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Advanced Batteries' Progress Cited in State of the Union

The progress of advanced batteries got the attention of President Obama in yesterday's State of Union address. America's potential "to be the world's leading manufacturer of high-tech batteries" is one of the reasons to be optimistic about the future of the United States' manufacturing...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2012 5:29 AM by Creevy, Jim

Filed under: Smart Grid, renewable energy, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Standardization, Energy Storage, rare earth

Technical Experts Needed to Write Systems Standards!

Systems standards. Much of the technology world seems to be talking about systems standards these days. You’d think we didn’t have any standards that allow products to operate effectively with other products in applications. But we do . . . and they do. So what’s all the discussion...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2011 12:41 PM by scolnika

Filed under: Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Standardization, Emerging Technologies, High Performance Buildings

Smart grid impact deepens

The promise of a more efficient electric power grid is coming closer and closer to reality. Many of the overarching concepts have been defined and now considerable activity is underway to define the myriad of interactions between the multitude of actors in this huge play. One such activity, sponsored...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2010 9:58 AM by Moldoveanu, Andrei

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, demand response, Standardization, High Performance Buildings, energy, efficiency

Where Do You Plug-in Your Electric Vehicle?

Plug-in vehicles, either hybrid or all electrical, are just around the corner. The big question is how are they going to be recharged? The answer depends a lot on who you are asking. In the US the most significant effort is made by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International). A number of...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2009 3:50 PM by Moldoveanu, Andrei

Filed under: Smart Grid, PHEVs, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Standardization, Energy Storage

What Hasn’t Changed in 82 Years

Cleaning out the files last Friday yielded an illuminating find--a 1927 copy of The National Electrical Manufacturers Association: A Brief Outline of its Function and Purpose (in the picture below, note the autographed instruction to return this to file). So what's changed since 1927, the year of...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 2:09 PM by Andrea Goodwin

Filed under: Smart Grid, General, Standardization

NIST on the Right Track

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced last week that it has created a new Smart Grid Interoperability Office to coordinate and accelerate the standardization framework initiative assigned to it under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Good move. An even better move...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 1:42 PM by Alvin Scolnik

Filed under: Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Standardization, Emerging Technologies

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