(Reference: CleanTech San Diego)
Joining the membership roster to CleanTech San Diego is PCN Technology. Their Grid MicroCircuit™ solutions enable the intelligent energy grid. PCN’s embedded Grid MicroCircuit solutions operate on active and passive energy grids already available within devices, machines, equipment, systems, subsystems, & infrastructure. PCN Technology solutions are comprised of hardware, software and reference designs for use on energy grids for data communication, networking, energy efficiency and smart grid applications.
September 2, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) and ZigBee Alliance today announced that the two organizations have established a formal liaison agreement between the two groups, making ZigBee a member of DRSG, and linking their efforts to support the Smart Grid.
DRSG is the trade association for companies providing technologies, products and services in the demand response and smart grid areas. The ZigBee Alliance is a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications. The agreement provides for collaboration on promotion and advocacy related to development of smart grid technology policies.
“This is a great opportunity for both organizations and for their members,” said Dan Delurey, executive director of DRSG. “ZigBee is an active organization working to introduce new technology into the marketplace and we look forward to helping it keep its members aware of how evolving policy developments in Washington may affect market requirements for the smart grid. Also, we are confident that the expertise of the ZigBee Alliance will provide DRSG with a better understanding of technology developments that are occurring in the industry.”
“Our liaison agreement with DRSG will provide the ZigBee Alliance with keen insight on smart grid activities and will help us ensure that ZigBee Smart Energy, our wireless home area network solution continues to be the leading choice for use with demand response and smart grid programs around North America,” said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. “We also look forward to being a resource to DRSG so that it can better represent the smart grid community as policy develops.”
(Acquired from http://specialty.sensorsmag.com/sensorsspecialty/BSmart-Grid-Communication-Modules-from-PCN-Technol/Product/detail/618780)
Grid MicroCircuits EC-2xxx multichannel cross-phase conductive medium communication modules from PCN Technology Inc., San Diego, CA, can be deployed in power distribution systems or other conductive media to communicate point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, or as a self-configuring mesh network. The devices are powered from a 3.3 or 5 VDC power supply, consume <1 W on average, and are designed with COTS microcontrollers and DSPs for use in OEM products and systems for alternative energy applications; meters, sensors, smart appliances and products; transportation systems and infrastructure; and industrial products, building automation, and control systems. Each module is IP-enabled and, with embedded interoperability software, can bridge private networks to open standard public networks.
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July 27, 2009
The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) announced today five new members of the industry trade association. The new DRSG members are Whirlpool Corporation, Advanced Telemetry, Universal Powerline Association, Bridge Energy Group, and Space-Time Insight.
“We are pleased to welcome these new members into the DRSG,” said Dan Delurey, Executive Director of the organization. “The diversity of these new members is further evidence of how the demand response and smart grid industry is becoming not only larger but also broader in terms of the parties involved and the offerings that exist.”
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(Featured article in Control Engineering by David Greenfield, Editorial Director)
August 5, 2009
The EC-2XXX Grid MicroCircuits family products converge energy and communications within the utility, industrial, commercial, and defense products markets. Grid MicroCircuits open-standard products are designed with off-the-shelf microcontrollers and digital signal processors for applications in OEM products and systems including:
· Alternative energy applications (e.g., solar inverters and wind farms);
· Meters, sensors, smart appliances & products;
· Transportation systems and infrastructure; and
· Industrial products, building automation and control systems.
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