Power Integrations announced the availability of LinkSwitch-PH LED driver ICs in a low-profile eSIP™-7F (L package) that measures just 2mm high. The new package targets LED-based replacements for fluorescent tubes, where very low-profile packages are required to fit into the small space available behind the LED circuit board, as well as other applications where board […]
ABB has agreed to acquire Powercorp, an Australian renewable power automation company. This acquisition strengthens ABB’s portfolio of control technologies used to manage the integration of renewable energy sources. Powercorp employs around 30 people and offers automation and intelligent control solutions to manage renewable energy generation in isolated grids, ensuring utility grade power quality and […]
Ballard Power Systems announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Delta Power Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd. , a subsidiary of Delta Electronics (Thailand) PLC, expanding the range of clean energy applications they will focus on under an existing fuel cell system collaboration agreement. Dalip Sharma, Managing Director of Delta Power Solutions […]
PulseSwitch Systems, LC announced that it will begin a strong push into the self-powered switch control and sensor market in 2012. The...
ON Semiconductor has introduced two new LED drivers to help designers optimize their solutions for automotive, industrial and general lighting applications. ON Semiconductor’s new NCL30051 stage, power factor correction (PFC) and Resonant Half Bridge, LED driver combined with the new NCL30160, a dimmable constant current step-down (buck) LED driver, provide a solution well suited for […]
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has begun mass production of low-resistance (mΩ level) electric double-layer energy devices in slim, compact packages. To meet...
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced the launch of its next generation string inverters with the PV Powered (PVP) HE String inverter line, an all-new line of high-performance string inverters well suited for North American residential and small-commercial rooftop installations. The new PVP HE String line is the industry’s first inverter to offer standard ZigBee wireless […]
The program has been announced for the third-annual DC Building Power Asia conference (DCBPA ’11) to be hosted December 12 & 13...
IBM said that is rolling out the first solar-power array designed specifically to run high-voltage data centers, integrating ac- and dc-based servers, water-cooled computing systems and related electronics. The new array is spread over more than 6,000 square-feet of rooftop covering IBM’s India Software Lab in Bangalore. The solar array is capable of providing a […]
ABB and IO have agreed to partner in the development of a new data center module based on dc power to meet increasing demand for dc data centers. Together, the companies state they will deliver the world’s first dc-powered data center module, which will be completed by the end of the year. The rapid growth […]
In a little more than a year, 34 corporate customers have installed, deployed or purchased more than 250 fuel cell power systems and hundreds of backup power units, totaling more than 30 MW of power, plus more than 1,000 fuel cell-powered forklifts. "The Business Case for Fuel Cells 2011: Energizing America’s Top Companies," a new […]
Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI), the 700-member consortium focused on reducing the energy consumption and carbon footprint of information and communications technologies (ICT), announced the release of the white paper Considerations for Selecting Power Supplies for Networking Equipment and Evaluating Power Conversion Efficiency. CSCI discusses the paper, as well as the second and third papers […]
Beacon Power, a company that makes energy-storing flywheels, and which received a $43 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last year, has filed for bankruptcy. The government funding came from the same DOE program that supported failed solar-panel maker Solyndra. The DOE funding supported Beacon Power’s flywheel facility in Stephentown, N.Y., […]
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX2982, the first broadband, HomePlug® 1.0-compliant, powerline communications transceiver for harsh industrial environments. The MAX2982 is highly...
Advanced Linear Devices Inc. (ALD) announced the release of a new family of MicroPower Step-up Low-Voltage Booster Modules. Designated the ALD EH4200 Series, these printed circuit board modules are designed to step-up or boost the output voltage of certain popular energy generators, which by themselves are unable to initiate the electronic capture process for efficiently […]