Renewable Energy Blog

Well-measured power

While the light turns on and the TV starts at the push of a button, there lies a tremendous amount of effort behind a secure supply of power. Because of the demand fluctuations, specialists must calculate precisely how much power is needed and when. Weekends, for instance, when offices and stores are closed, require less energy than Mondays. And when it is gray and rainy outside, the lights get turned on earlier than on sunny days. More than anyone else, transmission grid operators have to know in time when electricity from renewable energies is being generated because they have to transport it across the country and partly market it by themselves.

The harvesting jigsaw

Over the last few years, electronics distributors have started to use their different line cards in order to provide solutions targeted to application areas. Such multi-manufacturer platforms have proven to be quite successful, and now there is one leveraging a distributors' know-how for energy harvesting.

Looking for inverters

The trend toward renewable energy causes companies to invest heavily. Due to the nature of those power sources, they require special electronic components - even electronic specialists need additional know-how.

Buy your supplier

From outsourcing to re-integration: When a company acquires one of its major component suppliers it certainly expects a technological or financial leap. In this special case, SMA has special plans with its newest acquisition.