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Platform enables inverter technology to lower solar energy cost
Analog Devices has introduced a revolutionary addition to its power conversion platform with an innovative series of mixed-signal control processors. The ADSP-CM41x series is designed to dramatically simplify system design, lower cost, and improve efficiency and safety in solar, energy storage and EV infrastructure.
Chief Biomedical Engineer in each NHS Trust could save £700m
The Government could find savings of up to £700m by appointing a Chief Biomedical Engineer in each NHS Trust. This measure would encourage best practice in procurement, maintenance and use of medical equipment, according to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Healthcare: Engineering Solutions for the NHS campaign document. The announcement comes as the Institution launches its latest Healthcare campaign to raise awareness of the ...
A look at energy labels, green packaging & energy saving monitors
Creating a sustainable workplace is becoming increasingly important for both professional and home users alike. Today, opting for energy-efficient, sustainably-produced technology is not only understood as being good for the planet, but also of benefit to users who can, for example, save ongoing electricity costs by choosing a monitor with low energy consumption.
Comprehensive restructuring makes plant operation sustainable
In 2015, the WELTEC Group had acquired two biomethane refineries. Now the company has taken the next step on its growth path: In January 2016, Nordmethan GmbH, a subsidiary of the plant manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER, purchased an existing biogas plant in Falkenhagen, Brandenburg, Germany. Following the fundamental technical and administrative restructuring and modernisation, the currently decommissioned Falkenhagen biogas plant is expected to resu...
A transparent window to generate power & control temperature
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is part of a consortium which is developing Building Integrated PhotoVoltaic (BIPV) devices that will enable windows of the future to not only generate their own solar power but also provide greater thermal control. The Innovate UK funded project, titled Power Generating & Energy Saving Windows, includes CPI alongside materials supplier Merck and leading BIPV producer Polysolar.
imec & iMinds to merge & create high-tech research centre
imec and digital research and incubation centre, iMinds, have announced that its respective board of directors have approved the intention to merge the research centres. Using the imec name, the combined entities will create a world-class, high-tech research centre for the digital economy.
NASA Aeronautics proposes return of X-Planes
America stands on the cusp of a new era in aviation that’s dramatically cleaner, quieter, and even faster. The details of NASA’s plan to get from here to there are spelled out in President Obama’s recently released federal budget request for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2016. If approved, next year will be the first in a bold 10-year plan by NASA Aeronautics to achieve huge goals in reducing fuel use, emissions, and noise b...
Organic waste for sustainable batteries
A carbon-based active material produced from apple leftovers and a material of layered oxides might help reduce the costs of future energy storage systems. Both were found to have excellent electrochemical properties and stand for the environmentally compatible and sustainable use of resources. Now, these materials are presented by researchers of the Helmholtz Institute Ulm of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in the journals ChemElectroChem and ...
Wastewater treatment is an alternative to passive lagoon systems
In a world first, a Flinders University designed wastewater treatment system has been accepted as an alternative to existing passive lagoon systems for use in South Australia. The new system is smaller, faster and more effective at cleaning wastewater and creates the potential to reclaim more water for alternative use, according to Flinders University's Professor Howard Fallowfield.
Graphene leans on glass to advance electronics
Graphene, the two-dimensional powerhouse, packs extreme durability, electrical conductivity, and transparency into a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon. Despite being heralded as a breakthrough 'wonder material', graphene has been slow to leap into commercial and industrial products and processes.