TDK Corporation presents a new series of soft-termination MLCCs that are specially designed to withstand flex cracking caused by bending stresses to the PCB. The new series of commercial grade MLCCs with soft terminations is available in ...
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Greenville-based AVX Corp. said net income for its fiscal year ended March 31 increased 24% to $127 million, up from $102.1 million the prior year. The prior-year figure excludes a $266 million chargeThe amount of electricity present upon ...
Electric vehicle infrastructure firm SemaConnect has secured a contract to install electric vehicle charging stations in the Town of Bethel, Connecticut in the US. The new electric vehicle charging stations will an additional electric ...
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Despite shutdown of nuclear power plants, Japan is not expected to raise its thermal coal imports significantly over the next five-seven years, as existing coal-fired power plants are running at high rates and new facilities are still on ...
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China is expected to increase its coal-fired capacity in 2014 and 2015 to maintain power supply security, but that might not significantly boost thermal coal prices as the market is oversupplied, analysts at UBS Securities said in a ...
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China has officially unveiled this year’s energy policies and will continue to develop renewable energy. To drive investment and demand to installations, the Chinese government implemented some feed-in tariff (FiT) programs and ...
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element14 has announced the addition of four new polymer capacitors from Panasonic to its range. The SP-Cap, POSCAP, OS-CON and Polymer Hybrid capacitors provide high efficiency and low ESRLow Equivalent Series ResistanceLow Equivalent ...
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SARL News report that scientists at George Washington University have devised a new technique to manufacture super-capacitors at a fraction of the current cost. The research team made the new ultracapacitor out of grapheneGraphene is an ...
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new Hi-Rel series of TANTAMOUNT? surface-mount solid tantalum molded chip capacitors for military and aerospace applications. Available with high-reliability screening and surgeA ...
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The US will set up its first strategic gasoline reserve, creating 1 million barrels of storage in the Northeast to protect against storms like Hurricane Sandy, which wreaked havoc on fuel supplies in the region, officials said Friday. But ...
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Taiwan citizens could soon see a jump in electricity costs as the country faces energy shortages. Anti-nuclear sentiment is gaining momentum in the country as construction for Taiwan’s controversial fourth nuclear power plants nears ...
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Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has opened the first ever electric bus factory in Lanscater, California in the US for the manufacture of long-range electric buses. The automaker has also unveiled the first all-electric, ...
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Utilities across Europe face the prospect of meeting the EU's goal of installing smart meters for 80% of consumers by 2020 with national plans for meeting this target varying considerably across the continent as Italy and Sweden having ...
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PPG Industries has launched an online tool that enables architects and specifiers to model energy costs for a statistically representative 12-story building constructed with selected PPG architectural glazings to optimize daylighting, heat ...
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Early May traditionally marks the beginning of the summer smog season. Free resources available from EPA and state environmental agencies can help people easily find out about local air quality to protect health for themselves and their ...
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