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Batteries and Portable Power
S&C Reports on Li-Battery Fire at Its Franklin Facility
On August 10, 2016, S&C Electric had a fire in the assembly area of its Franklin, Wisconsin, facility. The company recently released a detailed report on the causes and impacts of that fire. The fire began in a utility-scale energy storage system that was in a partially assembled state. This partially assembled system contained lithium-ion […]
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1.2KCommunications Power650V SuperFET III MOSFETs claim Best Efficiency and Reliability
Fairchild Semiconductor, now part of ON Semiconductor, today introduced its SuperFET® III family of 650V N-channel MOSFETs, the company’s new generation of...
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614Digital PowerCAN-Based Ecosystem for Managing Power and Distribution Equipment
Alpha Technologies Ltd. announced the release of its first products to incorporate Alpha IQ™, a CAN-based ecosystem that uses a single IP...
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Energy Efficiency
SDTC Supports $16.4M Transactive Energy Network Project
The just-announced $16.4 million Transactive Energy (TE) project includes $5.4 million from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) will include contributions from a consortium of industry and utility partners including: Opus One, Advanced Microgrid Solutions, Smarter Grid Solutions, the Centre for Urban Energy (CUE) at Ryerson University, Nova Scotia Power, Emera Maine, and Toronto Hydro. Opus […]
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715ComponentsHigh-Temperature Surface-Mount 800V SCRs
STMicroelectronics has introduced the industry’s first 800V surface-mount Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCR, or thyristor) specified for operation at temperatures up to 150...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Sungrow-Samsung SDI adds New Energy Storage Systems
Sungrow-Samsung SDI has released new energy storage system solutions at Solar Power International 2016, the largest solar tradeshow in the North America (Las Vegas, NV; Booth #2059). The system solution integrates, energy storage inverters and Li-ion batteries and is designed to address system integration problems, especially in the North America market and is based on […]
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873Batteries and Portable PowerBYD Showcases “Energy + Solar = Zero Emissions” Vision
BYD Company Ltd. introduced new home- and grid-tied “Energy + Solar = Zero Emissions” Vision and Products at the 2016 Solar Power...
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Energy Efficiency
Opus One gets Strategic Investment from Energy Impact
Opus One Solutions and Energy Impact Partners (EIP), an investment firm representing a utility-backed fund of six large utilities in North America, today announced a strategic partnership in support of Opus One’s North American expansion. The partnership features an equity investment in Opus One through the EIP fund, and provides the company with collaboration opportunities […]
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532ComponentsCompact Snap-in Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
TDK Corporation presents more compact versions within the B43640 and B43644 series of aluminum electrolytic capacitors with a snap-in design for rated...
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Communications Power
850V FETs Claim Industry’s Lowest On-Resistance
IXYS Corporation introduced a new power semiconductor product line, the 850V Ultra-Junction X-Class Power MOSFETs with fast body diodes. With current ratings up to 110A, these rugged devices enable a very high power density in high voltage power conversion applications. These new 850V devices claiim the lowest on-state resistances in the industry (33 milliohms in […]
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Energy Efficiency
Eaton Control System Simplifies Microgrid Deployment
Power management company Eaton today announced a microgrid energy system designed to help simplify and expedite the deployment of complex microgrid and energy storage systems. Designed for critical applications requiring secure, safe and efficient reliable power, the innovative solution is engineered to help customers deploy stand-alone power systems using existing and new assets with the […]
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1.0KCommunications PowerSiC FETs Shrink 5kW Rack-Mounted Distributed UPS
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. has announced that it has developed a rack-mount dc power system for data centers. The F-DCPOWER is a...
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Energy Efficiency
AC-DC Hybrid Nanogrid at the Illinois Institute of Technology
Aquion Energy, Inc., Schneider Electric and Azimuth Energy today announced completion of an innovative ac-dc nanogrid at the llinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Keating Sports Center. The nanogrid, which was designed and installed by Azimuth Energy, is a combined solar plus energy storage system that uses Aquion Aspen batteries for storage and Schneider power control […]
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Power Quality Protection
4.4kW Microinverter Designed for Energy Storage Systems
Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has released its Magnum Energy MicroGT 500 micro-inverter, the first micro-inverter designed to communicate seamlessly with the Magnum Energy PAE inverter/charger. Designed with energy storage in mind, the MicroGT 500 is a daisy chained, dual MPPT, grid tied micro-inverter. It is rapid shut down compliant, while offering the traditional functional advantages […]
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1.6KEnergy EfficiencyEnphase adds IQ to Residential Solar Inverters
Enphase Energy, Inc. today unveiled its Enphase Home Energy Solution with IQ, its next-generation integrated solar, storage and energy management offering. The...
