Renewables
REO's Head Start In Electric Vehicle Race
REO Germany has recently partnered with the University of Freiberg in an attempt to encourage and promote eco-friendly vehicle technology by organising an electric vehicle race.
Turning Your Supply Chain Into A Competitive Advantage
Design engineers are charged with creating the most innovative designs at the cheapest price, as fast as possible. Yet as a relatively young industry, the solar/clean technology industry lacks the deep worldwide manufacturing ecosystem that surrounds more mature industries such as telecommunications, industrial or medical. By Josh Chien (responsible for leading the New Product Introduction (NPI) Advanced Manufacturing solutions on behalf of Sanmi...
Making Energy While The Sun Shines
Gallium Arsenide is the industry’s most efficient photovoltaic material, the trouble is it’s so expensive — or is it? Philip Ling talks to a company that believes it can deliver more efficient solar cells at a price that will generate world wide demand.
Novel Heating System Could Improve Electric Car's Range
Buyers considering an electric car must bear in mind that using battery-powered heating and air conditioning can decrease the car's range by a third or more. A New York Times reviewer recently ran into this problem on a test drive, ending up stranded with a dead battery.
Fujitsu Semiconductor Releases Two New Energy Harvesting Power Management IC Products, Contributing to a Low Carbon Society
Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited today announced the release of two new power management IC products developed to utilize energy harvesting, the MB39C811 DC/DC buck converter and the MB39C831 DC/DC boost converter. Sample shipments for the two new products are scheduled to start in June of this year.
Organic Photovoltaic Solar Modules to be Optimised for Energy Harvesting Applications
Solar Press today announced that it is investigating the potential for flexible plastic based OPV modules to be used as a power source for remote, autonomous sensors within buildings – an ‘energy harvesting’ application.
Volvo’s Electric Hybrid As Reliable As A Diesel Truck
Since the launch of the Volvo FE Hybrid about 50 trucks have been delivered to customers throughout Europe. Their responses are highly positive. The truck is both economical and reliable.
Cree SiC MOSFETs Enable Next-Generation Solar Inverters
Cree and Delta Energy Systems announce a breakthrough in the photovoltaic inverter industry with the release of Delta’s new generation of solar inverters, which utilize SiC power MOSFETs from Cree. The use of SiC MOSFETs in the next-generation PV inverters can enable significant new milestones in power density, efficiency and weight.
Improving the Efficiency of Wind Turbines with an Intelligent Measurement and Control System
Wind Energy Development: As energy consumption soars, where are the fuels that will meet the demand? Fossil fuels are a finite resource. The natural replacement is sweeping freely around the earth—wind. Wind is renewable, predictable, fast to install, clean, and commercially viable.
Control Network Solutions introduces native Niagara AX driver for EnOcean networks
Control Network Solutions has developed an EnOcean Ethernet wireless transceiver driver for Niagara AX. Integrating the CNS-EnOcean driver, Niagara system integrators can use Niagara AX to easily discover and commission EnOcean-based energy harvesting wireless networks.