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GaN Systems announces $20m venture capital financing
The developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors,GaN Systems, has announced a $20m venture capital financing. Cycle Capital Management led the round and was joined by BDC Capital and Tsing Capital, as well as existing investors Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital and RockPort Capital.
Solar wall is another step towards self-sustaining buildings
Europe´s first solar concrete wall has been inaugurated at RECKLI's headquarters in Herne, Germany. The facade, designed by RECKLI, uses solar film from Heliatek (HeliaFilm) and represents a novel approach to BIOPV - Building Integrated Organic PV. The result of a joint development project, the walldemonstrates the next step towards a sustainable, net-zero energy building.
The Royal Mint invites applications for 2015 Engineering Apprenticeship programme
The UK’s oldest manufacturing organisation is offering potential mechanical and electricalapprentices the rare opportunity to join a highly skilled workforce equipped with more than 1,000 years of minting knowledge and expertise.
Electrical isolation in medical device setups
The increased complexity of medical device setups is causing concern in the medical industry. As more and more healthcare professionals use a variety of electrical equipment as part of their diagnosis and measurement regime, there is a knock-on effect on the stability of the mains power supply. Here, Steve Hughes, Managing Director at REO UK, explains the importance of electrical isolation and good product design.
PV film adorns exhibition's Belgian pavilion
Heliatek's organic solar film, HeliaFilm, will be a part of the Universal Exhibition in Milan, which opens in May 2015 under the mottoFeeding the Planet, Energy for Life. AGC Glass Europe, Heliatek's long-term partner in the field of glass products, will showcase the Building Integrated Organic PhotoVoltaic (BIOPV) solution as part of the Belgian pavilion.
Collaboration aims to develop holistic ways of urban living
Given demographic change, digitisation and global warming, cities have to invent themselves anew. Europe has realised that transformation into the city of the future can only be achieved with an excellent scientific basis. For this reason, numerous research policy initiatives have been launched in recent years. In many cases, however, issue-driven individual solutions are focussed upon, above technological innovations.
Polaron formation & migration studied in zinc oxide
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have unveiled an important step in the conversion of light into storable energy, studying the formation of so-called polarons in zinc oxide. The pseudoparticles travel through the photoactive material until they are converted into electrical or chemical energy at an interface. Their findings, relevant to photovoltaics, are published in the journal Nature Communications.
4th gen GaN on Si delivers greater than 70% peak efficiency
4th gen GaN on Si (Gallium Nitride on Silicon) technology, which delivers greater than 70% peak efficiency and 19dB gain for modulated signals at 2.7GHz, has been introduced by M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MACOM). This is similar to GaN on SiC technologies and more than 10% greater efficiency than LDMOS.
A Mobile Logger For Sustainable Analyses
Beko Technologies have extended the METPOINT BDL graphic-display recorders series with a mobile variant for data logging in compressed-air and compressed-gas applications. The new METPOINT BDL portable will complete the stationary standard and compact versions of the successful measurement equipment series.
Four Street Cranes for Super-Sized Automotive Steel Coil Store
A high capacity steel warehouse for multi-modal transport and logistics contractor, A V Dawson, has installed four overhead cranes, each of 30 tonnes capacity, from Street Crane Company. The cranes will play a crucial role in receiving and despatching steel coils for North East automotive and construction plant manufacturers and are expected to handle up to 290,000 tonnes of steel a year.