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A Plug-in Pilot

I just heard about The EV Project , which officially launched last month. The Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), using a $99.8 million grant from DOE, plans to install 11,210 chargers for electric vehicles in five states. During the 36-month project, chargers will be installed in...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2009 2:44 PM by goodwina

Filed under: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Standardization

Dishwasher Safe Typing

NEMA standards make appearances in a number of places — lighting, medical imaging equipment, motors, and many other product categories. I recently heard about a surprising use of a NEMA standard — a dishwasher safe, waterproof computer keyboard. The company says the products are manufactured...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2009 11:54 AM by goodwina

Filed under: General, Standardization

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 goodwina

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 Scolnik, Alvin

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

Solid-State Lighting Industry Should Get Involved in Nanotechnology Standards

A standard test method for the determination of quantum efficiency (power output) of quantum dots and nano-phosphors is under development at RTI International for consideration by the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to IEC TC 113 . The result of this method will be that industries that use these nanomaterials...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 3:07 PM by leibowitzm

Filed under: Standardization, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies

Investigators call Soldier’s electrocution “negligent homicide”

The death of a soldier electrocuted while showering at a military facility in Iraq a year ago may be changed from accidental death to negligent homicide. Army criminal investigators say that KBR, the largest US contractor in Iraq, may have failed to have qualified electricians and plumbers undertaking...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2009 8:33 AM by Winstanley, Gerard

Filed under: Electrical Safety, Building Codes, Safety and Standardization, Standardization

Globally Harmonized Standards Hits a Roadblock

It's disappointing that US interests were rejected during the IEC TC14 Power Transformers meeting held in November. Two IEEE standards were offered for consideration under the IEEE/IEC Dual Logo and/or Joint Development agreements, IEEE PC57.123 Guide for Transformer Loss Measurement and IEEE PC57...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2008 1:37 PM by Choinski, Scott

Filed under: General, Standardization, Transformers

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