AES and Mitsubishi to build first grid-scale storage system in India
Apple files $ 1 billion lawsuit against chip supplier Qualcomm
Budget 2017 : Allocation for electronics makers to Rs 745 crore
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AES and Mitsubishi to build first grid-scale storage system in India
The battery plant will be operated by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited ( Tata Power-DDL ), but AES and Mitsubishi will develop and own the 10MW array based on the Advancion energy storage system developed by AES . This will handle peak load management , increase system flexibility and support high levels of reliability for more than 7 million customers in the region . privileged to implement India ’ s first utility-scale 10 MW “ For a rooftop solar program to be successful , it is storage solution with AES and Mitsubishi Corporation . This
important for the distribution network to integrate it with will prove to be an important learning for developing energy storage solutions to take care of power generation integrated rooftop solar and storage solutions for India ,” . spikes and fluctuations , system stability , reactive power
India plans to install 160,000 MW of solar and wind compensation and grid emergencies ," said Praveer Sinha , generation over the next five years and energy storage will CEO and MD of Tata Power-DDL . " Tata Power-DDL has play a critical role in ensuring its integration into the grid . implemented many smart grid technologies and is
Apple files $ 1 billion lawsuit against chip supplier Qualcomm
Apple Inc filed a $ 1 billion lawsuit against supplier Qualcomm Inc days after the U . S . government accused the chip maker of resorting to anticompetitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over key semiconductors in mobile phones .
Qualcomm is a major supplier to both Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for “ modem ” chips that connect phones to wireless networks . The two companies together accounted for 40 percent of Qualcomm ’ s $ 23.5 billion in revenue in its most recent fiscal year .
In the lawsuit filed in U . S . District Court for the Southern District of California , Apple accused Qualcomm of overcharging for chips and refusing to pay some $ 1 billion in promised rebates . Apple said in its complaint that Qualcomm withheld the rebates because of Apple ’ s discussions with South Korea ’ s antitrust regulator , the Korea Fair Trade Commission .
“ If that were not enough , Qualcomm then attempted to extort Apple into changing its responses and providing false information to the KFTC in exchange for Qualcomm ’ s release of those payments to Apple . Apple refused ,” Apple said in its lawsuit .
Budget 2017 : Allocation for electronics makers to Rs 745 crore
Aimed at positioning India as a global manufacturing hub , finance minister Arun Jaitley announced increase in allocations towards schemes like Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme ( M-SIPS ) and Electronic Development Fund ( EDF ) to Rs 745 crore in 2017-18 .
“ We are also creating an ecosystem to make India a global hub for electronics manufacturers . Over 250 investment proposals for electronics manufacturing has been received in the last 2 years , totaling an investment of Rs 1.26 lakh crore ,” Jaitley said while presenting Union budget 2017-18 in the Lok Sabha .
A number of global leaders and mobile manufacturers have set up production facilities in India , he added . “ I have therefore exponentially increased the allocation and incentives of schemes like M-SIPS and EDF to Rs745 crore in 2017-18 , this is an all-time high ,” he said .
Scigazette | 04 | February , 2017