Systems giant IBM is to open its wallet and write out another $1bn cheque to support the development of open source operating system Linux in an era of cloud computing and big data. The investment was announced at LinuxCon North America ...
Tags: Cloud Computing, Computer Products, IBM
VDE Americas (a subsidiary of Germany's VDE Testing and Certification Institute) and First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, ...
Comtech Telecommunications Corp says that its subsidiary Comtech PST Corp in Melville, NY, USA is introducing the model BMC858109-600 gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifier for X-band radar applications. The AB linear design operates over ...
Tags: Microwave Amplifier, Electrical, Electronics
Yesterday, Kohler Power Systems conducted a ceremonial groundbreaking on a 100,000-sf addition to the company's manufacturing plant in the Town of Mosel (north of Sheboygan, Wisconsin). Congratulations! When this expansion is complete ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
August 27, 2013 - GE and XD Electric Group (a Chinese manufacturer of high-voltage equipment) have formed a global partnership combining GE's grid automation capabilities and global energy presence with XD Electric's portfolio of ...
L-3 Communications is a publicly traded American company that specializes in communications, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and command and control. It supplies products that include avionics, ocean products, navigation and ...
Ontario's Veridian Connections (Veridian) says its vice-president of operations, Mark Turney, has been appointed to the Infrastructure Health & Safety Association's (IHSA) board of directors. "Establishing a culture of safety, where ...
Tags: Board, Consumer Electronics
Netherlands-based companies Aquaver and Bredenoord are collaborating to demonstrate that water treatment can be powered by waste heat from power generators, enabling water and energy cogeneration, through the addition of Aquaver devices to ...
Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems using III-V multi-junction solar cells, says that it has achieved a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) efficiency ...
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA is expected in 2013 to become the first PV engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) firm to install 1 gigawatt worth of solar power ...
First Solar is forecast to install 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of solar or photovoltaic (PV) power systems in 2013, more than double the 516 megawatts (MW) in 2012, according to IMS Research, now part of IHS. This high rate of growth will allow ...
Tags: PV Systems
Driven by feed-in tariffs (FITs) and the commoditization of photovoltaic (PV) modules, along with innovative leasing programs for residential solar installations, distributed solar PV systems are expected to see double- and, in some ...
Tags: Solar Power, Lighting
Shortly after separating its PowerTap product family from its CycleOps trainer and stationary bike brand, Saris Cycling Group announced steep retail price reductions for the power measurement line effective Thursday. Dealer margins are ...
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Driven by feed-in tariffs (FITs) and the commoditization of photovoltaic (PV) modules—along with leasing programs for residential solar installations—Navigant Research expects distributed solar PV systems to see double-digit ...
Tags: Solar Power, feed-in tariffs
The hectic world today cannot run without a climate control solution and power backup. All business would come to a standstill without big equipment like air conditioners and generators. All types of temporary structures, various types of ...
Tags: Power, Processing Machinery