Emerson Network Power released a list of 10 common surprises for data center and IT managers and offered tips on how to be prepared for them. The list, released at AFCOM Data Center World Spring, includes information on a surprising cause of data center downtime, what data center managers might not know about that next […]
White House Pushes Green Button
Responding to President Obama’s call for an “all-of-the-above” strategy to help consumers reduce their energy costs, the Administration announced that nine major utilities and electricity suppliers will commit to providing more than 15 million households access to data about their own energy use with a simple click of an online “Green Button.” By providing consumers […]
Eltek Announces First Sub-Saharan Africa Office
Eltek announced the opening of a new office in Nairobi, Kenya, to provide sales and after-sales technical services to support increased sales growth in eastern and southern African countries. Stanley Mogire is the first employee hired for the office and will serve as sales and technical support manager for East Africa. Mogire has eight years […]
Vishay Launches PowerCAD Online Simulation Tool for Point-of-Load DC-DC Circuits
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced the PowerCAD Simulation tool, a free online tool that gives engineers a fast and convenient way to test and optimize dc-dc circuits built with Vishay Siliconix regulator ICs. Using an intuitive interface, the PowerCAD Simulation tool supports both experienced analog and power designers as well as junior or digital designers with […]
Emerson Network Power Addresses IT, Telecom Convergence with Move Toward Global Services Integration
Emerson Network Power announced that Frank Bibens will oversee the unification of its service organizations. This evolution will bring customers the reliability and efficiency benefits of one service provider focusing on the breadth of critical systems and their interrelations. Customers will also benefit from broader expertise and capabilities, greater consistency and simpler contact. “Emerson Network […]
Sky Power Solutions Announces Proprietary Heat Dissipation Technology
Sky Power Solutions, a specialist in the development and marketing of next generation lithium-ion powered batteries worldwide and a developer of residential, Solar Concentrating, Electric Power Generation Systems able to produce in excess of 2,000 watts (2 Kilowatts (kw)) of electric power, with additional heat output for heating water, using sunlight as the only fuel, […]
Solectria Renewables Acquires New Power Labs and its Smart Combiner Technologies
Solectria Renewables, LLC announced today that it has acquired New Power Labs, Inc. and its smart combiner technologies. New Power Labs, a Massachusetts-based Company, designs and develops string level monitoring products for commercial and utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) arrays. “Acquiring New Power Labs and hiring Tom Johnson was a strategic decision for Solectria Renewables. Smart combiners […]
Xiamen University Partners With Leading Technology and Energy Providers to Build China’s First Direct Current Microgrid
Xiamen University, Nextek Power Systems, People Power Company, Canadian Solar, Intel Corp. and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) announced a ground-breaking alliance to construct and manage direct-current microgrids at the School of Energy Research in Xiamen University (SER-XMU). This microgrid will become operational this year and will make Xiamen University China’s first direct-current powered commercial […]
DayStar Technologies Announces Transaction with Sunlogics Power Fund Management
DayStar Technologies, Inc. announced it has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Sunlogics Power Fund Management Inc. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Sunlogics Power Fund Management has loaned the Company $500,000 for payment of outstanding liabilities and other working capital purposes. Salamon Group, Inc. subsidiary, Sunlogics Power Fund Management, is a fund that provides […]
Solar EnerTech Announces Filing of Form 15 to Deregister with the SEC
Solar EnerTech Corp. announced that it has retained FTI Consulting to review and explore strategic alternatives for the Company and has appointed a member of FTI Consulting as Chief Restructuring Officer. In addition, the Company announced that it has filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to voluntarily deregister its […]