Phil Stair, the sales manager for a county agency blamed water crisis on blacks who ‘don’t pay their bills.’

GE Water is to build, own, and operate (BOO) a seawater reverse osmosis plant on the island of Eleuthera, in the Bahamas, on a 15 years contract.

Water Planet has introduced PolyCera Hydro membranes for drinking water applications, extending its PolyCera range beyond industrial wastewater treatment.

Vulnerable communities face an array of water-related challenges: affordability, lack of infrastructure, water quality issues, and the impacts of a changing climate. 

On Semiconductor introduces a 29Mpixel CCD image sensor for applications requiring both high resolution capture and high uniformity.

Read full article: 29Mpixel image sensor for industrial use

Qorvo has announced a family of 50V GaN-on-SiC transistors for mission-critical, tactical and public safety radios.

Read full article: 50V GaN-on-SiC RF transistors for public safety radios

The new Silego chip in its GPAK family of Programmable Mixed-Signal ICs includes voltage monitoring, power sequencing, reset functions and LDOs

Read full article: Silego expands power islands concept

President Trump’s policy for a resurgence of the US coal industry could be getting a boost from Japanese technology which is cleaning up coal-fired electricity plants. Osaki CoolGen fired up a demo plant in March which, says CEO Kenji Aiso, “is 30% more efficient in power generation than the most advanced coal-fired power generation plant …

Read full article: Coal-fired electricity generation gets a boost

April semiconductor sales of $31.3 billion were up 20.9% on April 2016 and up 1.3% on March sales of $30.9 billion, reports the SIA.

Read full article: April semi sales up 20.9%

The US Department of Defense’s proposed FY 2018 budget includes a $75m in support of a new, public-private “electronics resurgence” initiative.

Read full article: DARPA funds ‘electronics resurgence’ push