recommended by the Smart House Standardization Study Group, sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), as one of the communications platforms that Japanese electrical utilities should use for communication between a smart meter and a home energy management system (HEMS) in […]
For more than a century, electric power has been produced and distributed using alternating current (ac) technology championed by George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. Carnegie Mellon University researchers report that a competing direct current (dc) electrical power system, pioneered by Thomas A. Edison in the 1880s, may be the most economic way to power lights […]