Power Quality | Power Factor Correction | Totem Pole Pfc

January 26, 2018

New Li-ions enable Higher-Capacity Energy Storage Systems

With the new lithium ion energy storage option - the BMZ Energy Storage Systems ESSX - both private and commercial solar system...

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Power Quality Protection

January 25, 2018

Grid Thumper System Actively Tests Microgrid Stability

Power Standards Lab Inc. (PSL) today announced Grid Thumper™, a breakthrough solution for testing the stability of microgrids, distribution grids, and back-up...

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Batteries and Portable Power

January 25, 2018

Batteries for Challenging Loads and Service Conditions of Utility Applications

EnerSys® has introduced the PowerSafe® ESG battery, designed to provide 185 to 960 amp-hours (Ah) of capacity range to handle the challenging...

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Communications Power

January 24, 2018

Supercapacitor Energy Modules for NVDIMM Backup Power

AgigA Tech, Inc., a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., today announced the availability of its new family of PowerGEM® Green Energy Modules....

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Power Quality Protection

January 24, 2018

Smart Grid Tech Helped Save 2.4 Billion Customer-Outage Minutes in 2017

S&C Electric Company has announced it helped utilities avoid more than 2.4 billion customer-outage minutes in 2017. The total demonstrates how S&C's...

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Communications Power

January 24, 2018

Vertiv to Acquire Geist, Expand Global Rack PDU Portfolio

Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, has reached an agreement to purchase Lincoln, Nebraska-based Geist, a privately owned manufacturer of rack power distribution...

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Batteries and Portable Power

January 24, 2018

High-Performance 2.5MW / 2.5MWh Battery Online in Schleswig-Holstein

A new high-performance storage system designed for grid regulation, for primary regulation energy and for research into smart grid functionality has been...

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Communications Power

January 24, 2018

35V Hot-Swappable Supercapacitor Backup Power Controller

Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear™ LTC3351, a supercapacitor charger and backup power controller IC that includes hot swap front-end protection...

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Automotive Electronics

January 22, 2018

Audi and Ampard Partner on Residential Energy Storage

As part of a research project, Audi is running a pilot project with households in the Ingolstadt area and the Zurich region...

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Batteries and Portable Power

January 20, 2018

Ultra-Compact Bi-Directional ESD Protection Diode for Portable Devices

Toshiba Electronics Europe has introduced a new bi-directional electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection diode DF2B7ASL which is mainly targeting interface protection in applications...

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Power Quality Protection

January 18, 2018

Robot Controller Power Supply Has EN62477-1 OVC III Certification

TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the ZWS240RC-24 ac-dc power supply, rated at 240W output power. Certification to Over Voltage Category (OVC)...

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Automotive Electronics

January 17, 2018

Littelfuse Completes Acquisition of IXYS

Littelfuse, Inc. today announced the completion of its $750 million acquisition of IXYS Corporation. IXYS is a pioneer in the power semiconductor...

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Energy Efficiency

January 16, 2018

Eaton and NREL to Collaborate on Innovative Energy Solutions

To expedite research and commercialization of new energy-related technologies, power management company Eaton and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable...