Solar facades need to last longer

Longer life with good transparency will need to be achieved if solar facades are to become common on buildings, according to a report by market research company IDTechEx. ‘Smart glass and windows 2018-2028: Electronic shading and semi-transparent PV‘ identifies gigawatt hour potential from glass building cladding and windows that include photovoltaic layers, but identifies multiple factors ...

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Super caps for tough environments

Vishay has introduced a series of ruggedised  electrical double-layer energy storage capacitors for energy harvesting and power backup applications in harsh, high humidity environments. Values span 20 to 60F, at up to 2.7V, although rated voltage drops to 2.3V at +85°C. There are eight case across 16mm diameter x 20mm, to 18 dia x 40mm ...

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Infineon to set up Dresden development centre

Infineon is setting up a Development Center at its Dresden location. The company is planning to create around 100 additional new jobs in the first phase. The Development Center is expected to employ a total of around 250 people in the medium term. One focus of it will be to develop products for automotive applications, ...

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TT Electronics to create engineering centre of excellence at Bedlington

TT Electronics is to create a centre of excellence for engineering, manufacturing and operational excellence at its facility at Bedlington. The Bedlington facility is where the design and production of TT Electronics’ hybrid circuits and specialist current sensing, circuit protection and signal conditioning product lines is done. The facility is AS9100 certified – the quality ...

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BT to focus on core connectivity business

BT is sack 13,000 staff over the next three years and take on 6,000 new people in a bid to make the company more relevant to market needs. Last year it announced 4,000 job cuts. Out go swathes of management and back-room jobs and in come  new employees to  “support network deployment and customer service”. “It ...

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2017 TETRA deployments grew 16%

Terrestrial radio (TETRA) deployments increased 16% last year, says IHS, as mature markets around the world continued to refresh, and TETRA users continued to come online Public safety accounts for around 60 percent of the World’s TETRA users, but as TETRA becomes more popular around the world, it permeates into business-critical organizations, such as the ...

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Digital Sec of State to strengthen UK-India tech links

The Digital and Culture Secretary, Matt Hancock (pictured), today begins a three-day visit to India to launch the UK-India Tech Partnership. He will confirm the partnership will link the Midlands Engine with Maharashtra with a focus on future mobility including low emission and autonomous vehicles, battery storage and vehicle lightweighting. He will say the Northern ...

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