HexaTech Inc. announced today that it has received a continuation of funding under the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) development program. The cost-share extension is valued at $1.2 million over 1 ...
Tags: HexaTech, AlN, semiconductor
Exagan of Grenoble, France, a gallium nitride (GaN) technology start-up that enables smaller and more efficient electrical converters, has raised €5.7m in first-round financing that will be used to produce high-speed power switching ...
Tags: GaN-on-Si, GaN switching device
Tokyo-based Showa Shell Sekiyu subsidiary Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has been selected to supply its modules to the Zero Energy ...
Tags: Solar Frontier, PV Modules, Electrical
The Sierra Club is joining Ford Motor Company and SunPower’s Drive Green for Life program to help more Americans move toward emissions-free driving. Drive Green for Life offers Ford customers who own electrified plug-in vehicles, ...
Tags: emissions-free driving, Drive Green, Auto
As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to cut energy waste and double energy productivity by 2030, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced solid-state lighting (SSL) research & development funding opportunity ...
Tags: DOE, opportunity, Electronics
SoloPower Systems of Portland, OR, USA, which designs, manufactures and deploys copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) flexible thin-film solar technology, is collaborating with the US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) - an ...
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Magnolia Solar Corp of Woburn, MA and Albany, NY, USA has entered into a letter of intent with Singapore-based Solar Silicon Resources Group Pte Ltd (SSRG) to acquire their assets and merge their business interests. Magnolia's subsidiary ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Leaders in water, waste and energy solutions across food processing and agriculture, CST Waterwaste Solutions, will showcase the latest in wastewater and green energy technologies at foodpro 2014, Australasia's largest food processing ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Waterwaste Solutions, Water
Renewable specialists TGE Group has agreed a significant financing deal with Macquarie Lending to supply photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial buildings across the UK. The programme, one of the largest in the UK, will allow TGE Group ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, PV
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are revealing the mysteries of new materials using ultra-fast laser spectroscopy, similar to high-speed photography where many quick images reveal subtle movements and changes ...
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ABB has been awarded the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2014 in "recognition of its efforts to drive innovation, renewable energy and energy efficiency". "We will ensure that ABB serves as a role model to promote the prize as an incentive to ...
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A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a new type of battery that could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar far more ...
Tags: battery, renewable energy, grid-scale battery, metal-free flow battery
A supplier of power conversion for battery-based energy storage and residential & commercial energy management systems—has recently changed its name to Eguana Technologies Inc. "The name change signals a strategic decision to focus ...
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TGE Group has announced the launch of a new solar monitoring package which will enable customers to get the most out of their solar PV installation. As one of the UK's leading solar PV specialists, TGE Group's new service will ensure ...
Tags: Solar PV, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
SK innovation, one of the world's leading energy and petrochemical companies, and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, announced an agreement to develop a new process technology for the production of 1,3 ...
Tags: SK&Lanztech, Butadiene Technology