low voltage grid News
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SCHMID Supplies Energy Storage for Smart Grid
In the Smart Grid Technology Lab, researchers of the TU Dortmund are developing and testing components for smart grids. To this end, they have created an infrastructure which is to be expected in a future low-voltage grid. In addition to electric vehicles, PV systems and a controllable local power transformer, these are also efficient energy storages. Soon a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery from ...
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HEROES: Project Aims to Develop an Energy Storage System for Fast Electric Vehicle Charging
Sustainable Innovations and ENSO are the Spanish partners involved in HEROES (acronym of Hybrid EneRgy stOragE Stations), a new project funded under the European Union's Research and Innovation Program Horizon 2020, that will last 36 months. The objective of HEROES is the development and demonstration of a disruptive hybrid high power/high energy stationary storage system for fast charging of ...
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Independent Power Grid as a Milestone for an Energy Transition Project
For the first time, a portion of the low-voltage network has been decoupled from the main power grid. In the community of Wildpoldsried in the Allgäu region of Germany it was possible to provide uninterrupted and stable operation of the island grid. Siemens and its project partners implemented a regional, self-contained and intelligent power distribution grid there, a microgrid. As the share ...
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Frost & Sullivan to Present Siemens Infrastructure and Cities Sector with the Unique 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award for Leveraging on `City as a Customer`
Frost & Sullivan is proud to present the 2012 Global Award for Company of the Year in the 'City as a Customer' market to Siemens Infrastructure and Cities Sector. This prestigious award recognizes a company's best practices in identifying global Mega Trends and their implications, and subsequently pioneering products and services to take a competitive lead in servicing this new client base ...
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Siemens supplies solutions for electric vehicle charging to veterans affairs facilities
Siemens announced today that it is one of the first companies awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 56 contract to provide Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations to the U.S. Government. A total of 20 Siemens EV charging stations will be deployed to Veterans Affairs facilities in California and Michigan by the EV Infrastructure business of the Siemens Infrastructure & ...
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Frost & Sullivan Award Emphasises PSI Group´s Unswerving Focus on Customer Value Enhancement
Based on its recent analysis of the ICT for smart energy market, Frost & Sullivan recognises the PSI Group, the largest energy control system software provider in Germany, with the 2012 European Customer Value Enhancement Award. "PSI's products deliver increased quality and reliability of energy supplies, and thus bring added value to end customers in the energy market," noted Frost & ...
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DoE awards Siemens $1.6 million research grant to develop electrical vehicle charging infrastructure
PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Siemens announced it was recently awarded $1.6 million in development funding from the Department of Energy (DoE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing "smart" charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. The grant, awarded to Siemens Corporation, Corporate ...
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Leading European research institutes found the association DERlab
Today in Kassel, Germany, eleven leading European research institutes have founded the association DERlab (which stands for European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories) as an independent world-class laboratory for the grid-integration of distributed power generation. The association is based at the Institute for Solar Energy Supply Technology (ISET) in Kassel. Currently distributed power ...
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Siemens Introduces DC transmission System for Medium Voltage to the Market
With MVDC PLUS (Medium Voltage Direct Current Power Link Universal System), Siemens is introducing a new direct-current transmission system to the market that will be serve as an efficient transmission route in medium-voltage AC grids from 30 to 150 kilovolts (kV). Siemens has developed the transmission system for grid operators who need to enlarge their infrastructure to handle the increasing ...
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SMA’s New Central Inverter Yields Better Return-on-Investment for Commercial, Utility Solar Projects
The newest inverters in SMA’s Sunny Central family, the Sunny Central 500/630/720/750/800 CP-US, are now available for utility and commercial applications. The UL listed Sunny Central CP-US series is the most cost-effective, efficient inverter line of its kind and reflects SMA’s commitment to developing commercial and utility-scale technology that offers superior performance and ...
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Expanded Eaton product portfolio helps solar customers harness the power of the sun
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton is making cost-effective, reliable solar generation a reality for utility, commercial and residential customers with a complete portfolio of balance of system (BOS) solutions. Eaton equipment, technical sessions, and live product demonstrations will be highlighted during Intersolar North America. Engineered for safe, efficient and reliable operation, ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $35 Million in Funding for Hydrokinetic Turbine Development
The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced $35 million in funding for 11 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's (ARPA-E) Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS) program. SHARKS teams will develop new economically competitive Hydrokinetic Turbines (HKT) designs for tidal and riverine currents. "Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant ...
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U.S. and Japan Companies Collaborate on Smart Grid Project in Hawaii
Hitachi to Serve as Project Leader Tokyo, May 17, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501, "Hitachi"), Cyber Defense Institute, Inc. ("Cyber Defense Institute"), JFE Engineering Corporation ("JFE Engineering"), Sharp Corporation (TSE: 6753, "Sharp"), Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. ("HP Japan"), and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. ("Mizuho Corporate Bank") today announced that U.S. ...
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