With the UK's commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050, it stands to reason that renewable energy systems will increasingly feature in our built environment. Solar power is one of several technologies that will ...
Tags: Solar Panel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The market for thermal management materials for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and power electronics will more than double from $1.8bn in 2013 to $4.8bn in 2020, according to new report 'Cooling Heats Up: Sizing the Opportunity for Conductive ...
Tags: LEDs Power electronics, Electrical, Electronics, LED
Thermal management materials for LEDs and power electronics will be a US$4.8 billion market in 2020, more than doubling from US$1.8 billion in 2013. As manufacturers look for more cost-effective ways to improve heat dissipation, thermally ...
Tags: LEDs, power electronics
Foxconn Electronics has obtained Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification for frames for PV systems and the company indicated that it currently produces such frames on an OEM basis. Since Foxconn also has experience in producing solar ...
Tags: PV Module Frames, PV systems
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, is to expand its ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has entered into an agreement to construct a 250MWAC solar power plant in Riverside County, CA, for a subsidiary of ...
Tags: Solar, Power Plant, Electrical, Electronics
APM Automotive Holdings has received approval to construct its new car parts and modules manufacturing plant in Bago, from the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC). The permit includes a land lease agreement for 50 years between APM ...
Tags: APM Automotive, Auto Parts Plant
French car parts supplier Plastic Omnium has opened a new $110m Inergy Automotive Systems plant in New Boston, Michigan, for the production of plastic fuel tanks. Inergy Automotive Systems, a subsidiary of Plastic Omnium, produces ...
Tags: Car Parts, Plastic Omnium
Asahi says that its profitability of the PV glass market is falling due to Chinese competitionAsahi Glass Co. Ltd. (AGC, Tokyo) has announced that it will transition its factory in Suzhou, China from making glass for solar photovoltaic (PV) ...
Tags: Solar Glass, Construction, glass
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the LMH2 LED module with sunset dimming, enabling a natural dimming profile - similar to incandescent lighting - that was previously unachievable with any ...
Tags: Cree LEDs, LED, Electrical, Electronics, LED chip
China-based concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module maker Suncore Photovoltaic Technology Co Ltd, which is owned by Xiamen-based San'an Optoelectronics Co Ltd (the largest LED maker in China), has acquired the assets of Israel-based ...
Tags: CPV, Electrical, Electronics
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has released an online version of Basic Farm Tire Service (FTS) guidelines. Basic FTS consists of 11 modules that cover the minimum skills and safety guidelines for servicing farm, agricultural, and ...
Tags: tire, tyre, Auto Parts
Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated circuits and subsystems) has expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diode product family with a new line of 650V solutions, ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
APTwater Rochem has acquired Sojitz Corp's shareholding in their Sepro Membranes joint venture. Oceanside, California-based Sepro Membranes specialises in the development and manufacture of high performance ultrafiltration, microfiltration ...
The LMH2 product line allows SSL makers to deliver a broad range of lumen packages in the same luminaire housing and now offer products that dim from 2700K to 1800K to mimic halogen incandescent performance. Cree has announced what the ...
Tags: LMH2 product, LED Module