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General Automotive Announces Joint Venture to Develop and Market Next-Generation Fuel Cell Technology

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

General Automotive Company, a North American provider of aftermarket parts and advanced technology for the automotive industry, announced a revised joint venture with SenCer Inc. to develop, commercialize and market SenCer’s UltraTemp™ ceramic composite...
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EPA Launches Revision of Version 1.0 ENERGY STAR Spec for Battery Charging Systems

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching the revision of the Version 1.0 ENERGY STAR® specification for Battery Charging Systems (BCS). Through this specification development process, EPA will both assess new opportunities for...
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Energizer DUO USB Battery Charger Software Allows Remote System Access

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), a department of US Homeland Security, announced that it is aware of a backdoor in the software for the Energizer DUO USB battery charger. This backdoor...
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Canadian Solar Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Canadian Solar Inc. announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2009. For the fourth quarter of 2009, net revenues were $287.0 million, compared to net revenues...
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DOE Announces Nearly $1.4 billion in Conditional Loan Guarantees for BrightSource Energy

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced conditional commitments for more than $1.37 billion in loan guarantees under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to BrightSource Energy, Inc. to support the construction and start-up...
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Digi-Key Corporation Announces Exclusive Global Distribution Deal with EPC

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Digi-Key Corp. announced that it has signed a deal for the global distribution of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power management devices from EPC. Established in 2007, EPC is a fab-less company with subcontract manufacturing in Taiwan....
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Emerson Network Power and Freescale Semiconductor Collaborate on Power Architecture Technology for Small Form Factor Boards

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Emerson Network Power and Freescale Semiconductor announced a collaborative effort to deploy Freescale multicore QorIQ processors on modular single-board computers (SBCs) based on the COM Express® small form factor. The goal of the collaborative initiative...
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Smart Grid Coalition Adds Ambient, Johnson Controls, CALMAC, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, EnergyConnect, & EnOcean Alliance

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) announced that seven new members have joined the group. The new members are Ambient Corp., Johnson Controls, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, EnergyConnect Inc., CALMAC Corp., and EnOcean...
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Konarka Announces Joint Development of Organic Photovoltaic Panels with Konica Minolta

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Konarka Technologies, Inc. developer of Konarka Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, announced the company has signed a comprehensive R&D collaboration and strategic investment agreement with Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (Konica...
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Wartsila & Hitachi Zosen Sign Agreement to Develop & Market Fuel Cell Based Power Plant Solutions in Japan

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Wärtsilä and Hitachi Zosen have signed a business development agreement to develop and market fuel cell based power solutions for distributed power generation applications in Japan. The combined heat and power applications, which can...
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