Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. (CFCL) and E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen, have signed an agreement to develop and deploy a prototype fuel cell-combined heat and power unit in the United Kingdom. The companies will work together to develop a fully-integrated micro CHP unit, incorporating CFCL’s fuel cell, that can be fitted into homes. […]
Q-Cells AG announced that it is opening a new branch in Tokyo, Japan. Q-Cells states that it is the first large manufacturing company from the German photovoltaics (PV) industry to establish a presence in Japan. Due to Japan being the world market leader in the production of PV systems, Q-Cells AG’s new Tokyo branch will […]
PowerGate LLC introduced the PMP150 series of external desktop power supplies with medical safety approvals. High efficiency operation in excess of 85%...
Excelsys Technologies Ltd. released its new Xmite series of 200/400/600W medical approved power supplies. These supplies are said to offer users custom...
Germany’s SolarTec AG is firming up plans to gain a presence in Singapore, including the setting up of a $100 million manufacturing plant and a listing via a reverse takeover on the local bourse. The solar technology company is preparing to set up a production facility to make thin-film solar modules – essentially glass panels […]
During the past week, there were some major announcements that revealed continuing developments and growth on the European wind energy landscape. Probably...
XP Power announced the availability of the ECL series of ultra compact, low power ac-dc power supplies. Two series are available in...
Diodes Inc. announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Silica, an Avnet, Inc. company. Silica is a semiconductor distributor with 36 branch offices throughout Europe providing customers with a broad portfolio of semiconductor products along with in-depth technical and logistic support as well as other value-added services. As a division of Avnet Electronics […]
PULS has opened a new manufacturing facility at Chomutov in the Czech Republic. The new factory is solar heated and conduction cooled by the material of the building itself combined with automatic window venting. Virtually all light is natural sunlight regulated by solar controlled blinds. The new factory is 6,200m² and will eventually employ 350 […]
The death of a migrant worker, who was killed last month when his cell phone (reportedly a Motorola Inc. model) reportedly exploded in his chest pocket, prompted safety inspectors in southern China to conduct studies that showed nearly half of the mobile phone batteries examined to be defective, as well as about 80% of battery […]
NXP Semiconductors, the independent company founded by Philips, announced its acquisition of the BlueStreak™ microcontroller product portfolio from Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas – the second acquisition announced by NXP this year. NXP claims that it now has the ability to manufacture and sell the complete line of ARM7™ and ARM9™ processor-based BlueStreak microcontrollers, previously […]
Trina Solar Ltd., an integrated manufacturer of solar power products based in Changzhou, China, announced several contract wins to supply solar photovoltaic (PV) modules with an aggregate output of up to 99MW to key accounts in Europe over the next two to three years. Initial shipments have been made on each of the contracts. "Our […]
austriamicrosystems AG introduced the AS1323, a ultra-low quiescent current, step-up dc-dc converter which comes in a small 5-pin TSOT package. The AS1323...
Royal Philips Electronics announced its global "asimpleswitch.com" consumer campaign intended to show that solutions for reducing energy consumption can be simple and actionable without compromising on quality of life. By partnering with The Alliance for Climate Protection and the global Live Earth concerts on July 7th 2007, Philips aims to inspire more than two billion […]
First Solar, Inc. announced that it has entered into five agreements for the manufacture and sale of solar modules totaling 685MW. These new agreements are expected to allow for sales of approximately $1.28 billion at an assumed exchange rate of $1.30/€1.00, over the period of 2007 to 2012. Included in the new agreements are long […]