AFS Trinity Reports Its Battery/Ultracap Plug in Hybrid System Is 6 Times More Durable Than Lithium Batteries Alone

AFS Trinity Power Corporation today reported independent test results demonstrating that the company’s “Extreme Hybrid” technology that utilizes batteries in combination with ultracapacitors will enable a plug in hybrid vehicle using the system to have a useful life that is 6 times greater than plug ins that use lithium batteries alone... 

Axion Power Signs $6.4 Million Manufacturing Contract

Axion Power International, Inc., a leading developer of battery technologies and advanced energy storage devices, announced today that it has received a purchase order for 92,250 flooded lead-acid batteries that it will produce over the next 11 months under a toll-manufacturing contract with a major North American battery manufacturer. The purchase... 

Advanced Control Systems Chosen to Deliver PRISM SCADA for City of Glendale

Advanced Control Systems, Inc. (ACS), a leading provider of smart grid automation and system solutions to global utilities, announced that it has recently been awarded a contract by the City of Glendale, CA to deliver its PRISM(tm) SCADA system to Glendale Water & Power (GWP), the city’s municipal utility. The new system will provide Glendale... 

Advanced Control Systems Responds to Severe Midwest Floods With Record Breaking Delivery Time for ITC Midwest

Advanced Control Systems, Inc. (ACS), a leading provider of smart grid automation and system solutions to global utilities, recently completed an expedited delivery of two ACS substation automation systems to ITC Midwest LLC, a subsidiary of ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE:ITC), in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In response to the widespread flooding that overtook Eastern... 

ACEC Opposes Lawmakers’ Piecemeal Approach for New Energy Strategy

ACEC President David A. Raymond is urging the Senate to adopt a comprehensive approach to addressing rising energy prices that includes all options—expanded production of U.S. oil and gas and nuclear, along with wind and solar, as well as other renewable sources. “This piecemeal approach to solving our national energy problem is ridiculous,” Raymond...