PCN Technology

Santa Clara, CA – PCN Technology, Inc. (PCN) (www.pcntechnology.com) recently received the award for The Most Outstanding Clean Energy “Smart Grid” Venture. The award was presented to PCN at the recent Austin Clean Energy Venture Conference held in Austin, Texas.

There was excellent feedback both before the conference and after about the importance of PCN’s technology to the Smart Grid of the future. We are very pleased that PCN was able to participate in what has quickly become the leading Clean Energy forum in the United States, noted Joel Serface, the Director of the Austin Clean Energy Incubator and principal organizer of the 2007 Austin Clean Energy Venture Conference.

PCN was asked to present its company, technology and product visions to a group of over 400 attendees including Utilities, Media, Investors and other companies who have interests in Clean Energy markets. Topics at the conference included the utility of the future, green buildings, clean transportation and the smart grid.

PCN Technology, Inc. develops, designs, and manufactures advanced embedded I/O components that use the existing energy lines to transmit mission critical data. PCN products are embedded module solutions allowing for the creation of intelligent integrated networks on the grid and within the grid providing overall communications and networking.
PCN products create the overall “smart grid” interoperating with other systems providing for the addressing, switching and routing of data adapting to current and future business needs. PCN products also provide secure connectivity to real-time applications ensuring access to mission critical information and assets. Operating on varying voltage levels, PCN products provide for applications in Utility, Distribution & Industrial Automation among overall AMI/AMR markets for energy management and building automation applications. PCN works with leading Energy OEMs, Utility, Industrial, & Distribution Automation customers for integration of its components.

The Summit also hosted a number of distinguished key note addresses. Speaker James Woolsey, former director of the CIA, discussed clean transportation solutions such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and Gary Cowger, group vice president of General Motors, talked about the Big Three automakers’ participation in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership. Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson offered statistics on the future of wind power harvested in the Gulf of Mexico, outlining how the near-constant breezes and access to power transmission lines create a nearly ideal situation for producing electricity with no carbon output. The Summit was sponsored by the Clean Energy Incubator and Austin Energy.