Despite growing water scarcity in the port city of Visakhapatnam, seawater desalination projects remain on the drawing board according to newspaper reports.
Toray acquires TCK
Toray Industries’ US membrane arm has bought TCK Membrane America – a manufacturer of reverse osmosis /nanofiltration (RO/NF) membranes in Anaheim, California.
Indian oil and gas firm opts for desalination
Indian gas and oil firm ONGC has opted to build its own Rs 439 crore (US$ 66 million) reverse
osmosis desalination facility as it faces uncertainty over provision from the local water supplier
according to Times of India.
Wisconsin DNR to aid replacement of lead service lines
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources plans to make $11.8 million available to municipalities to help remove old lead service lines that bring drinking water into homes.
TransAlta and Alberta government sign 5-year water management agreement
TransAlta has signed a five-year agreement with the Government of Alberta to manage water on the Bow River at its Ghost reservoir facility to aid in potential flood mitigation efforts.
ST makes $41m loss pays $88m dividend
ST had Q1 revenues of $1.6 billion for net loss of $41 million, an operating loss of $31 million and a decline in its net financial position (cash minus debt) down to $439 million from $494 million in Q4. Cash dividends worth $88 million were paid out to shareholders. “While revenues declined sequentially by 3.3% …
Ampleon claims RF transistor lifts efficiency to next level
Ampleon, the Netherlands-based power semiconductor firm, has introduced an RF power transistor designed for DVB-T UHF asymmetrical wideband Doherty amplifier applications. The company claims the RF device which is fabricated in a high voltage LDMOS process has greater than 50% power efficiency and the average DVB-T power output is 150W from a single transistor for …
Infineon starts production of LED lighting interface IC
This month Infineon starts volume production of an LED lighting interface IC which allows designers to replace many of the discrete components used in conventional dimming schemes with a single device. Thus, it can reduce the component count and PCB space needed for dimming circuitry in LED lighting applications by up to 70%. Infineon claims …
Sol Voltaics claims solar cell efficiency breakthrough with nanowires
Photovoltaic (PV) module efficiencies of 27% for solar energy generation is the claim of Swedish advanced materials start-up Sol Voltaics using its nanowire technology. Solar power system developers have looked at using nanowires to improve conversion efficiency, but they are notoriously difficult to align due to their high aspect ratios and material characteristics. What Sol …
Sol Voltaics claims solar cell efficiency breakthrough with nanowires
NI offers DMM in PXI Express slot
NI has introduced its first digital multimeter in the PXI Express modular test format. It is a 7½-digit DMM and 1.8MS/s isolated digitiser. The PXIe-4081 has 15ppm accuracy for DC voltage measurements up to two years after calibration. It is capable of voltage measurements from nanovolts to one kilovolt and resistance measurements from microohms to …