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Linear Technology Acquires Dust Networks
Feb 8, 2012
Linear Technology Corporation announced the acquisition of Dust Networks, Inc., a leading provider of low power wireless sensor network (WSN) technology....

Saft Awarded Contract To Provide Li-Ion Battery For High-Energy Laser Program
Feb 1, 2012
Saft announced that it won a contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to provide a megawatt-class Li-ion battery system to power a high-energy laser application. ...

Global Market for Portable Battery-Powered Products To Reach $611 Billion In 2016
Jan 25, 2012
In a recent release, Portable Battery Powered Products: Global Markets (FCB023E) from BCC Research the global market for portable battery-powered products was valued at nearly $480 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach more than $611 billion by 2016, yielding an overall compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5%. ...

European Energy Roadmap 2050
Jan 18, 2012
The European Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050 shows that a high renewables energy mix - with 97% of the EU's electricity consumption met by renewable energy, including 49% wind power in 2050 - would have the same "overall energy system costs" as any other decarbonisation or business-as-usual scenario. ...

Saft Begins Deliveries of First Lithium-Ion Batteries Produced in New Jacksonville Plant
Jan 11, 2012
Less than four months after opening, Saft is putting DoE funding to good use as it begins ramping up manufacturing volumes to $300M annual sales....

PSMA Announces APEC2012 Session on Packaging Challenges for Power Electronics in Electric Drive Vehicles
Jan 3, 2012
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Packaging Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2012 titled “High Temperature, High Density Power Electronics for Electric Drive Vehicles" on Wednesday afternoon, February 8, 2012 at Coronado Springs Hotel in Disneyworld, Orlando, Florida. ...

Study Reveals Energy Efficiency Improvements Could Lower U.S. Electricity Consumption by 5 to 15% Relative to Forecast Trends
Dec 28, 2011
A survey of 50 energy experts released by economists at The Brattle Group reveals that energy efficiency is likely to cause a drop of 5 to 15 percent in U.S. electricity consumption by the year 2020, relative to forecast trends. ...

New Hybrid Vehicle Battery Design
Dec 20, 2011
AllCell Technologies, LLC and the International Copper Association, Ltd., (ICA) have developed a new battery design for hybrid electric vehicles that promises to reduce battery size, weight, and cost while improving fuel economy. ...

ISA publishes Start-Up: A Technician's Guide, Second Edition
Dec 14, 2011
The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces the publication of Start-Up: A Technician's Guide, Second Edition, by Diane R. Barkin. Barkin wrote Start-Up: A Technician' Guide, Second Edition with the technician in mind. ...

Li-ion Battery Selected for PV Energy Storage Solutions Project
Dec 7, 2011
Saft was chosen by SOLON Corporation, a provider of utility-scale and commercial photovoltaic (PV) system solutions to the North American market , to provide a Li-ion battery for their Energy Storage Management Research and Testing (SMRT) site....