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EnOcean: New ways to harness energy at the press of a button

The ECO 200 energy converter coupled with the PTM 330 wireless module open up a wealth of new applications for energy-harvesting wireless technology.

Energy harvesting markets

Next week the IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage USA event will open in Boston to more than 350 attendees from 16 countries. Below are some of the highlights you should expect from the show.

EnOceanparts.com site launched for self-powered wireless products

Alpscontrols.com has announced the launch of a new website - enoceanparts.com - where EnOcean-enabled self-powered wireless technology products will be available for purchase all on one convenient site at extremely competitive prices.

Wireless sensor networks and energy harvesting coming together

Zero power wireless sensors are now available, which bring together new low power wireless ICs with energy harvesters (which harvest energy from heat, light or motion, for example) and the appropriate form of energy storage and conditioning.

EnOcean appoints Laurent Giai-Miniet as Chief Executive Officer

EnOcean GmbH has announced that it has appointed Laurent Giai-Miniet as its new Chief Executive Officer.

EnOcean Alliance members to showcase wireless energy harvesting

The EnOcean Alliance, together with supporting partners BSC Software, Dimonoff, Echoflex, ILLUMRA, Kieback & Peter, Leviton, Magnum Energy Solutions, Verve Lighting Systems, and SCL Elements will exhibit and demonstrate their cutting-edge portfolio of wireless energy harvesting products.

EnOcean and EnOcean Alliance members sponsor Empowerhouse team

EnOcean and other members of the EnOcean Alliance—Leviton, Thermokon, Intesis and Can2Go—are serving as sponsors of Empowerhouse, a team participating in the 2011 Solar Decathlon Competition.

Keynote Presentations at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Europe

Keynote Presentations at IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and WSN Europe, Munich, 21 June 2011.

EnOcean Alliance grows to 200 member companies

The EnOcean Alliance has announced it has signed up its 200th member company, NanoSense.

Short term challenges in the energy harvesting market

IDTechEx began exploring energy harvesting for small devices four years ago when it was obvious that conventional batteries were a dead end for many wireless sensor applications.

Energy harvesting: challenges for wireless monitoring applications

Energy harvesters deserve the attention they're receiving, the advent of what can be made possible through the use of ambient energy to power devices has intrigued a wide variety of technologists, developers and adopters.

Energy Harvesting Network: workshop on structural monitoring

Hosted at TRW Conekt, this workshop was designed to facilitate the definition of a number of new research challenges and the creation of multidisciplinary teams that would address them.

EnOcean now fully interoperable with TCP/IP

The EnOcean Alliance, a consortium of companies working to standardize and internationalize energy harvesting wireless technology for green intelligent buildings, announced that its wireless, battery-less energy harvesting sensors and associated control systems are now fully interoperable with TCP/IP.

EnOcean appoints Keith Garris and Christina Jones

EnOcean has announced that Keith Garris and Christina Jones have joined the company to collaborate with their growing list of Building controls and automation OEMs in identifying new projects and applications for their EnOcean enabled products.

Energy harvesting for electric vehicles

Over twenty million electric vehicles produced in 2010 will employ on-board energy harvesting to help charge the traction batteries. That includes both hybrid and pure electric vehicles.

Applying energy harvesters to textiles

Energy harvesters enabling micro-power generation provide new levels of efficiency and automation in the built environment, process control, vehicles and healthcare.

Industry leading companies join fast-growing EnOcean Alliance

The EnOcean Alliance, a consortium of companies working to standardize and internationalize energy harvesting wireless technology for green intelligent buildings is one of the fastest growing member organizations of its kind.

BSC Computer becomes a promoter of the EnOcean Alliance

BSC Computer GmbH has been announced as a promoter of the EnOcean Alliance.

Showcase of world's first self-powered CO2 sensor at ISH 2011

EnOcean Alliance member Gas Sensing Solutions announces first commercially available wireless CO2 sensor for sustainable buildings.

Scaling small energy harvesters for the grid

There are now other forms of energy harvesters developed initially at the micro level which are now being scaled to produce enough energy to replace or supplement grid power.