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Batteries as a future energy source?

I was recently at a meeting hosted by at the Capital Visitors Center titled "Building a Bigger Battery." The panel presented ideas that get little attention and few people hear about. They discussed the use of batteries being energized through renewable energies to be of prominent use in the...

Published Thu, Jun 25 2009 11:31 AM by Kuhns, Garrett

Happy 100th!

Wednesday marked the release of the 100th edition of NEMA's Electroindustry Business Confidence Index report. The EBCI tracks the evolution of business conditions facing the electroindustry in North America and three other world regions, as seen through the eyes of senior executives of NEMA member...

Published Thu, Jun 25 2009 4:28 PM by Gill, Tim

Filed under: Economy

Daytime Lamps Not Required

In this morning's Federal Register you may not have noticed an item having to do with automobile safety. After eight years, the U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a denial of a petition by General Motors to require all cars in the U.S. under 5 tons to have daytime running lamps. DOT, through...

Published Mon, Jun 29 2009 11:21 AM by updykec

Filed under: General

GPS and the Grid: The New Weakest Link?

By 2010, the GAO predicts that the probability of maintaining at least 24 satellites may dip below 95%, the service quality standard set by the Air Force. Due to development delays, the current constellation of GPS satellites may begin to fail before new satellites are ready for launch. Normally, this...

Published Mon, Jun 01 2009 8:15 AM by Hsieh, Eric

Filed under: Smart Grid

Card Check and Small Business - the Remix

Back in February, I posted a blog about the impact of the misnamed "Employee Free Choice Act" (HR 1409/S 560) on America's small businesses . The blog included a link to an editorial written by Representiatve Howard "Buck" McKeon, the Ranking Republican Member on the House Education...

Published Wed, Jun 03 2009 9:00 AM by Owen, Sarah

Filed under: Card Check, Small Business, EFCA

SAE Should Adopt Trinational Cable Tie Requirements

The SAE AE-8C2 Committee , which is responsible for maintaining SAE AS 23190, Straps, clamps and mounting hardware: Plastic and metal for cable harness tying and support , should strongly consider adoption of the trinational cable tie requirements in the soon-to-be-approved North American adoption of...

Published Tue, Jun 02 2009 11:42 AM by leibowitzm

Filed under: Safety and Standardization

Cap and Trade Debate Ensures for a Hot Washington Summer

Just in case you didn't think Washington was hot enough in the summer, debate over climate change legislation (a.k.a., Waxman-Markey ) is starting to increase in volume. As a taste of things to come, Harvard Prof Greg Mankiw's recent blog post provides a virtual point-counterpoint exchange between...

Published Wed, Jun 03 2009 8:20 AM by golds

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, climate change

Low Hanging Sustainability Fruit: Energy Efficiency

Energy consumption is by far the low hanging fruit on the sustainability tree. Since, according to Energy Information Administration, a whopping 65% of the energy produced by mostly non-renewable sources is lost in conversion processes, it stands to reason to look closer at these conversions and develop...

Published Thu, Jun 04 2009 11:53 AM by Moldoveanu, Andrei

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Energy Storage, High Performance Buildings

Saving Ourselves from Recovery?

Newly-released data reveal that U.S. consumers are accumulating savings at a rapid clip. In the space of about a year, the personal savings rate has climbed from just above zero to nearly 6 percent-reaching its highest point since the early 1990s. During no other recession in the post-WWII era has the...

Published Thu, Jun 04 2009 11:45 AM by Lego, Brian

Filed under: Economy

Making the Case for Nuclear Energy

NEMA had the privilege of hosting a lunch for former Governor and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman the other day. Ms. Whitman is running the Whitman Strategy Group , a consulting firm that specializes in environmental and energy issues. Recognizing NEMA's significant role these days in energy...

Published Tue, Jun 09 2009 4:51 PM by golds

Filed under: Energy Resources

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