Researchers at the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have used off-the-shelf silicon carbide (SiC)-based components to develop an inverter with ...
Powered by the freshly fueled gears of reviving economies, the global market for semiconductors used in industrial electronics applications overcame a serious fall in 2012 and roared back to life in 2013, boding well for an even more ...
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Smarter, more efficient electricity meters aim to revolutionise energy distribution but WA researchers fear hackers could easily exploit numerous security flaws and wreck havoc on power grids. Smart meters measure a customer's electricity ...
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The concept of a perpetual motion machine is an enticing one: Imagine a machine that runs continuously without requiring any external energy—a feat that could make refueling vehicles a thing of the past. While a perpetual motion ...
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IBM has announced that that it has been selected by Tata Power Delhi Distribution to conceptualize, design and deliver an advanced Smart Grid solution that will collect and analyze real-time information from smart meters and data from the ...
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Schneider Electric representatives used the company's Power To The Cloud event to underline the importance of smart cities, and its own Next-Generation Mission Critical IT infrastructure policy. The policy's aim is to use smart city ...
Whether Taiwan needs another nuclear power plant has been under heated debate. As more people question the safety of a new nuclear power plant that is being constructed, LED firms should seize the opportunity to promote the energy-saving ...
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Researchers based in the USA and France have created graphene nanoribbon structures with regions that have relatively large energy bandgaps of about 0.5eV [J. Hicks et al, Nature Physics, published online 18 November 2012]. Flat graphene ...
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IBM has partnered with electric cars and vehicles charging infrastructure company ESB ecars to develop an integrated electric vehicle smart charging IT system that will manage electric vehicle public charge points in Ireland. Under the ...
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A company in Texas is suing Apple over alleged infringement of patents that cover pulse-width modulation control of LEDs. Elsewhere, Cooper has filed another lawsuit against Cree and Ruud, and Relume has filed suits against ...
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Infineon is to project manage a Euros 34m smart grid project called'Energy to Smart Grid(E2SG)aimed at reducing the power loss in energy distribution by 20%. Infineon's partners in E2SG are:the Fraunhofer Institute,Insta Elektro NXP,RWTH ...
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Legacy smart electrical power grids are a prime target for cyber attack and security needs to be built into these critical systems, a study has found. The most prevalent cyber threat reported by the global energy sector is extortion, ...
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Viper Networks, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VPER), is pleased to announce that LEDs America has agreed to award the Company with complete sales and marketing export rights with 100% exclusivity for LEDs America’s LED products for the entire ...
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Viper Networks, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VPER), is pleased to announce that LEDs America has agreed to award the Company with complete sales and marketing export rights with 100% exclusivity for LEDs America’s LED products for the entire ...
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