Smart Power Grid

March 2014

Advanced Energy 2014 coming to Albany, NY in April

New York State’s Advanced Energy Conference, Advanced Energy 2014, will hold its 8th annual conference in the Capital District this year. Based on past success, this will be a not-to-be-missed event. Advanced Energy 2014 is the ideal venue for your company to meet and interact with the researchers, technology in

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03/28/2014

AVX to showcase latest products at Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe 2014

AVX, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, is exhibiting at Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe in Berlin, Germany on April 1 - 2. This annual conference and tradeshow event focuses on the latest developments in energy harvesting technologies for applications in bu

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03/28/2014

Energy Department invests $17Million in small businesses to accelerate clean energy innovation

Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded $17 million in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects to help small businesses in 13 states develop pr

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03/26/2014

Atmel demonstrates their latest SoC for smart metering at Embedded World 2014 (PSDtv)

In this episode of PSDtv Atmel demonstratest their latest System-on-Chip (SoC) for smart-metering applications at embedded world 2014 for Power Systems Design. The multiple concerns for the building blocks of the smart meter include Metrology sensing (ADC), Metrology DSP, application, communication, and secur

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03/25/2014

FOD8332 2.5 A IGBT/MOSFET drive optocoupler from Fairchild Semiconductor

Fairchild's Optoplanar technology creates advanced 2.5A-output optocoupler

System design engineers for industrial applications, such as motor control inverter applications and high performance power systems, are looking for highly integrated gate driving and protection features in a single IC package to simplify design and improve efficiency. The newly-developed FOD8332 from Fairchild Se

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03/24/2014

Key speakers will discuss their energy harvesting needs at Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe 2014

Delegates from 23 countries will converge in Berlin on 1-2 April at Energy Harvesting & Storage - Europe's leading event on the topic. The event features end users across multiple verticals presenting and attending to discuss their key energy harvesting needs. The conference and tradeshow looks at the div

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03/21/2014

Pulse's Sidewinder AC current sensors

Sidewinder-based products achieve at least 99.7% reliability after 20 years of 24/7 service

Pulse Electronics, a leading provider of electronic components, announces the publication of a test report demonstrating the reliability and longevity of its Sidewinder® AC current sensing technology. The report demonstrates that Sidewinder-based products achieve at least 99.7% reliability after 20 years of 24

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03/20/2014

AutoGrid Systems raises $12.75 million in Series C financing

AutoGrid Systems, a leader in Big Data analytics and cloud computing solutions for the energy industry, announced that it has raised $12.75 million in a Series C financing led by a consortium of strategic investors to expand its operations and bring its breakthrough Big Data analytics and predictive control te

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03/14/2014

Top VC Funded Smart Grid Companies in 2013

Mercom Capital reports VC funding in Smart Grid reached $405 Million in 2013

Mercom Capital Group, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the smart grid sector for 2013. Venture capital (VC) funding into smart grid technology companies came in at $405 million in 63 deals in 2013, com

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03/13/2014

LightHouse inductively-powered Smart Grid sensors

Tollgrade’s LightHouse grid-reliabilty sensors receive homologation certification in Brazil

Tollgrade Communications, a leader in redefining the standard for reliability at the world’s largest electric utilities and telecommunications providers, announced that their LightHouse® inductively-powered Smart Grid sensors have received Homologation Certification in Brazil from the National Telecommunication Ag

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03/13/2014

ARM-based Ember ZigBee SoC portfolio

Silicon Labs expands ember ZigBee portfolio for the IoT

Silicon Labs, a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, announced a major expansion to its industry-leading ARM®-based Ember® ZigBee® system-on-chip (SoC) portfolio delivering unmatched wireless performance, energy efficiency and reliability for the Internet of Things (IoT). Silicon La

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03/11/2014

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Kerite to show at 2014 IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference & Exposition

The Kerite Company and Hendrix Wire and Cable, Marmon Group companies providing high quality cable and power distribution products, will be joining forces to showcase a range of products and services at the 2014 IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference & Exposition, to be held April 14-17, 2014, at

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03/07/2014

IR isolated hybrid hermetic DC-DC converter

IR’s HTH270 and HTM270 high-temp, high-voltage converters serve down-hole applications

International Rectifier, a leader in power management technology, introduced the HTH27022S and HTM27092S isolated hybrid hermetic DC-DC converters for high temperature and high shock environments such as oil drilling applications and mud turbine generators. Featuring an operating case temperature of

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03/07/2014