You Can "Weigh-in" on What is Most-Important to the Future of Power? at Darnell's Power Forum

Corona, California, September 1, 2010 – Join us at Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’10), to be hosted in Chicago September 13-15, and bring your opinion about: What is Most-important for the Future of Power?

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Smart Grid Electronics Forum - Program Announced

Corona, California, August 31, 2010 – The program has been announced for the first annual Smart Grid Electronics Forum (SGEF ’10) which will be jointly hosted by Darnell Group and Hearst Electronics Group, October 18-20 in San Jose, California.

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GaN + Smart Grid + Energy Harvesting + Digital Power = Darnell's Power Forum

Corona, California, August 26, 2010 – Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’10) has expanded its focus to include the latest developments on GaN power devices, the Smart Grid, Energy Harvesting and Digital Power.

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Architectures, Topologies, Materials or Applications?

Corona, California, August 17, 2010 – You will hear diverse opinions about “What will be the Most Important Driver for the Power Electronics Industry in the Future: Architectures, Topologies, Materials or Applications?” during the Roundtable discussion at the 2010 edition of Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’10) on Monday, September 13 in Chicago.

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Program Announced for Darnell's Power Forum

Corona, California, August 2, 2010 – The program has been posted for Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’10), September 13 -15 in Chicago. Read the full press release at here

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Darnell Adds Smart Grid Coverage and Analysis

Corona, California, July 20, 2010 – As it did with digital power, energy harvesting and dc powering of buildings, Darnell Group understands the challenges posed by the smart grid. To help power supply companies capitalize on this new market, several tools and resources have been introduced, including a new “power practice” for our research team, a new Smart Grid Power Channel on www.PowerPulse.net, and a new conference, the Smart Grid Electronics Forum. The latter is being held in San Jose, California, October 18-20th. http://SmartGrid.darnell.com

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Smart Grid Electronics Forum Call For Papers

Corona, California, July 14, 2010 – A Call for Papers has been issued for the first annual Smart Grid Electronics Forum (SGEF '10) which will be jointly hosted by Darnell Group and Hearst Electronics Group, October 18-20 in San Jose, California. Control, Communications and Security will be three of the major themes of SGEF '10. The successful deployment of the smart grid will be dependent on numerous technology and standards developments for electronic equipment. For the smart grid to have benefits, it must be able to reliably communicate to the downstream loads and also be able to turn these loads on/off or turn them up/down as appropriate.

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Darnell Details Energy Harvesting Opportunities

Corona, California, July 8, 2010 – Energy harvesting has emerged onto the power electronics scene and has offered increased revenue to companies that got in on the ground floor. Darnell Group’s third-edition report of “Energy Harvesting Technologies and Energy Storage: Worldwide Forecasts,” provides a detailed road map for the growth of this emerging market for the next five years. Energy harvesting is an opportunistic technology that is being implemented in niche segments that have “environmental” challenges. If taken cumulatively over each year of the forecast period, worldwide sales of energy harvesting nodes will result in 630.5 million units being sold between 2010 and 2015.

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Darnell's Power Forum Adds Portable Power Management

Corona, California, May 19, 2010 – Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’10) has expanded its focus to include Portable Power Management as a core area for paper submissions. Portable power topics may include: next-generation rechargeable battery systems, dynamic power management, maximizing runtimes, advanced battery management, integration of micro fuel cells and energy harvesting, optimizing dc-dc converter efficiencies, subsystem power issues, wireless charging technologies, advanced architectures and efficient energy utilization, battery fuel gauging, high-performance thermal management, and so on. The deadline for proposals is June 30. Space is limited and potential authors are urged to send in their submissions early.

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Expanded Power Forum to Cover Advanced Components, Digital Power, Energy Harvesting, Smart Grid, and more

Corona, California, April 20, 2010 – An Announcement and Call for Papers has been issued for Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ‘10). DPF ’10 is an exciting new event that builds on the success of the Digital Power Forum and the nanoPower Forum. It will be hosted at the Doubletree Hotel Chicago, Oak Brook, mid-way between O’Hare and Midway airports, September 13-15, 2010. There is tremendous synergy possible from discussions broadly focused on power management, energy efficiency, advanced components, energy storage, smart grid innovations, and more. DPF ’10 will be a solutions-oriented event, with a strong emphasis on practical advances in power electronics. In addition to a strong focus on today’s “best practices,” DPF ’10 will look forward toward next-generation solutions and advances.

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DC Building Power Surging Into the Market - Don't Miss Out

Corona, California, April 6, 2010 – Expanding on earlier work done related to dc-powered data centers, dc power distribution standards for commercial, industrial and residential buildings are being set in Europe, Japan and the U.S. Commercial products have already started to appear and the market for dc building power is surging forward. Japan and the U.S. lead in the installation of dc power infrastructures in buildings. Europe is leading in the development of detailed standards for next-generation buildings. All of the dynamic and complex trends involved in the emergence of dc-powered buildings are reviewed in detail in Darnell’s just-released, 82-page first-edition report on “DC Building Power: Economic Factors, Applications Drivers, Architecture/Technology, Standards and Regulatory Developments.”

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