Power Quality Protection

Energy Efficiency

Advisian and UpGrid Announce One-Stop-Shop for Distributed Energy Systems

To drastically simplify the process of adopting new energy technologies, Advisian, the advisory arm of WorleyParsons, and UpGrid LLC, a Boston-based start-up...

Power Quality Protection

Electric Power Research Institute Funds GRAPES SiC Project

The National Science Foundation’s Center for GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES) in the College of Engineering’s Department of Electrical Engineering will...

Batteries and Portable Power

Battery Park Successfully Black Starts Electric Grid

In a first-of-its-kind trial, Europe's first commercial battery power plant, in combination with a combined-cycle gas turbine, has successfully restored a previously...

Batteries and Portable Power

Batteries to Replace Power Poles and Wires in Rural Arizona

Instead of rebuilding about 20 miles of transmission and distribution poles and wires, Arizona Public Service (APS) will install two battery storage...

Energy Efficiency

California Public Utilities Commission Unveils CalEclipse.org

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has unveiled CalEclipse.org with a call to Californians to Do Your Thing and reduce electricity use...

Communications Power

IXYS Reports Modest Revenue Increase for the June 2017 Quarter

IXYS Corporation today announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017. Net revenues for the quarter were $83.5...

Communications Power

Zero Touch Provisioning for Power Distribution Units

Opengear today announced that it has partnered with Server Technology (STI) to implement Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) into Server Technology’s popular PRO1...

Power Quality Protection

Alphabet’s Project Malta to Use Salt for Large-Scale Energy Storage

Wind and solar power are abundant, clean, increasingly inexpensive energy sources, and already contribute significantly to efforts to decarbonize the electricity grid....

European Power News

Vertiv Sells ASCO to Schneider Electric

Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, today announced plans to sell its ASCO® business as it continues to sharpen its focus on the...

Automotive Electronics

DC-DCs Feature High Isolation for Industrial Installations

Murata has introduced a series of high-isolation dc-dc converters developed by Murata Power Solutions. The MGJ6 wide, low-profile series converters feature a...

Communications Power

Power Survey Receives US$24 Million Investment

Power Survey and Equipment Ltd. (PS), a leading manufacturer of power quality systems, today announced that it received US$24 million in a...

Automotive Electronics

£246 Million Faraday Challenge to Boost Battery Technology

Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark announced yesterday in a keynote speech on the Industrial Strategy the launch of the first phase...

Automotive Electronics

36W Shunt with Three Sense Pins & Resistance Down to 50µΩ

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced a new 36W Power Metal Strip® battery shunt resistor featuring three sense pins in the 8518 case...

Communications Power

PFC+LLC Resonance Control IC Reduces Standby Power

Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has begun offering the MCZ5209SN PFC+LLC current resonance control IC equipped with standby power reduction feature and...

Automotive Electronics

SF Bay-Area Power Electronics Chapter is Best

The SFBAC (combined Santa Clara Valley, San Francisco, and Oakland/East Bay) Chapter of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) is pleased to...