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A Guide to Thermcraft Electric Heater Plates
Electric heater plates are ceramic heating elements used in the manufacture of industrial ovens and furnaces. They are simultaneously designed to heat the internal chamber of an oven with good uniformity, while insulating the sensitive mechanics and the exterior of industrial equipment. This is achieved by combining high-strength metal wiring with thermally-efficient ceramic materials, enabling ...
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AeroThermal delivers world first oven to global aerospace player
AeroThermal today (15 September 2017) announced that it had designed, manufactured, delivered and installed a new, state-of-the-art eight metre oven to a global aerospace supplier, the first of its type in the world. What makes the oven unique is the entire side-on opening, with a door running the full eight metre width, whilst at the same time maintaining an exceptionally high level of ...
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Cummins Contributes Generators for Sandy Relief, the British Government Plans to Triple Its Subsidies for Renewable Energy, and GE’s New Hybrid Electric Water Heater is Named a Top Ten Green Building Product - Energy Minute for November 28, 2012
Cummins Power Generation has deployed 415 rental generators through its distributors and dealers in the Northeast to help with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. The company has also delivered permanently installed standby power systems at hospitals, office buildings, and homes. The U.K. government plans to triple its subsidies for renewable energy, from $3.7 billion today to $12.1 billion in ...
By 3BL Media
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Santee Cooper Launches New Empower SmartRewards Demand Response Program
Santee Cooper has launched its new Empower Demand Response Program that rewards customers for taking an active role in helping to manage periods of high demand on the electric system.With this new program, called SmartRewards, customers can earn bill credits for helping Santee Cooper reduce electricity use during periods of high electric demand or during times when system resources are ...
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GE Launches GeoSpring™ – Its Most Energy-Efficient, Hybrid Electric Water Heater
(NYSE: GE) — Nearly all Americans (96 percent) think improved appliance efficiency is important for personal financial reasons,[1] yet many homeowners don’t realize their water heater is the second single-biggest, energy-consuming appliance in their home, behind the HVAC system and that more energy-efficient options are available in the ...
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GeoSpring™ Named to BuildingGreen’s Top-10 List for 2013, Acknowledged for Energy-Saving Capabilities
GE Appliances’ new products, as part of its billion-dollar investment through 2014, continue to gain positive recognition. Today, BuildingGreen named GE’s GeoSpring™ hybrid electric water heater to its Top-10 list of green building products for 2013. GE began production of GeoSpring in February. Today, BuildingGreen named GE's GeoSpring(TM) hybrid electric water heater to its ...
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NREL Awarded $2.8M from ARPA-E to Develop Low-Cost Thermal Energy Storage
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been awarded nearly $2.8 million in funding from DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to develop a system for grid electricity storage and power generation. The system includes a high-temperature charging device, low-cost thermal energy storage modules, a high-performance heat exchanger, and a closed-loop Brayton ...
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Low on natural gas, California told to power down
Water isn't the only resource running short in California. The drought-stricken state is also low on natural gas. With a move that usually comes in the height of summer when temperatures are soaring and air conditioners blasting, Californians were urged to voluntarily cut their electricity use after frigid weather across the U.S. and Canada caused a shortage of natural gas at Southern California ...
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Portland General Electric Announces Ambitious Smart Grid Test Bed
Portland General Electric has announced plans to file a proposal for a Smart Grid Test Bed that will integrate smart grid technology on a scale never before attempted in the United States. Slated to begin next year, the project aims to accelerate PGE's vision for a clean energy future through partnering with customers to decarbonize the grid.PGE is building and testing three smart grids within ...
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Itron Supports Energy Savings in Colorado with Grid-interactive Water Heater Program
Itron this week announced the successful deployment of a grid-interactive water heater program for Fort Collins Utilities, which provides electricity, water, wastewater and stormwater services to more than 75,000 customers in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado.The program, which is managed by Itron, enables new distributed energy resource technologies to connect electric resistive and heat-pump ...
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Alabama Power Partners with Signature Homes to Develop Smart Neighborhood
Alabama Power is partnering with Signature Homes, Southern Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and technology vendors to introduce Smart Neighborhood by Alabama Power. The state-of-the-art community of 62 homes will feature emerging energy-efficient technologies, materials and appliances, and a community-scale microgrid. Smart Neighborhood - to be located at Signature Homes' new Reynold's ...
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First Solar Homes Power Electric Car
How would you like never having to pay for gasoline? With the just completed “Plug Into History” press event featuring the Nissan LEAF with a City Ventures home pre-wired for electric cars, the dream is now realized. Integrated with each residence, City Ventures homes feature solar power and energy-efficient design, bringing energy bills to near ...
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Portland General Electric's Ambitious Smart Grid Test Bed Launches
Portland General Electric Company recently (7/15) announced the launch of its Smart Grid Test Bed, a first-of-its-kind-project that will integrate smart grid technology on a scale never before attempted in the United States. The project aims to accelerate PGE's vision for a clean energy future through partnering with customers in entirely new ways to decarbonize the grid."We're using our Smart ...
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Energy Companies Join With Rocky Mountain Institute and Grid Singularity to Launch Global Blockchain Initiative for Energy
Centrica plc, Elia, Engie, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Sempra Energy, SP Group, Statoil ASA, Stedin, TWL (Technical Works Ludwigshafen AG), and Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) have joined forces to support the Energy Web Foundation (EWF), a non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate the commercial deployment of blockchain technology in the energy sector. Thanks to their support, EWF has ...
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ENGIE Invests in tiko, A Pioneer in the Development of Intelligent Energy Management Systems for the Residential Market
Focused on the control of domestic energy consumption, tiko offers solutions for managing a wide range of electrical equipment in private homes. The aggregation of all connected homes enables the creation of virtual energy plants.tiko, a Swiss startup established in 2012, has developed a unique technology for exploiting the full potential of electrical equipment (water heaters, heat pumps, solar ...
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Flint Energies and GE Help Consumers Save Energy Using New
GE Appliances (NYSE:GE) and Georgia-based Flint Energies announced today the launch of a two-year smart grid pilot to understand the potential for GE's Brillion™-enabled appliances to save consumers money and reduce peak load when combined with peak-time rebates. GE Appliances and Flint Energies will be giving 10 volunteer households in Warner Robins, Ga., GE's full ...
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IBM Joins European Consortium to Build a Smart Grid Using Renewable Energy
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has joined a collaborative consortium to help develop an energy grid that uses at least 50 percent of renewable energy sources, such as wind power, solar energy and biogas. Led by a European Union-funded consortium, the EcoGrid EU project will demonstrate a smart energy grid that will allow smart devices to use renewable electricity based on near real-time ...
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GE Unveils More Brillion™ Ideas for Consumer Energy Savings
From the company that brought you the first full line of smart grid-enabled appliances, GE is now launching additions and enhancements to its innovative suite of Brillion™ home energy solutions and laying the foundation for an energy-saving “connected home.” The new Whole-Home Sensor, an integral part of home-energy solutions, is being used in several ...
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Breakthrough ANL Software Platform Supports Grid Services, Empowers Utilities, Consumers
Our already complex power grid is getting even more intricate, thanks to distributed energy resources (DERs) -- devices that generate power and store energy locally - such as solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles chargers, HVAC systems, smart water heaters and highly efficient heat exchangers. With these devices growing in popularity, more technologies are interconnecting with the grid, ...
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Fortum Partners with GreenWave Reality on Breakthrough Energy Management Platform
Fortum, one of Europe’s most innovative and environmentally-friendly utilities, and GreenWave Reality, a global innovator in the Smart Home Services market that includes Energy Management, Connected Lighting, and Home Monitoring Services, today announced that they have entered into a partnership that will provide Fortum customers in Sweden with a ...
By Fortum
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