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Solar Energy Provides Green Fuel

The Town of Hempstead, N.Y., combines solar energy with innovative electrical distribution and variable frequency drives to control energy costs in a green way.
Many people have been joining the green movement to some degree, that is, searching for alternative energy sources as a way to reduce pollution and other problems that can result from burning [...]

How Feed-In Tariffs Inhibit the Efficiency of Distributed Generation (DG) Or Why Home Cooking Beats Ordering-In Every Time

Part of our vision at Nextek Power Systems has been that the way to get the most out of power generated on site is to use that power onsite; where, when, and how it is generated.  For us this has meant establishing direct current (dc) power networks that are open to accept [...]

Nextek Power Systems, Inc. Pumps up the Volume

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15th, 2005
April 15, 2005 Hauppauge, New York - Nextek Power Systems, Inc. announced today the launch of its new high efficiency 75 kilowatt Digital Power Gateway to be manufactured under an Agreement with Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLDP). Ballard Power Systems is recognized as the world leader in developing, manufacturing [...]

Nextek’s Power Gateway extends the life of the Philips QL Induction Lighting system

California Energy Commission’s Rule 21 Working Group determines that Nextek’s grid-connected solar PV system does not require a utility interconnect agreement

Feb 24, 2005 Oakland , CA .
The California Energy Commission’s Rule 21 Working Group determined today that grid connected solar PV systems installed using the Nextek technology do not require a utility interconnect agreement.
The Rule 21 Working Group develops the interconnection requirements for distributed generation. It is made up of representatives from California utilities, [...]

Nextek Power Systems now listed by the California Energy Commission

Long Island, NY and Los Angeles, CA.- Nextek Power Systems announced today that their product is now listed on the California Energy Commission website in the list of Eligible Inverters for Solar Energy Systems. Although not actually an inverter, the NPS-1000 is commonly used in commercial solar system installations instead of an inverter. The Nextek [...]

Nextek Power Systems, Inc. has been nominated for the 2004 World Technology Award for Energy

We are pleased to announce that Nextek Power Systems, Inc. has been nominated for the 2004 World Technology Award for Energy. Nextek is one 14 international corporations nominated; the winner will be announced in San Francisco’s City Hall on the final night of the 2004 World Technology Summit to be held October 7th and 8th, [...]

Nextek Power Systems Attracts Green Investment

Hauppauge, NY July 19, 2004 - Nextek Power Systems, Inc., the provider of unique Direct Coupled power solutions, announced today the closing of a lead investor in the company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Shares by one of the Peter Martin Wege Trusts.
Nextek has developed and commercialized the first generation of a key power appliance that [...]

National Big Box Retailer goes On-Line with Nextek!

Nextek Power Systems recently installed a solar photovoltaic system at a large retail store in El Cajon, CA. The system directly converts sunlight into electricity and consequently emits no climate change gases or pollutants that can contribute to environmental damage. Based on the roof installation of the modules, the anticipated net ac energy savings to [...]

William McDonough joins Nextek Power Systems’ Advisory Board as Chairman; Sees Direct Coupling Solar Energy as a “Delightful Obligation”

2003: Hauppauge, New York - Nextek Power Systems, Inc. announced today the appointment of William McDonough as Chairman of its Advisory Board. McDonough, a world-renowned architect and designer has been named “A Hero of the Planet” by Time magazine, and is the source of the strategic green planning for corporations around the world, including Ford [...]