Archive for February, 2010

President Obama has announced three actions to boost U.S.
biofuel production, including the final rule implementing the Renewable Fuel Standard,
which calls for 36 billion
gallons of biofuel by 2022; a proposed rule for biomass crop
assistance; and a report that establishes a roadmap for biofuel growth.

A new research report says global implementation of Smart Grids could be hobbled by two seemingly unlikely stakeholders: utilities and their customers.

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PCN Technology is now releasing its newest Grid MicroCircuits™ product. Based upon the company’s core open standards patented conductive media technology, this product delivers advanced IP Enabled (TCP/IP) Ethernet functionality on existing serial twisted pair RS-485 networks.

Tantalus Systems Corp. announces that Johnson City Power Board (JCPB) has selected Tantalus for a system-wide Smart Grid communications network.

Until rules and regs governing Smart Grid privacy are written, utilities have two choices: Bury their heads in the sand and pay the added cost of retrofitting later – or be proactive. In the first of a two-parter, members of a leading law firm’s Privacy and Data Security team tell you how to get ahead of the game.

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A new report from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) says that a smart electric grid could reduce carbon emissions from the utility industry by 12 percent and reduce usage by the same amount.  The report is titled “The Smart Grid: An Estimation of the Energy and CO2 Benefits.”

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Eurus Energy America Corporation has completed its second wind farm in the State of Oregon. Construction on the 63-megawatt (MW) was completed in late December 2009 with energy sales commencing on January 1, 2010 under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Clark County’s Public Utility District Number 1.

Magnetek, Inc. (NYSE: MAG) today announced that it has received an initial production order valued at nearly $1.5 million for its newly designed utility-scale E-FORCE™ liquid cooled wind inverter. Delivery of the inverters is scheduled to be completed by the end of June, 2010, the end of the Company’s fiscal year.

Currently in the United States hybrid electric vehicles represent 2.5% of new car sales. The majority of hybrids are concentrated in California but as more plug-in and pure electric models come into the market, the vehicles will become more ubiquitous. Some experts expect the number of electric autos on American roads to increase by a couple million over the next few years.

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Telvent is seeking a Smart Grid Sales Manager who will actively lead the sales process of Telvent’s Smart Grid Solutions at domestic (US) accounts. 

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