February 19, 2013 | Vol. 4
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NREL Helps Communities Assess Their Readiness for Electric Vehicles
The PEV Scorecard gives local leaders tips for improvement
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched a new tool to help local and regional leaders assess the readiness of their communities for the arrival of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs).
The Plug-In Electric Vehicle Community Readiness Scorecard (PEV Scorecard), developed by NREL for DOE’s Clean Cities initiative, is a detailed, interactive online assessment tool that collects information about a community’s PEV readiness, provides feedback on its progress, and offers guidance for improvement. Municipalities, counties and states can use the PEV Scorecard to ensure they’re prepared to facilitate the electrification of transportation and reap the environmental, economic and energy security benefits that come with it.
“The nationwide deployment of electric vehicles is a revolution in transportation,” said NREL engineer Mike Simpson, who led the tool’s development. “There’s a significant amount of thought and effort involved in shepherding these new technologies into our communities, and the Energy Department saw a real need to provide local and regional leaders with some interactive blueprints.”
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Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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NEMA Welcomes Call for U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations
In 2012, NEMA urged the administration to launch such negotiations as part of a strategy to reduce uncertainty and raise the level of confidence for electrical manufacturers and associated services providers that want to trade and invest
across the Atlantic.
NEMA Publishes ANSI/NEMA WC74/ICEA S-93-639 5-46kV Shielded Power Cable
for Use in the Transmission and Distribution of Electric Energy
This standards publication applies to materials, constructions, and testing of
5,000 volt to 46,000 volt shielded cross-linked polyethylene and ethylene propylene rubber-insulated wires and cables used for the transmission and distribution of electrical energy for normal conditions of installation and service either indoors, outdoors, aerial, underground, or submarine.
Agfa HealthCare's ICIS uniquely provides access, in clinically-relevant context, to multi-specialty patient imaging across the care continuum
This provides a longitudinal view of the patient's imaging throughout the enterprise,
so that clinicians have greater insight for the clinical benefit of the patient.
NEMA/BIS Forecasting Team in Top Five for Accuracy for Second Year in a Row
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) today announced that its nationally ranked forecasters Don Leavens, vice president and chief economist, and Tim Gill, director economics, placed highly in the Wall Street Journal’s Economic Forecasting Survey for the second year in a row.
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Electromagnetic compatibility and smart grid interoperability
All smart grid equipment should be designed to ensure electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) to its intended operational environment and, in particular, immunity to electromagnetic interference, the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel’s (SGIP) Electromagnetic Interoperability Issues Working Group has recommended in a new white paper.
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Energy Department, Treasury Announce Availability of $150 Million in Tax Credits for Clean Energy Manufacturers
This important tax program is focused on strengthening America's global competitiveness in clean energy manufacturing, increasing our energy security, and creating new jobs and opportunities for American workers.
U.S. Department of Energy
WETEX 2013: Water, Energy & Environment Technologies Exhibition—Inclusion of Fossil Fuels (Oil, Gas & Coal) & Smartech
Dates: April 15–17, 2013
Location: Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center, Dubai-UAE DEWA (Dubai Electricity & Water Authority) annually organizes a very important B2B trade fair called WETEX in Dubai, which is traditionally known for its high reach among the decision makers of the entire spectrum of public utility companies in the UAE and GCC alike.
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
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