Power Quality | Power Factor Correction | Totem Pole Pfc

March 22, 2016

Mersen Launches New Global Surge Protection Organization

Mersen today launched the Surge-Trap® product line for North America, marking another key milestone for its recently formed global surge protection organization....

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Energy Efficiency

March 22, 2016

UN World Water Day – Water and Power are Deeply Linked

Today is United Nations’ World Water Day and it is a good time to remember that there is a strong link between...

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Energy Efficiency

March 21, 2016

Alevo begins Deployments with 8MW / 4MWh ESS

Alevo Group today announced it is deploying an 8MW/4 MWh energy storage system (ESS) in Lewes, Delaware. Alevo has worked closely with...

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Components

March 21, 2016

New Integrated Cap/Bus Modules at APEC

For the first time, SBE is exhibiting the Infineon HP Drive 6 Pack Compatible test kits at this show. The fully size-and-performance...

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Automotive Electronics

March 21, 2016

Ultracapacitor Modules Spec’d to 85 Degrees C

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.announced today the availability of the complete family of iMOD X-Series™ modules for ultracapacitor applications from Ioxus. The iMOD X-Series...

Automotive Electronics

March 18, 2016

Transphorm adds Richardson Electronics as Global Distributor

Transphorm Inc. has added global distributor Richardson Electronics to support growing design activity for its GaN power transistors and modules. Transphorm will be demonstrating key applications in booth 2133 at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2016) in Long Beach, CA, USA (20-24 March), Transphorm is exhibiting the following live demonstrations: high-power 3.5kW bridgeless totem-pole […]

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Components

March 17, 2016

50A / 1200V Thyristor Offered in Long Leads TO-247 Package

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today introduced a new 50A, 1200V phase control thyristor in the new long leads TO-247 package. For power switching...

Automotive Electronics

March 17, 2016

Part Selection Efficiency & Optimization

Digi-Key Electronics has been invited to present and discuss with attendees at the 2016 Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) how the company’s intensive focus on technical data, relevant content and updated design tools are helping design engineers with their entire power design process. The industry session, IS01, titled “Aiding Design Excellence”, will take place Tuesday, […]

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Energy Efficiency

March 16, 2016

Go Electric Closes $4,000,000 Series A Funding

Go Electric Inc has closed a $4,000,000 Series A investment. The investment round was led by GXP Investments, Inc., the investing arm...

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Batteries and Portable Power

March 16, 2016

Integration of 650V GaN FETs with Drive and Logic

Navitas Semiconductor today announced the world’s first Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power ICs, using its proprietary AllGaN™ monolithically-integrated 650V platform. Combining GaN power...

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Batteries and Portable Power

March 15, 2016

50MW BESS with 63 800kW Inverters

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced its delivery of the world’s largest battery energy-storage system (BESS) with 50-MW output and 300-MWh rated capacity, to...

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Batteries and Portable Power

March 15, 2016

U.K. Team to Develop Na-ion Battery Tech for PV Storage

The innovator of sodium-ion battery technology, Faradion, is partnering with smart energy storage specialists, Moixa Technology, and WMG, University of Warwick to...

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Batteries and Portable Power

March 14, 2016

Hybrid Ultracapacitor-Battery Energy Storage System

Duke Energy has started testing a first-of-its-kind battery technology at its Rankin Substation in Gaston County, N.C. The hybrid ultracapacitor-battery energy storage...