power technology

Allison Automatics Demonstrate Their Advantages in Snowy, Difficult Terrain

To demonstrate the superior performance of its fully automatic transmissions in difficult conditions and terrain, Allison Transmission hosted a test driving event at The Transportation Science Research Institute in Shibetsu, Hokkaido ...

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Cree Launches Higher-Efficiency Photo Red Leds, Boosting Output by 21% for Horticulture Applications

LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the XLamp XQ-E and XP-E High Efficiency (HE) Photo Red LEDs. With up to 21% higher output than previous generations of XQ-E and XP-E Photo Red LEDs, they ...

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Workshop on Technologies and Equipment for Global Energy Interconnection Held in Berlin, Germany

The conference on technologies and equipment for global energy interconnection was held in Berlin from December 10 to 11, 2015 local time. This conference was co-hosted by State Grid Corporation of China or SGCC, and German Electrical and ...

Dialog Enters GaN Market with Integrated Devices Targeting Fast-Charging Power Adapters

Dialog Semiconductor plc of London, UK, a fabless provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid-state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth low-energy technology, has announced its first gallium nitride (GaN) power IC ...

Tags: GaN, Dialog Semiconductor plc, SSL

Rio Wins Trash Hauling with Comlurb and Allison-Equipped Trucks

BEIJING – Athletes and spectators aren’t seeing trash pile up at the venues where they are competing and cheering. Comlurb, Rio’s sanitation company, is using trucks equipped with Allison transmissions to efficiently ...

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Iveco and Iveco Bus Demonstrate Leadership in Natural Gas Solutions with New Orders

From logistics operators to public transit authorities, the entire mass transport sector has a mandate to make its operations environmentally sustainable. Iveco and Iveco Bus, CNH Industrial's commercial vehicles and passenger bus brands, ...

Tags: commercial vehicles, Iveco Bus

ABB to Supply Low-Voltage Power Distribution Solutions to Compas

ABB technology products – low-voltage switchgear, motor-controller, electrical panels and automated lighting systems – will be used to power the factory’s entire electrical system. The project includes the supply of Emax ...

Tags: ABB technology, electrical system, Emax 2

STMicroelectronics' SiC MOSFETs Used in Zaptec's Portable Electric-Car Charger

STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland says that its silicon carbide (SiC) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) devices have enabled the ZapCharger Portable (claimed to be the world's smallest ...

Tags: transistor, Electric-Car Charger

Allison Transmission Selected Again by Servair for Its Newest Airport Service Vehicle

Servair, part of the Air France group, has added an Allison-equipped IVECO Stralis 6x2 AD 260 S31 Y/PS to its fleet of 300 heavy-vehicles. This newest acquisition was put into service at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, where it’s ...

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China to Set up Third-generation Nuclear Power Company

Two Chinese nuclear power giants on Wednesday concluded a deal on a joint venture to promote China's third-generation nuclear reactor design, Hualong One, in overseas markets technologies. The Hualong international nuclear power ...

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China Unveil Software for Independent Nuclear Power Technology

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) made public the country's first software package tailored to its own nuclear power technology on Thursday, a crucial step for exporting nuclear construction. "This package covers the design, ...

Tags: Software, Nuclear Power Technology

Littelfuse Invests in Silicon Carbide Switch Maker Monolith

As part of its strategy to move more significantly into power semiconductors for industrial and automotive markets, Littelfuse Inc of Chicago, IL, USA has made an investment in silicon carbide (SiC) diode and MOSFET supplier Monolith ...

Tags: SiC MOSFET, SiC Schottky barrier diodes, SiC power devices, Electrical

Tsinghua Unigroup of China to Buy 25% Stake in Two More Taiwanese Chip Assemblers--Such Acquisitions Seen to Bring Ample Capital Without Management Takeover

Tsinghua Unigroup of mainland China announced on Dec. 11 to acquire a 24.9 percent holding in Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (SPIL) and a 25 percent stake in ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd. for total cost of NT$68.8 billion ...

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China Unveils Software for Independent Nuclear Power Technology

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) made public the country's first software package tailored to its own nuclear power technology on Thursday, a crucial step for exporting nuclear construction. "This package covers the design, ...

Tags: CNNC, nuclear construction, nuclear power