September/October 2010
Editorial
Dim bulbs who discuss energy efficiency
The Internet can certainly be a source of cheap amusement. I’m not talking about sites hosting episodes of TV shows or videos of pratfalls...
Features
Better ballasts for HID lighting
New integrated circuits help control high-intensity discharge lamps that deliver super-efficient illumination...
Supercaps get a bigger role in energy reclamation
Electrochemical capacitors are proving to be useful energy storage devices in applications ranging from wind power and EVs to circuits that harvest microwatts of power...
Batteries fuel energy efficient technology
Chemistries now emerging from the labs squeeze a big wallop in a small package, making possible new devices that keep an eye on far-flung uses of energy...
Making pneumatic thermostats energy efficient
An electronic retrofit for pneumatically controlled heating and cooling systems shows how to bring old buildings into the 21st century...
Simulation helps build a fuel-cell future
Fuel-cell modules that produce high power-density levels could fundamentally change the way homes are heated and powered...
News
Growing trend in the “green” market: Job training
In today’s fragile post-recession workplace, few economic sectors seem to hold as much promise for job seekers as renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE)...
GM’s other 100mph car: the IDEA
General Motors has made its first investment of $5 million through its newly formed GM Ventures, the automaker’s venture capital group...
Technology/financing partnership
General Electric, Fairfield, Conn., and Better Place, Palo Alto, Calif., have announced a technology and financing partnership to accelerate the global deployment of electric-vehicle infrastructure. ...
Solar-energy grant
Plastic-tubing manufacturer, NewAge Industries, Southampton, Pa., has been awarded a $1 million solar-energy program grant from Pennsylvania's Dept. of Community and Economic Development....
Collaboration
Pulse Energy, Vancouver, B. C., and Sierra Wireless, Richmond, B. C., are col¬laborating to deliver cellular deployments that let customers monitor and manage energy usage. ...
Energy-efficiency education
The ZEBRAlliance — Zero Energy Building Research Alliance — is a col-laborative effort among Schaad LLC, The Tennessee Valley Authority, the Dept. of Energy, and Oak Ridge Na-tional Laboratories to field evaluate two pairs of energy-saving residences. ...
Embedded Designers' Forum
Microchip Technology Inc. Chandler, Ariz., a provider of micro-controller, analog, and Flash-IP solutions, announced the second annual Embedded Designers' Forum (EDF). ...
Digital utility meters
Austin, Tex.-based Freescale Semiconductor and Cirrus Logic are providing a turnkey reference design pairs consisting of Cirrus' CS5463 analog front-end chip with Freescale's 8-bit AC60 microcontrollers for digital utility meters. ...
Book Review: Wind Energy Engineering
For those who want a grounding in the physics and basic engineering of wind turbines, this book probably isn't a bad place to start....
Legislation
No Nukes or Mo Nukes?
The most interesting legislative moves on nuclear power in recent months were made not in the U.S. but in Germany and India...
Invention of the month
Power-mizer ATM can go off grid
People in Third World countries, including tourists and travellers, need access to cash just as much as anyone else...
Energy figures of the month
On the Energy Front
Worldwide wind power capacity increased nearly 32% last year, and the output from wind was enough to cover the electricity consumption of Australia and Ireland combined, according to a newly released International Energy Agency (IEA) report...
Energy myths
Energy Myths
A common misperception is that energy companies have no intention of investing in clean energy and therefore government programs must do the heavy lifting...
Energy companies are doing their bit
A common misperception is that energy companies have no intention of investing in clean energy and therefore government programs must do the heavy lifting....
New products
Energy-saving seal
MileMaker seals offer friction-reducing and fuel-saving benefits for OE and aftermarket heavy-duty truck and trailer wheel and axle applications...
Battery charger for portables
The MAX8895 battery charger for Bluetooth headsets and portable devices uses automatic adapter detection and USB enumeration for charging without system software or an external microcontroller for stand-alone charging...
Terminal block for Evs, inverters
The 828 Series feedthrough terminal block provides tool-free, maintenance-free, throughpanel terminations for control-panel applications such as motor-control centers, UPS units, and electric-vehicle charging stations...
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