The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report in its investigation into the fatal crash of a Tesla Model S in April near Houston. The report states that when the car started, security video shows the owner in the driver’s seat, contradicting reports at the time of the April 17 accident that […]
Villara Energy Systems, a provider of energy storage systems, has launched a new home battery – the VillaGrid. Villa’s energy storage system (ESS) harnesses lithium titanate chemistry and offers a 20-year warranty. “We set out to engineer a battery that would last twice as long and provide twice the power,” says Rick Wylie, president of […]
Antivirus vendor NortonLifeLock this afternoon reported fiscal Q4 revenue and profit that topped Wall Street’s expectations, and an outlook that was higher for this quarter and for the full year as well, and announced it intends to increase its revenue by “double digits” each year, over the next three to five years, and to generate […]
Michael Simari/Car and Driver In a crash and subsequent fire of a Tesla Model S near Houston, Texas, over the weekend, police say they are certain there was no one sitting in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, implying it was using Autopilot at the time. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, however, said on Twitter that […]
Written on {{ “2021-05-10T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-05-10T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Covid-19 emptied the offices, but after the first euphoria of teleworking, people are now feeling lonely working at home. It would, however, have been possible to safely continue working in physical teams with the aid of Genano’s innovative air purification […]
Palm Springs, California, utility Desert Community Energy has agreed to a 20-year PPA with Vesper Energy for the 50-MW solar, 200-MWh storage Deer Creek project. DCE is purchasing all of the energy from the project. This is the first solar + storage contract entered into by DCE. The Deer Creek Solar + Storage project is scheduled […]
May 10, 2021 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Change comes with the territory in business. Fail to adapt, and your company can quickly shutter. However, the pace of change in the digital age has become exponential and is disrupting even large, successful companies that might seem secure. In fact, […]
Creating Energy Resilience in Your Manufacturing Facility Achieving energy resilience at a manufacturing facility or elsewhere is a two-part process. First, it requires ensuring you have a reliable power supply. Next, an energy-resilient company must have thorough plans for how to respond if a power failure occurs. Desktop Metal Develops New Additive Manufacturing Process for […]
smartbuildingmag.com 10 {{ “2021-05-10T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-05-10T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-05-10T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Phoenix Contact News With the IPD pluggable installation system, Phoenix Contact allows easy and time-saving power distribution in building and infrastructure equipment. This ensures trouble-free operation and reliable assembly even in particularly […]
Robotics and automation have already been in the solar industry for years. Visit any solar module manufacturing facility (like SPW did when checking out Silfab Solar in Ontario) and you’ll find robotic arms assembling cells into strings, soldering wires and sealing backsheets. Even outside of manufacturing, more robotics are now entering solar services. From utility-scale […]