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Scaling of Energy Storage Market Hinges on ESSI Vendors

May 28, 2015April 22, 2022 by Karen Henry

The scaling of the energy storage market will rely on energy storage systems integration (ESSI) vendors and their market approach, according to a new report from Navigant Research. ESSI players were rare three years ago, but today new entrants are populating the market. ESSI players include pure-play utility-scale players and ... Read more »

NEC Rolls Energy Management System in Singapore

April 26, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

NEC Asia Pacific launched its energy management and control (EMC) system, capable of reducing total energy consumption of an enterprise by more than 10 percent and up to 35 percent for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) consumption, according to the company. The EMC optimizes air conditioning, lighting and equipment ... Read more »

NEC Pays $100M for Grid Energy Storage Business of A123

March 26, 2014April 4, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

NEC is purchasing the A123 Energy Solutions business unit of A123 Systems for about $100 million. NEC says the acquisition with strengthen the energy storage capability of its smart energy business and make NEC a leading supplier of lithium-ion grid energy storage systems. An agreement on the terms of the ... Read more »

Top 10 Innovating Companies Named

October 10, 2013October 10, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Waste-to-ethanol company Enerkem, organic electronics firm Cambrios Technologies and biopesticides producer Vestaron are the top three innovating companies with the most promising growth areas, according to Lux Reasearch. Analysts selected 10 firms from the 415 they profiled in the third quarter of 2013 whose performance points to a near-term growth ... Read more »

NEC Develops Energy-Saving Cooling Technology for Data Centers

September 4, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

NEC Corporation has developed a multi-stage cooling technology that removes the heat generated by equipment mounted on racks installed in data centers. The technology could reduce air conditioning power consumption by up to 50 percent, says the company. NEC applies phase change cooling technology that it previously developed and installs ... Read more »

LG Chem, Johnson Controls, AESC Lead Li-ion Battery Market

July 9, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

LG Chem and Johnson Controls currently lead the lithium ion (li-ion) batteries for electric vehicles market in terms of both strategy and execution, according to a leaderboard report by Navigant Research. Only three companies — LG Chem, Johnson Controls and AESC — are ranked as “leaders” in the report’s leaderboard ... Read more »

NEC Provides Energy Storage Systems for Smart Grid in Rome

February 15, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

NEC Italia and Acea, the Italian multi-utility serving the Rome metropolitan area, are working together to develop lithium-ion Energy Storage Systems (ESS) to be implemented in Acea’s primary and secondary power substations. The parties signed an agreement in December 2012, marking the beginning of a partnership framework for enhancing smart ... Read more »

O2, HTC Find 82% of Customers Refuse Chargers

January 18, 2013January 18, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Mobile network O2 and phone maker HTC found that 82 percent of consumers during a three-month trial opted for the greener option and bought a mobile phone without a charger. The “Charger out of the Box” pilot launched in October to test whether customers wanted a charger included with their ... Read more »

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