First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, says that construction has started on ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
In the past 20 years, the world has become significantly more complex, more unsettled and less predictable. The American military coined the acronym VUCA to describe this trend: "volatile", "uncertain", "complex" and "ambiguous". In this ...
Three cities in east China's Zhejiang Province started selling the country's first fourth-generation (4G) mobile phones on Saturday Four smartphone models produced by Samsung, Sony, ZTE and Coolpad are now available for purchase in ...
Tags: Smartphone, 4G Network
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has acquired the 250MWAC photovoltaic Moapa Solar ...
Tags: Solar Project, Electronics
Canada-based Ballard Power Systems has entered into multi-year definitive agreements to support Azure Hydrogen's zero emission fuel cell bus program for the Chinese market. Azure will partner with Chinese bus manufacturers to deploy zero ...
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After years of oversupply, the supply and demand for solar devices is returning to a state of balance. Because of this, IMS Research is reiterating its forecast that global capital spending by producers of photovoltaic (PV) modules, cells, ...
RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has introduced four new optical network products to its portfolio with miniaturized and integrated modules. TGA4894-SL: TriQuint's ...
Tags: TriQuint SMT optical modulator driver, Electrical, Electronics
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA, which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications, has announced the newest entry in its portfolio of GaN in Plastic packaged ...
Tags: MA-COM GaN RF power transistors, Electrical, Electronics
Cree Inc. introduces the new XLamp® XQ-E LED family enabling lighting manufacturers to significantly reduce the size and total cost of their LED luminaires without sacrificing light output, efficacy or reliability. The new game-changing ...
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Modern power transistors based on gallium nitride (GaN) enable power electronic switches to operate at much higher switching frequencies compared with those based on silicon (Si). Advantages include increased power density per volume and ...
Tags: Fraunhofer ISE, Electrical, Electronics
Analyst: existing solar tech to miss 'SunShot' goal 25 Sep 2013 Lux Research says that large corporations must partner with academia to innovate. PV adoption roadmap through 2030 The US Department of Energy's ambitious "SunShot" ...
Third-generation LED modules provide a broader range of lumen output and beam-spread options for developers looking to jumpstart solid-state lighting (SSL) product designs. GE Lighting has announced the Gen3 family of its Infusion LED ...
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China has this week ordered 58 companies, ranging from steel, coke and cement producers, to cut excess production capacity by the end of the year, in the latest attempt to ease overcapacity in bloated sectors. This is the third batch of ...
Tags: Overcapacity, Metallurgy
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany, concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France, micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti in Grenoble, France and the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin ...
Tags: Fraunhofer ISE Leti Soitec CPV Helmholtz, Electrical, Electronics
NliteN has just added the dimmable 2D-Lux™ Smart LED Disk (SLEDD) to its campaign on Indiegogo. The 2D-Lux SLEDD, a 60W-incandescent-replacement LED smart "bulb", adds an Atmel AVR microcontroller, USB interface, and ...
Tags: Smart LED Disk, Lighting