I’m here at the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. If you ask any student to point to the silicon content in their house they will immediately point to their solar array. Very few will point to the dozens of inverters, power supplies, TV’s, computers, ipods, horizontal axis washers, LED lights, or other items that are [...]
Starting tomorrow in the U.S., TI will host MCU Day, its largest worldwide training event to be held around the world at more than 150 locations. This free, one-day technical training event will explore TI’s broad MCU portfolio, including MSP430™ ultra-low power MCUs, C2000™ real-time MCUs and ARM® Cortex-M3-based Stellaris® MCUs as well as ARM9-based [...]
The deployment of smart meters in Europe is planned to reach about 100 millions of units in the coming 10 years.
This past week, I was able to see the efforts provided by the entire European utility market while visiting major meter manufacturers in France. France is very unique in that its market is very [...]
Wireless communications for Automated Meter Reading (AMR) promise tremendous time and cost savings for utilities. However, specific challenges exist when selecting and implementing an AMR solution. Due to certain topology restraints, AMR can be conducted via “drive by” (or “walk by”) reading, where a utility employee literally drives by and collects the data. Therefore, data [...]
Battle over energy provisions in stimulus bill
Today President Obama went to the Department of Energy (DoE) to accelerate and defend the smart grid and other key energy investments in the stimulus bill. The stimulus bill contains billions of dollars to fund investments in the smart grid, and efficiency upgrades for an estimated 72% of federal [...]
I found this interesting article in The New York Times Green Inc blog, titled “A Solar Boost for the Sunshine State.“ There are several aspects in this topic that are very interesting.
Serious attention is being paid in the US towards reducing the dependency on fossil fuels at a grid level. Many countries in Europe such [...]
My name is Chris Link, and I’m responsible for business development and our strategy for all energy-related technologies. Energy technology is an exciting space because I get to do two things: grow the business and make this world a better place. My job is to look for opportunities in areas where semiconductor innovation previously wasn’t [...]
I’m Mark Buccini and I work with TI’s Strategic Marketing team, focused on smart grid technologies. I work with customers who are developing new ways to make the grid more efficient and balance, including products to help consumers better manage their energy consumption. One technology I’m particularly interested in is smart metering, which is just [...]