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AeroVironment, Inc.(AV) has joined forces with NRG Energy, Inc. to bring the first privately funded, comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) charging “ecosystem” to drivers in America’s fourth largest city. The ecosystem is an integrated network of products, services and payment plans that helps make EVs practical for drivers. AV is the exclusive provider of home and […]

Lilliputian Systems, Inc., developer of what the company says is the world’s first Personal Power™ solution for consumer electronics devices, announced that it has signed a Wafer Manufacturing Supply Agreement with Intel Corp.. Additionally, Lilliputian Systems announced that Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment arm, has taken an equity stake in Lilliputian Systems. “Intel recognizes that […]

Waytronx and its subsidiary CUI, Inc. announced that they are now a member of the Distributed-power Open Standards Alliance(DOSA). DOSA is a global association dedicated to furthering compatibility and standardization in the dc-dc board mounted power conversion market. Current members include founding members Lineage Power and SynQor as well as AcBel, Bel Power, Delta Electronics, […]

Altergy Systems announced that it has expanded the capacity of its automated fuel-cell assembly line – which the company says is the first and only one in the world – to support its increasing global customer demand and continuing growth into new international markets. These assembly-line enhancements increase Altergy’s production capacity to approximately $370 million […]

The Energy Providers Coalition for Education (EPCE) has launched a new online course designed to provide important training for electric power industry workers in the areas of clean energy solutions and smart grid deployment Renewable Energy Sources and the Smart Grid explores electricity production from various forms of renewable energy as well as the function, […]

Plessey Semiconductors and the University of Sussex announced a new, innovative and disruptive technology called the Electric Potential Sensor (EPS). This is a completely new area of sensor technology that measures changes in an electric field in a similar way to a magnetometer detecting changes in a magnetic field. The sensor, which requires no physical […]

A preliminary test by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) of a dc power system at a Duke Energy data center in Charlotte, North Carolina found that the system uses 15% less electricity than the existing ac power system. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported to Congress that data center industry power consumption doubled […]

Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. The company recorded total revenues of $25.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, an increase of $8.2 million or 46.4% compared to $17.7 million for the three months ended September 30 2009. The increase in revenues was […]

The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance announced that the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has rated HomePlug Green PHY (GP) as a leading communications protocol for smart grid applications. AHAM members produce over 95% of the appliances sold in the United States, and because home appliances are an integral part of the Smart Grid, they commissioned […]

The EMerge Alliance – an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe dc power distribution standards for commercial buildings – announced the first set of 26 EMerge Alliance Registered products. According to EMerge Alliance Chairman Brian Patterson, the growing support for dc power and the introduction of Registered products provides real solutions for […]