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dcbel to receive $52M+ courtesy of California Energy Commission V2X grant

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Martedì, Gennaio 9, 2024
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The $52 million award will be used to accelerate the deployment of Home Energy Stations throughout California.

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  • The $52 million award will be used to accelerate the deployment of Home Energy Stations throughout California.
  • To execute this project, dcbel will collaborate with a consortium of esteemed partners including UC Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Southern California Edison, Sonoma Clean Power and Grid Alternatives.
  • dcbel Chorus, a CSIP-certified, real-time technical aggregation IoT platform enabling affordable, easy and automatic residential energy production, storage and export.
  • Importantly, the Home Energy Station is ready to serve even the most demanding residential energy prosumers from the get-go.

Nutcracker Therapeutics Named Industry Veteran Samuel Deutsch as Chief Scientific Officer

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Lunedì, Gennaio 8, 2024
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Nutcracker Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to developing transformative RNA therapies through its proprietary platform, today announced the promotion of Samuel Deutsch, Ph.D., as the company’s chief scientific officer (CSO).

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  • Nutcracker Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to developing transformative RNA therapies through its proprietary platform, today announced the promotion of Samuel Deutsch, Ph.D., as the company’s chief scientific officer (CSO).
  • “I’m thrilled to assume my new role, and to continue leading Nutcracker’s research team through a new era of growth and innovation,” said Dr. Deutsch.
  • Before joining Nutcracker, Dr. Deutsch was a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Lab and led the DNA synthesis foundry at the Joint Genome Institute.
  • “Sam has brought invaluable experience and leadership to Nutcracker since its establishment in 2018,” said Igor Khandros, CEO.

OpenADR Alliance Launches New Communications Standard to Help Utilities Manage Growth in Renewable Energy Sources and EV Charging

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Martedì, Novembre 28, 2023
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This means that energy companies are having to manage more decentralised and distributed energy resources, scaling operations while ensuring compatibility and interoperability.

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  • This means that energy companies are having to manage more decentralised and distributed energy resources, scaling operations while ensuring compatibility and interoperability.
  • "OpenADR is critical in providing seamless communications between different devices and systems, and between utilities and customers.
  • OpenADR 3.0 provides simplicity at a time when technology is becoming more complex, making energy management easier and future-proofing energy systems.
  • The OpenADR Alliance has several companies now piloting the new OpenADR 3.0 standard.

Prospect Silicon Valley Spotlights Significant Decarbonization Projects of the Year

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Martedì, Dicembre 19, 2023
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prospect Silicon Valley (ProspectSV), a nonprofit cleantech innovation and social impact hub focusing on decarbonization technologies, strategies, and deployments, highlights notable projects from 2023 that are paving the way for decarbonization in public and private institutions.

Key Points: 
  • SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prospect Silicon Valley (ProspectSV), a nonprofit cleantech innovation and social impact hub focusing on decarbonization technologies, strategies, and deployments, highlights notable projects from 2023 that are paving the way for decarbonization in public and private institutions.
  • Notable projects include:
    Empower Procurement (2018-2023): A California Energy Commission funded project to streamline DER procurement for buyers and sellers, providing technical assistance to 25+ public institutions in line with California's energy goals.
  • ProspectSV provided thorough analyses on building and fleet portfolios to cities and schools, including data collection templates, replacement recommendations, strategic plans, and funding opportunities.
  • Anticipating continued momentum, ProspectSV is poised to collaborate with premier engineering and technical institutions to pioneer innovative approaches to decarbonization.

Zayo Partners with U.S. National Laboratories and Rice University to Deliver Groundbreaking Research that Uncovers New Sustainable Energy Sources

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Giovedì, Dicembre 7, 2023
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Berkeley Lab and the DOE have been exploring geothermal energy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels for decades.

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  • Berkeley Lab and the DOE have been exploring geothermal energy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels for decades.
  • Clean energy sources like geothermal energy are necessary for producing sustainable energy, reducing emissions, and addressing climate change.
  • The Imperial Valley Dark Fiber Project, which kicked off in 2019, sought to develop strategies to better find these resources through seismic sensing via existing telecom dark fiber.
  • “We are proud to have played a role in advancing the discovery and development of clean energy sources, in keeping with our longstanding commitment to drive a sustainable future.

IQM announces expansion to US, signs partnership with UC Berkeley to develop advanced quantum processors

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Giovedì, Dicembre 14, 2023
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The US expansion will also offer IQM a myriad of opportunities to integrate with quantum research organisations.

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  • The US expansion will also offer IQM a myriad of opportunities to integrate with quantum research organisations.
  • "The expansion is truly a big bang for IQM, and kicking it off together with UC Berkeley is exactly in line with our mission.
  • The partnership between IQM and UC Berkeley will develop the next generation of advanced superconducting quantum processors.
  • The teams at IQM and UC Berkeley will fabricate 3D-integrated versions of novel quantum processors that have high quantum coherence and minimal levels of unwanted crosstalk.

COP28 Highlight: NaaS held "Enterprise-Association-Academy-Research" Hybrid Forum for Seeking Opportunity of China-UAE Cooperation in New Energy

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Giovedì, Dicembre 14, 2023
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The forum is intended to make China's new energy practice cases known in the world and tap into space and potential in the future of new energy.

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  • The forum is intended to make China's new energy practice cases known in the world and tap into space and potential in the future of new energy.
  • Wang Xiangyi, Secretary-General of CANGO and Yang Fuqiang, Distinguished Research Fellow (DRF) of Institute of Energy, Peking University graced and addressed the forum.
  • Mr. Zhai defined transport as a crucial area of carbon emissions, accounting for 1/4 of the world's total carbon emissions.
  • During COP28, Chinese firms engaged in energy digitization, typified by NaaS, provided reference and experience in promoting green reform and sustainability pattern.

Linux Foundation Announces Intent to Form the High Performance Software Foundation

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Lunedì, Novembre 13, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the intention to form the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF). Through a series of technical projects, HPSF aims to build, promote, and advance a portable software stack for high performance computing (HPC) by increasing adoption, lowering barriers to contribution, and supporting development efforts.

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  • Foundation aims to build, promote, and advance a portable core software stack for high performance computing.
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the intention to form the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF).
  • Foundation aims to build, promote, and advance a portable core software stack for high performance computing.
  • As an umbrella project under the Linux Foundation, HPSF intends to provide a neutral space for pivotal projects in the high performance software ecosystem, enabling industry, academia, and government entities to collaborate together on the scientific software stack.

Ridepanda secures new investment to bring e-bike benefits to enterprise partners and their employees

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Giovedì, Novembre 9, 2023
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Anish Patel from Yamaha Motor Ventures shared, “The Bicycle commuter Act is back in congress to create $81/month pre-tax commuter benefit for biking.

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  • Anish Patel from Yamaha Motor Ventures shared, “The Bicycle commuter Act is back in congress to create $81/month pre-tax commuter benefit for biking.
  • “Ridepanda is primed to be the largest mobility platform combining employer engagement and ‘return-to-work’ with employees' desire for flexible and sustainable commute options.
  • We’re excited to help the team accelerate the shift to zero-emission vehicles,” stated Phil O’Connor, Managing Partner at Blackhorn Ventures.
  • Interested employers and public agencies should visit www.ridepanda.com to sign up to demo the platform.

New MLPerf Training and HPC Benchmark Results Showcase 49X Performance Gains in 5 Years

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Mercoledì, Novembre 8, 2023
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Today, MLCommons® announced new results from two industry-standard MLPerf™ benchmark suites:

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  • Today, MLCommons® announced new results from two industry-standard MLPerf™ benchmark suites:
    The MLPerf Training v3.1 suite, which measures the performance of training machine learning models.
  • The MLPerf HPC (High Performance Computing) v.3.0 benchmark suite, which is targeted at supercomputers and measures the performance of training machine learning models for scientific applications and data.
  • The MLPerf Training benchmark suite comprises full system tests that stress machine learning models, software, and hardware for a broad range of applications.
  • To view the results for MLPerf Training v3.1 and MLPerf HPC v3.0 and find additional information about the benchmarks, please visit the Training and HPC benchmark pages.