Friday, March 18, 2016Interview With Kevin Smith, SolarReserve
In the quest to find a cleaner source of electricity for the world's growing energy needs, and to help tackle growing climate change issues, there has been a lot of attention on solar energy. However, solar energy—by its nature—typically has only been useful on an intermittent basis, and, without energy storage, is difficult to manage and cannot be used at night. One solar technology that can handle that need for energy storage is solar thermal. Los Angeles-based SolarReserve (www.solarres (More info...)
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Electricitybilling.com Sets Up Shop In Santa MonicaAustralian cloud billing software developer Electricitybilling.com says that it has set up a new office in Santa Monica, to provide West Coast coverage in the United States. According to the cloud software provider, it selected Santa Monica due to the quality of the talent in the region, and the similar culture to Australia. Electricitybilling.com helps utilities provide Internet-based electric and water utility billing services. The company's U.S. CEO is Morgan Duncan, who will be based in Sant (More info...)
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Transphorm Adds Distributors For Power ElectronicsGoleta-based gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor developer Transphorm has added two new distributors, the company said this week, to carry its GaN power transistors and modules. Transphorm said it has added Rihardson Electronis and A/D Sales, to help extend channel support for its devices. Transphorm develops high efficiency power conversion devices, which are used for power inverters, power supplies, and other similar uses. The company said its devices provide over 99 percent efficiency. Tradit (More info...)
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Ace Metrix Weights In On Anti-Trump TV Ad EffectivenessLos Angeles-based b>Ace Metrix, which provides measurement tools for video advertising, says that its analysis shows that heavy anti-Donald Trump TV ads are actually very effective at swaying Independent voters away from Donald Trump. The company--which typically applies its video ad analytics technology to figuring out which ads work best for commercial marketers--said the most effective video advertisement spot currently running is "TALK TALK TALK", an ad created by a Super PAC in favor of Joh (More info...)
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