On the final day of PCIM Europe 2010, ABB announced major expansion in its production capacities at several locations while both Toshiba...
GaN and SiC switches and diodes were announced by several companies at this week’s PCIM event in Nuremberg. International Rectifier and MicroGaN...
An Announcement and Call for Papers has been issued for Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’10). DPF ’10 is an exciting new event...
An Announcement and Call for Papers has been issued for the fourth-annual international nanoPower Forum (nPF ’10) to be held May 24-26th...
Bel Fuse Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire Cinch Connectors from Safran S.A., a leading French industrial group, for $37.5 million in cash plus approximately $1.5 million for the assumption of certain expenses. The transaction will be funded with cash on hand. Headquartered in Lombard, Illinois and with manufacturing facilities in Vinita, Oklahoma, […]
Darnell Group and Bodo’s Power Systems have issued a Call for Papers for the second Digital Power Europe (DPE ’10) to be...
GE, Whirlpool Corp. and a number of other companies announced the creation of a new collaborative effort aimed at demonstrating the role of smart grid technologies and practices in the achievement of climate change goals. Called the Smart Green Grid Initiative (SGGI), the effort will include educational events at the upcoming climate change meetings in […]
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations has given its stamp of approval to an energy-efficient one-charger-fits-all new mobile phone solution. The announcement comes as ITU lobbies hard to have the essential role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) recognized in the draft Copenhagen Agreement as a key part of the solution towards […]
The DC Power Partners of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) were well represented at the...
This year is seeing the introduction of the third-generation of digital power controller ICs, and Darnell’s Digital Power Forum will be "the...
The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, announced that it is proposing use of the ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a basis for an IEC standard. The IEC is an international standards organization that […]
Addressing the emerging technology in power distribution and management called Centralized Control Architecture (CCA), Ericsson Power Modules has introduced a 30A Power...
Practical energy harvesting, thin-film batteries, and power management solutions for low-power wireless systems will be spotlighted at Darnell’s third annual nanoPower Forum...
The Alliance for Universal Power Supplies (AUPS), an umbrella organization dedicated to fostering industry-wide standards for universal ac to dc power, backed the GSM Association’s recent move to standardize mobile phone chargers, calling it "a major step toward smart, environmentally responsible consumer electronics manufacturing." At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, 17 wireless […]
The Universal Powerline Association (UPA), an industry consortium providing a forum for the development of interoperable and open specifications to cover all Powerline markets and applications; and the HomeGrid Forum, a global, non-profit trade group promoting International Telecommunication Union’s Standardization Sector (ITU-T) G.hn standardization efforts for multimedia over coax, power and phone lines, announced the […]