Archive for the ‘Green News’ Category
by Jim Lucy July 5th, 2011
 ABB made its second acquisition in the electric-vehicle market with its purchase of Epyon B.V., a manufacturer of electric-vehicle charging infrastructure solutions focusing on direct current (DC) fast-charging stations and network charger software. ABB’s 2010 purchase of San Francisco-based ECOtality, a clean electric transportation and storage technologies company, enabled it to enter North America’s electric vehicle charging market.
Ulrich Spiesshofer, head of ABB’s Discrete Automation and Motion division, said the Epyon acquisition gives ABB access to competitive products, key network management software, and a robust maintenance service business model, which ideally complements our own offering. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Rijswijk, Netherlands, has an R&D center in Eindhoven and sales resources across Europe.
Epyon’s DC fast-charging stations have been in commercial use since May 2010, and reduce charging time to 15 minutes compared to 6-8 hours using a standard alternating current (AC) charger outlet. The company’s equipment and software also enables the charging station owner to monitor conditions and requirements of the station, linking billing and administrative needs. It provides a range of different charging methods for each of the station connections, enabling it to tailor charging to various start conditions, power requirements and charging times. EV charging station unit sales are expected to multiply rapidly over the next five years, and reach 1.6 million units globally by 2015, according to Pike Research. Details
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by Jim Lucy July 1st, 2011
This Barron’s report says shares of Cree Inc., Durham, N.C., increased three percent July 1 on the news that GE Lighting would be using its technology to develop an LED alternative to the 60W incandescent and enter it in the Department of Energy’s prestigious L-Prize competition. More details on GE’s entry
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by Jim Lucy July 1st, 2011
While few companies have started hiring on a grand scale, Siemens announced today that it needs to fill more than 400 open positions across the United States in its Building Technologies division.
“Buildings are actually the world’s biggest energy users, even ahead of transportation and industry, consuming one-third of the electricity in the U.S.,” said Daryl Dulaney, president and CEO of Siemens Industry Inc. “Siemens is looking to hire 400 new employees to support sales as well as the subsequent engineering and servicing of buildings targeted for retrofit or modernization to lower energy consumption, reduce CO2 emissions, and improve the bottom line for city budgets.”
To help implement these solutions, Siemens offers cities a financing option called “performance contracting” whereby the city assumes no financial risks as related expenses are completely offset by reductions in operating and energy costs. “As challenging as these times are, the answers to the problems cities face are largely here, the technology is here, and the methods of getting this done, even without a lot of up-front capital, have been put to work successfully. That’s why we are looking to hire these 400 new employees,” added Dulaney.
Open positions in the Building Technologies division are based in 39 states across the U.S., and require skills and/or experience in building systems and energy efficiency, field service and sales, installation and project management, product marketing, and electrical and mechanical engineering. For those interested in applying for an open position in the Building Technologies division, all open positions in the U.S. can be found at: www.usa.siemens.com/careers.
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by Jim Lucy June 27th, 2011
Lighting Science Group (LSG) (Satellite Beach, Fla.): James Haworth, the company’s CEO, will also serve on LSG’s board of directors. Prior to joining Lighting Science Group, Haworth served as a senior executive with Philips Professional Luminaires North America, as V.P. of marketing and strategy. For the past three years, Haworth was responsible for all upstream marketing functions of Philips’ lighting business and managing Philips’ mergers and acquisitions activities. Prior to joining Philips, Haworth served as president and CEO of JJI Lighting Group, which he sold in 2006 to Genlyte Group, which was subsequently purchased by Philips in 2008.
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by Jim Lucy June 27th, 2011
A Washington Post article said Siemens AG won an $800 million contract to build an offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea that will provide enough electricity for 300,000 British households. The wind farm, which will have 108 wind mills, is expected to go online in 2014.
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by Jim Lucy June 20th, 2011
GE Energy and the Australian company Leighton Contractors received a $130 million contract to supply and install 22 GE 2.5-100 wind turbines for the Mumbida Wind Farm. The wind farm will generate 55MW megawatts of renewable electricity for the South West Interconnected System, which the partnership estimates to be enough energy to power approximately 35,000 homes. The Mumbida Wind Farm is a 50/50 partnership between Verve Energy, a Western Australia government-owned utility, and Macquarie Capital.
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by Jim Lucy June 14th, 2011
 Google is investing $280 million to create a fund that will help SolarCity, San Mateo, Calif., finance more solar installations across the country. According to a posting on the company’s Green Blog by Rick Needham, Google’s director of green business operations, it’s the largest clean energy project investment to date and brings Google’s total invested in the clean energy sector to more than $680 million.
Said Needham, “In SolarCity’s innovative financing model, the company covers installation and maintenance of the system over the life of the lease. You can prepay, or pay nothing upfront after which you make monthly solar lease payments… We’ve also launched a partnership to offer SolarCity services to Googlers at a discount.”
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by Jim Lucy June 8th, 2011
MaxLite (West Caldwell, N.J.): Pat Treadway has been appointed product marketing manager for MaxLite. For the past five years, he has been in product management for outdoor lighting, Energy Star, and residential lighting products. Previously, Treadway was principal at Design Point, a consulting firm in the sports and construction industries. He has also held a number of design and management positions in the recreation vehicle industry and has 30 years of experience in product management, product design and product development.
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by Jim Lucy May 26th, 2011
This Bloomberg report says Siemens is developing a new direct-drive turbine without gears, with the intention of eliminating potential maintenance issues. Bloomberg says the new turbines will be installed in the U.K’s North Sea wind farms, a market that’s expected to top $50 billion by 2020.
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by Jim Lucy May 13th, 2011
 Springfield Electric Supply Co. (Springfield, Ill.): Don Harrod has been appointed to the newly created position of Energy Management Solutions – Team Leader. He has 25 years experience in the electrical industry in both distribution and manufacturing, with the last seven years as territory sales manager for GE’s Lighting Division. His primary function will be to develop a sales and marketing strategy focused on providing energy management solutions to end users.
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