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Energy Department releases $3 Million to identify new geothermal resources

01/31/2014

The U.S. Department of Energy announced $3 million to spur geothermal energy development using play fairway analysis. This technique identifies prospective geothermal resources in areas with no obvious surface expression by mapping the most favorable intersections of heat, permeability, and fluid.

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PSMA to hold energy harvesting industry session at APEC 2014

01/31/2014

The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Energy Harvesting Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2014 titled: “Breakthrough Technologies Driving Successful Energy Harvesting-Powered Products.” The session will take place on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to

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Semiconductor manufacturing R&D hub promises new products and industries

01/30/2014

ABB is a global pioneer in wide-bandgap semiconductors research, dating back to our widely praised breakthroughs in Silicon Carbide research in the 1990s. ABB has been following closely the development of wideband gap semiconductors because we have a wide array of products that employ power electronics

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Soligent introduces modular Solar Engine solution for solar dealers

01/30/2014

Soligent, a leader in systems and technologies for making solar dealers more competitive, unveiled Solar Engine, a modular suite of integrated services that allow independent solar dealers to drive out costs, reduce paperwork and grow their businesses. With Solar Engine, dealers leverage

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Atmel is at the heart of IoT at Embedded World 2014 in Nuremberg

01/30/2014

Atmel, a global leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, will be powering the Internet of Things at embedded world 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany. From February 25th – 27th Atmel will show its broadest portfolio of 8- and 32-bit MCU architectures that puts it at the heart of the

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Altium and Nimbic partner, and showcase power integrity solutions at DesignCon 2014

01/29/2014

Altium, a leader in smart system design & automation, embedded software development, and Nimbic, a leading provider of electromagnetic simulation solutions for signal integrity, power integrity and EMI analysis, announced a development partnership. This will make Nimbic the newest developer

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UH Researchers create novel flexible & transparent conductor

01/29/2014

University of Houston researchers have developed a new stretchable and transparent electrical conductor, bringing the potential for a fully foldable cell phone or a flat-screen television that can be folded and carried under your arm closer to reality. Zhifeng Ren, a physicist at the University

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Porsche’s first car was literally electrifying

01/29/2014

The history of the Stuttgart-based sportscar manufacturer Porsche begins in 1948 with the “Type 356”, the first sportscar to bear the Porsche name, but the history behind the Porsche brand goes back much further in time. Ferdinand Porsche, a pioneer in the field of automotive construction,

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Drive to upgrade transmission and distribution systems will boost growth, says GlobalData

01/29/2014

The global remote terminal units (RTU) market is expected to undergo a slow growth rate in the next seven years, climbing from $0.82 billion in 2013 to $1.43 billion by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8.2%, forecasts research and consulting firm GlobalData. According

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NCSU to lead new institute for next-generation power electronics

01/28/2014

North Carolina State University has been selected by the Obama Administration to lead a public-private manufacturing innovation institute for next generation power electronics. Supported by a $70 million Energy Department investment over five years as well as a matching $70 million in non-federal

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