PSMA Announces APEC2012 Session on Packaging Challenges for Power Electronics in Electric Drive Vehicles
Jan 3, 2012
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Packaging Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2012 titled “High Temperature, High Density Power Electronics for Electric Drive Vehicles" on Wednesday afternoon, February 8, 2012 at Coronado Springs Hotel in Disneyworld, Orlando, Florida. ...
New Hybrid Vehicle Battery Design
Dec 20, 2011
AllCell Technologies, LLC and the International Copper Association, Ltd., (ICA) have developed a new battery design for hybrid electric vehicles that promises to reduce battery size, weight, and cost while improving fuel economy. ...
ISA publishes Start-Up: A Technician's Guide, Second Edition
Dec 14, 2011
The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces the publication of Start-Up: A Technician's Guide, Second Edition, by Diane R. Barkin. Barkin wrote Start-Up: A Technician' Guide, Second Edition with the technician in mind. ...
Li-ion Battery Selected for PV Energy Storage Solutions Project
Dec 7, 2011
Saft was chosen by SOLON Corporation, a provider of utility-scale and commercial photovoltaic (PV) system solutions to the North American market , to provide a Li-ion battery for their Energy Storage Management Research and Testing (SMRT) site....
First-of-its-Kind Electricity-Generating Rumble Strip
Nov 30, 2011
New Energy Technologies, Inc. and the City of Roanoke, Virginia successfully debuted the company's latest MotionPower-Express system, the world's first-of-its-kind rumble strip, capable of generating sustainable electricity. ...
Guidebook Offers Electric Utilities Roadmap for Electric Cars
Nov 21, 2011
With both Nissan and General Motors expanding production of their popular plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), and most of the other major auto manufacturers planning to offer a PEV of their own by the end of next year, Edison Electric Institute (EEI) released a guidebook to help electric utilities get ready for these new electric cars and trucks. ...
Modified Timing Solution to Address Evolution of Power Utility Industry
Nov 15, 2011
Symmetricom(R), Inc. announced the availability of its updated XLi Time and Frequency System, which the company enhanced in support of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Time Error Correction Field Trial....