Japan's Sharp Corp has used a concentrator triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaic cell to achieve a solar energy conversion efficiency of 44.4%, exceeding the record of 43.5% for concentrating conversion efficiency set in ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Utilities, has signed an agreement to invest NOK30 million (approximately S$6.4 million) in Biowater Technology (Biowater), a Norwegian-based company that ...
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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) has announced two funding opportunities relating to solid-state lighting. Both opportunities seek proposals for “transformational advances in ...
Tags: Solid-state lighting, LEDs, ARPA-E
Dialog Semiconductor Plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire iWatt Inc. ("iWatt"), a leading ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - says that its latest champion module from its flagship gigawatt-scale Kunitomi Plant in Miyazaki, Japan, has ...
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R-M, the premium automotive refinish brand, opened the new International Refinish Competence Center (RCC) in Clermont, France. It is now one of the most modern training facilities in Europe. With an investment of approx. € 2.5 million, ...
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RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA says that RF-Lambda of San Diego, CA, USA, which makes and distributes RF components for analog wireless networks in North America, ...
Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA and u2t Photonics AG of Berlin, Germany, which makes high-speed indium phosphide-based photodetectors and receivers as well as gallium ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the competitive selection of five projects for solid-state lighting (SSL), in response to the SSL Manufacturing R&D funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000792. These two-year projects ...
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Thank you to all who participated in the fifth annual DOE Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Workshop, held June 5–6 in Boston. With more than 150 attendees and two days of formal and informal discussion, the workshop provided a ...
United Silicon Carbide Inc (USCi) of Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA has selected the TCAD simulators of Silvaco Inc of Santa Clara, CA, a provider of technology computer-aided design (TCAD), circuit simulation and electronic design automation ...
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From 14–16 May 2013, a major conference for the glass industry was hosted by Emhart Glass, world leaders in glassmaking machinery. Entitled ‘Leaders Explore the Future of Glass Packaging’, it was held at the lakeside ...
Jane ChaseOn July 17, 2013, Jane Chase, senior director, packaging innovation and R&D, The Schwan Food Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & Beverage Packaging Summit conference in Chicago. Her topic: How to drive innovation ...
DuPont launched a new Science & Technology speakers bureau in conjunction with its annual Technology Conference this week in Iowa. The conference brings together scientists, engineers and marketers from around the globe for a week of ...
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How SCHOTT developers are producing ever stronger, yet thinner glasses -- The industry is demanding ever thinner, yet sturdy, transparent materials. Applied Research at SCHOTT is therefore pursuing a clear objective: to develop glass that ...
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