Voith has received an order for the refurbishment of a hydropower plant on the Rhine. The company will modernize several turbines in the Rheinkraftwerk Albbruck-Dogern at the German-Swiss border and supply three vertical Kaplan runners for ...
Royal Philips Electronics of Eindhoven, The Netherlands claims that it has created the world’s most energy-efficient LED lamp for general lighting applications. Philips researchers have developed a prototype ‘TLED’ lamp ...
Philips Lighting has announced that it realized 200-lm/W performance in an R&D project focused on LED-based replacements for fluorescent tubes. Philips Lighting has revealed laboratory work on an LED-based replacement for fluorescent ...
John Johnson considers the use of FPGAs to tackle the design challenges of smart metering systems Legacy power infrastructure is intrinsically inefficient, aging and the operation of it is often harmful to the environment. ...
Tags: FPGAs, Smart Grid, Consumer Electronics
First LED lamp prototype delivering 200 lumen per watt high quality light, halving the energy use compared to current LED lamps Royal Philips Electronics announces a new innovation in LED lighting, creating the world’s most ...
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Industrial pump purchases in China will rise from $7.4 billion this year to over $8 billion in 2014 for an increase of eight percent. This is the latest forecast in Pumps World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. Municipal water ...
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ABB has been awarded contracts to supply solar inverters for two large-scale greenfield PV projects in the United Kingdom. The inverters are to be installed in bespoke containers designed by the client. ABB in the UK will supply 14 x 630 ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, ABB, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, solar inverters
Argex Titanium Inc. is pleased to announce it has signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Valleyfield Enterprises for a long-term lease of at least 235,000 square feet of existing building space located at 1300 ...
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New insight into the state of and prospects for the high-concentrating photovoltaic (HCPV) sector is available in the latest report published by technology market analyst firm Yole Développement. The report presents what the ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) total area module efficiency from 14.4% (set in January 2012) to 16.1%, as confirmed in tests by the US Department of Energy's ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – is acquiring TetraSun of ...
Tags: First Solar Thin-film photovoltaic CdTe, Electrical, Electronics, solar
To help its power-generation customers meet particulate emissions with greater filtration efficiency, GE has introduced a new bi-component felt media for construction of fabric filters used in coal-fired boiler baghouses. GE says that the ...
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Sol Voltaics AB of Ideon Science Park, Lund, Sweden has unveiled SolInk, a nanomaterial that promises to boost the efficiency of crystalline silicon or thin-film solar modules by up to 25%, leading to solar power plants and rooftop solar ...
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Pipe Tube Bending is the term given for all the metals used to create pipes or tubes. These bending pipes are used in water lines, petroleum pipelines as well as in power plants. Types of Tube Bending Equipment- Press bender This is ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, Industrial Equipment, Components, Pipe Tube Bending
The market for treating and controlling fluids (water, petroleum liquids, wastewater and slurries) was $232 billion in 2012. It is growing at 5 percent per year prior to adjustment for inflation but there are portions which are growing at ...
Tags: smart valves, valves, Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, RAS