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Tesla CEO Plugs into New Market with Home Battery System

Never lacking daring ideas, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is determined to jolt the electricity market. The CEO of electric car maker Tesla Motors hopes to park hundreds of millions of large, solar panel-connected batteries in homes and businesses so the world can disconnect from power plants - and he can profit. On Thursday night, before an adoring crowd and a party-like atmosphere, Musk ...

May 1, 2015

By Associated Press

Accenture and SAP Accelerate Delivery of Multi-Channel Customer Engagement Platform

Accenture has announced plans with SAP SE to accelerate the development of solutions, based on a digital customer engagement platform, for utility companies to engage with customers through virtually any channel, improving customer operations efficiency. Alongside simplified customer service and operations, the customer engagement platform is intended to help enable utilities to offer customers ...

Nov. 17, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com Announces Release of Solar Powered LED Beacon

Magnalight.com announced today the release of a solar powered Class 1 rated LED beacon that offers maintenance free operation and 30 different strobing flash patterns. Powered by a 14.3 volt lithium poly battery and recharged via an included solar panel assembly, the SPLED-CL1B-M Class 1 LED beacon is visible for over a mile and can run for over 5 hours on a full charge. This LED beacon is ...

Dec. 1, 2011

By Larson Electronics LLC

ABB: Breakthrough Order for DC Technology

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to supply the first ever direct current (DC) power grid on board a ship. The equipment will allow a new offshore platform support vessel, under construction in Norway, to operate at the highest energy efficiency level to minimize emissions. Image of a ...

Feb. 22, 2012

By ABB

The first solar-powered electric Car charging stations in Sofia, Bulgaria

A1 Co., Ltd. and BIES Ltd. opened the first Solar-Powered Electric Car Charging Stations in Sofia on 06.1.2012. The principle of operation of the station is simple - use of solar panels to collect solar energy. The connection between electric cars and batteries is performed by a special module. Electric cars in Bulgaria are still very few. According to experts, however, in 2012 a boom in the ...

Jan. 10, 2012

By Via Expo Ltd.

The UN will install Ampere Energy storage systems for self-consumption in its telecommunications structures

The United Nations (UN) will have energy storage systems in its telecommunications areas, equipped by Ampere Energy, a Spanish multinational provider of solutions, products and services for the management of the energy transition. The organization will install several Ampere systems, adapted and prepared to withstand aggressive climates and environments. The above-mentioned systems will be in ...

May 12, 2020

By Ampere Energy

Leading Companies Team Up to Develop an Unrivalled Lithium Sulfur Solar Energy Storage System

A consortium of leading energy companies is to develop safe, lightweight and robust solar energy storage systems for the military around the world and will also be adapted for the commercial and residential market. Lincad, Oxis Energy, Pure Wafer and Solutronic have pooled their expertise in order to incorporate the breakthrough technology they've developed to create a system that will comprise ...

Jun. 12, 2013

By Solutronic AG

Solar power for the poor: facts and figures

Solar power could help alleviate rural poverty. David J. Grimshaw and Sian Lewis shine a light on its progress, potential and pitfalls. Increasing access to energy is critical to ensuring socioeconomic development in the world's poorest countries. An estimated 1.5 billion people in developing countries have no access to electricity, with more than 80 per cent of these living in sub-Saharan ...

Mar. 24, 2010

By SciDev.Net

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