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Paul Savage featured on CNNmoney.com
Nextek Power Systems hopes to become the next big thing in electrical systems for commercial buildings.
The company specializes in creating direct-current (DC) power systems, which are more efficient than the alternating-current (AC) electrical systems used in most American buildings. DC systems are also more compatible with renewable energy sources, such [...]
Emerge Alliance Forms Advisory Council
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EMerge Alliance Launched to Create a New Standard for Power Distribution and Device Control in Commercial Buildings
New, Broad-Based Consortium Assembling Expertise in Architecture, Engineering and Construction Practices to Establish a Common Platform for Building Interiors of the Future
SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In a move aimed at increasing the flexibility, efficiency and sustainability of commercial buildings, a group of visionaries today are announcing the EMerge Alliance™. The Alliance [...]
CEO to keynote IEEE conference
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Clinton Global Initiative announces that Nextek will provide systems to schools in Africa.
Nextek will design, build, test and install a solar-assisted lighting system for the Moringe Sokoine Secondary School, a secondary school in Monduli, Tanzania. Using this solar-assisted lighting system as a model, Nextek will do the same with local partners in 10 schools across the country. In neighboring Rwanda, a school will [...]
Current affairs - distributed generation microgrids must be predominantly DC to succeed
Users of a ‘microgrid’ - a system that supplies and manages power for a physical entity such as a store or factory - would be better off if most of the power used was direct current (DC) electricity generated locally, argues Paul Savage.
When it comes to Direct Current (DC), confusion reigns about [...]
Symbol of Unique Collaboration
The lineup of solar panels peering from near the southwest edge of the rooftop of Rockford Lutheran High School is not just another solar setup in town, it’s the symbol of a unique collaboration.
This collaboration includes the high school, an electric utility company, a department of the State of Illinois, an environmental [...]
Nextek Power Systems’ new solar power application approaches 100% efficiency for the Town of Hempstead
May 4, 2006 - Long Island, New York - Nextek Power Systems, Inc. and the Town of Hempstead have announced the commissioning of the first commercial-scale installation of solar electricity Direct Coupled to Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 700 series motor drives, integrated in the Town Hall’s HVAC system. Allen-Bradley and PowerFlex are trademarks [...]