Smart Power Grid

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

Empowering autonomous cars

Ian Mazsa, Vicor

In less than ten years, you will have the option to let your car drive itself: You’ll tell your car where you want to go and enjoy a safer, less stressful, and more productive journey getting there. It may seem a bit farfetched but a growing consensus suggests that this vision is nearer to realization than on

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07/27/2016

EMI Surveyor non-invasive test for high-voltage equipment

Doble releases EMI Surveyor non-invasive test for high-voltage equipment

Doble Engineering, a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies, announced the introduction of the EMI Surveyor, a non-invasive surveying solution that helps generation and industrial plants optimize maintenance and improve outage planning. Based on Doble’s decades of electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing experi

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07/15/2016

HARTING’s robust connector solutions provide support to Industry 4.0 lifelines

HARTING offers future-proof cabling for Industry 4.0 upgrades

HARTING announced the latest developments in its support and advocacy for the ‘Industry 4.0’ initiative. This rapidly growing movement is driving the trend towards the so-called ‘Smart Factory’ which is enabled by the connection of the real and virtual world with sensors and actuators interfacing to Th

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07/14/2016

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

Damon de Laszlo, Chairman, Harwin Plc and HRH Prince Michael of Kent

HRH Prince Michael of Kent helps Harwin open new manufacturing facility in UK

Harwin, a leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, has officially opened its new manufacturing centre in Portsmouth, increase floor space by 33%, which is dedicated to increased automation and R&D facilities. The new £3M, 3000m² building was opened by HRH Prince Michael of Kent; also pr

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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