Renewable Energy

July 2016

DOE to advance geologic carbon storage and geothermal energy

The The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of eight new research and development projects to receive a total of $11.5 million in federal funding under DOE’s Subsurface Technology and Engineering Research, Development, and Demonstration Crosscut initiative. The projects are focused on

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07/28/2016

Total takes control of Saft Group

The Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) published today the results of the public tender offer initiated by Total on Saft Groupe. Following the settlement-delivery of the offer which is expected to occur on July 21, 2016, Total will hold 23,456,093 Saft Groupe shares representing 90.14 percent of

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07/19/2016

Driving the technology behind fuel-efficient electric cars

Emma Lowry

An £830K research project to speed up the shift from fossil-fuel reliant to greener, quieter and cheaper electric vehicles, using low carbon propulsion technologies, is being run at The University of Nottingham. The research, led by an EPSRC Challenge Network in Automotive Power Electronics, aims to suppor

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07/13/2016

HITEC claims most efficient UPS power solution

HITEC Power Protection, the inventor of diesel rotary UPS, announced its attendance at DatacenterDynamics Webscale, San Jose, CA, July 19-20 (Booth #31). The company will showcase its PowerPRO series, presented as the most reliable and efficient continuous power system available for mission-critical facilities.

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07/12/2016

WaveRoller ocean energy gets first Technology Qualification Certificate from Lloyd’s Register

Following more than two years of cooperation, Lloyd’s Register has awarded its first Technology Qualification certificate to a developer of ocean energy technology, AW-Energy in Finland – a leader in near shore wave energy. The Technology Qualification certificate was presented in person by the Chairman of

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07/12/2016

Ideal Power applauds California Public Utilities Commission action on self-generation incentive program

Ideal Power, a developer of innovative power conversion technologies, is pleased to support the recent decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to modify the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) to allocate 75% of new funding to energy storage and modify the program rules to bolster th

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07/07/2016

Solar and storage are an obvious pairing

Inside the first municipal solar-plus-storage project in the US

There are some things that just seem to go together. Like Superman and Lex Luthor, Kim and Kanye, and love and marriage, solar and storage are an obvious pairing, right? So obvious, in fact, that one utility executive said she felt surprisingly unsurprised by the proposed Tesla takeover of SolarCity. “Solar an

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07/06/2016

EV DC charger family

Phihong unveils family of rollable electric vehicle charger carts

Phihong, a leading supplier of OEM power solutions, announced a family of moveable EV DC off-board chargers that provide quick and highly efficient charging solutions for personal and commercial electric vehicles with 200–700V battery systems. Featuring a convenient moveable design, Phihong’s new EV DC charger fa

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07/01/2016