Electric Cars Need A Smarter Grid February 15, 2011
Auto manufacturers are currently producing plug-in electric vehicles that are safe, affordable and fun to drive.
State and federal governments are encouraging consumer adoption of EVs through generous tax rebates. Consumers will be enticed by federal tax credits of up to $7,500 for each electric vehicle purchased, and California is among one of the few states dangling additional credits for drivers.
PCN Creates an ‘All-Terrain Vehicle’ of Communication January 31, 2011
PCN Technology’s system enables data to be transferred using existing wired networks that perform other functions.
By Brad Graves, San Diego Business Journal
Monday, January 31, 2011
Call someone a birdbrain and you might be paying them a compliment.
The electronics from PCN Technology Inc. mimic one feature of a bird brain. Far from being a drawback, it’s a selling point.
PCN offers a system to send information over wires built for and performing other functions, such as a building’s electrical power circuits.
PCN Attracts Attention Of Congressional Leader in Energy Policy January 11, 2011
(San Diego, CA) January 11, 2011
Following the recent news on PCN’s latest award for its advanced technology, PCN management received the following message from Congressman Brian P. Bilbray, a Member of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee:
PCN IP-485 Platform Selected as Most Innovative Communications and IT Products January 4, 2011
PCN IP-485™ Products Accelerate the Industrial Communication Revolution by Immediately Unifying Private Control Networks with Open Standard Feature-Rich Internet Networks
SAN DIEGO, January 4, 2011 – Before a sold out crowd of over 800 business leaders and entrepreneurs, San Diego’s leading technology nonprofit organization, CONNECT, announced that PCN’s IP-485 products were the 2010 top award winner for innovation for Communication & Information Technology. Easily integrated into existing machine to machine control networks by using the same twisted pair wire already installed; PCN IP-485 products transition secure and reliable private control networks into a unified interconnected Control and IP based network offering a combined solution while simultaneously maintaining the benefits of each independent system. Acknowledged as a world leading program recognizing emerging technologies, CONNECT’s past award recipients have been companies such as Qualcomm, General Atomics, Entropic Communications, Freescale among others. Read the rest of this entry »
SGIP Governing Board Approves Key Standards: Internet Protocols (PAP 1) and Electric Vehicles (PAP 11) December 23, 2010
The SGIP Governing Board today (December 20, 2010) approved three key sets of standards, the first to emerge from the Priority Action Plan (PAP) teams. The Board’s approval signifies that these standards are now ready for inclusion on the SGIP Catalog of Standards, where they will guide the development of an interoperable Smart Grid.
