Echelon Corp. announced that they have teamed with Oracle to help utilities better manage outages, protect revenue, offer demand response, and offer prepayment options. The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway integrated with Echelon’s smart metering solution is said to allow utilities to quickly and reliably deploy multiple applications to manage their assets and customers. "European […]
The ZigBee® Alliance and Energy@home will cooperate on the creation of an integrated residential energy value added services platform for Europe by leveraging four ZigBee standards. Under a liaison agreement, the groups will focus on blending the strengths of ZigBee Home Automation™, ZigBee Smart Energy™, ZigBee Telecom Services™ and ZigBee Gateway™ to create the platform. […]
Ultralife Corp. announced the introduction of the GenSet Eliminator™, a patent pending storage and power system designed to reduce fuel consumption and maintenance costs by 25% – 30% for defense and commercial applications. The GenSet Eliminator provides energy storage capabilities to generators and renewable energy sources, thereby promoting optimum efficiencies through the continuous charging and […]
GEM Services announced that it is establishing a joint-venture company with Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to manufacture energy-saving power semiconductor modules in China. The new company, Mitsubishi Electric GEM Power Device (Hefei) Co., Ltd., will begin operations in January 2012. Located in Hefei Economic & Technological Development Area, Anhui Province, China, the company plans to expand […]
Microsemi Corp. has commended the ratification of the HDBaseT™ specification. This represents an important milestone for the HDBaseT Alliance, the cross-industry alliance formed to promote and standardize HDBaseT technology for whole-home distribution of uncompressed high-definition (HD) multimedia content, in promoting industry-wide adoption of the technology. "The ratification of POH further validates HDBaseT as an emerging […]
International Self-Powered Building Council (ISPBC) announced Platinum Certification for the iCONNET SPB EMS (Energy-Management-System) developed by Controlnet Technology Inc. as the core operating system for next-generation self-powered-buildings (SPB). Co-developed with RSI ENERGY GROUP, iCONNET is a scalable multi-voltage smart engine and electricity network system. It manages and controls buildings of tomorrow with the most efficient […]
Researchers from CNRS France and ETH Zurich have succeeded in producing high-performance high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) made of gallium nitride (GaN) on a silicon(110) wafer. This makes these transistors compatible with current complementary metal oxide semi-conductor (CMOS) chips based on silicon of the same crystal orientation. CMOS chips are generally produced on silicon wafers with the […]
Efficient Power Conversion Corp. has received the International Organization for Standardization ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management system. The ISO standards are published by the International Organization for Standardization and available through national standards bodies. To achieve certification, EPC passed an assessment conducted by Det Norske Veritas, an ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) certified […]
IEEE announced that IEEE 2030™ – IEEE Guide for Smart Grid Interoperability of Energy Technology and Information Technology Operation with the Electric Power System (EPS), End-Use Applications, and Loads – has been approved and published. IEEE 2030 establishes a globally relevant Smart Grid interoperability reference model and knowledge base that can be used by utilities […]
As many consumers are beginning to suffer from "light bulb anxiety" and are confused about replacement options for their traditional incandescent bulbs, Bulbrite introduced their Halogen A19 lamp. Bulbrite is a manufacturer and supplier of what it describes as innovative, energy-efficient light source solutions and the premier educational resource for lamping technology. Bulbrite’s Halogen A19 […]
Darnell’s third-annual DC Building Power Asia conference will attract an international audience on December 12 & 13 to the Sheraton Taipei to...
GE Energy announced a broad portfolio of Retrofit Power Systems (RPS) designed to accelerate energy efficiency upgrades across telecom outside plants, cell sites and central offices. The new Retrofit Power Systems help carriers cost-effectively achieve their sustainability objectives through Total Efficiency™ technology estimated to save over a billion kilowatt hours annually by reducing telecom power […]
ZMDI has become a Platinum Sponsor of the Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’11). Mouser Electronics is the Marquee Sponsor of this year’s...
Delta Electronics announced it has been named to two of the prestigious 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes – the DJSI World Index and the DJSI Asia/ Pacific Index. Delta states that it was also first in its industry in several of the index categories. According to Delta, selection to become a member of the DJSI […]
In spite of the current economic slowdown, the global ac-dc power market is projected to grow from $17 billon in 2011 to...