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Jim Saber
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NextEnergy

NextEnergy blog:

NextHome - A connected home for a connected world

 
Today, we are living in a connected world that provides us with many benefits.  We can access and customize information to suit our needs and preferences, and make real time decisions.   This "connectivity" continues to grow far beyond how and when we keep in touch with family and friends.  What if you could control all of your home appliances and devices from a central dashboard on your smart phone?  Or turn your electric vehicle into a generator during power outages to provide electricity to your home? 

 

Now consider that virtually all of the technology that allows us to stay connected is powered via direct current (DC) power. This includes our consumer electronics, appliances, heating and cooling systems, and with the rapid adoption of light emitting diodes (LEDs), our lights. Basically, anything that has a semiconductor runs on DC power.

 

So what's the big deal? The problem is that electricity moves throughout our homes and buildings in alternating current (AC). When AC is converted to DC to power all those individual devices, the end result is wasted energy (and dollars).

 

Read more here.

 

US battery value-chain companies: 
The Battery Show Matchmaking Forum
September 17-19, 2013 |Novi, MI
 
NextEnergy is partnering with The Battery Show to create a highly targeted and valuable forum for global battery product manufacturers looking to form strategic partnerships with US organizations to establish or increase their presence in the US.

Connect with leading global battery OEMs!

We've heard from over 30 leading global battery manufacturing supply chain firms and now we want to hear from you!
 
If you are a potential US partner interested in exploring teaming arrangements, simply complete this survey.

Survey deadline: August 23, 2013  
  • The Battery Show and NextEnergy will find suitable companies that fit with your interest, capabilities, and coordinate meetings 
  • Meeting invitations will be sent to accepted companies that match partnering criteria and coordinated by The Battery Show and NextEnergy well in advance of the event
  • Meetings will take place at The Battery Show in Novi, September 17-19, 2013
Apply today!
Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition (AMIC)
November 12-14, 2013
 
The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is an international business competition designed to highlight Michigan as a robust and vibrant venue for innovation and business opportunity. The competition is led by the Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan (Ann Arbor SPARK,
Automation Alley, Macomb-OU INCubator, and TechTown), the New Economy Initiative, the University Research Corridor
(Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University) and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC).
 
Interested in attending?
Apply here (application deadline August 7, 2013) 
Abstract:  Maximum 250 words
Executive Summary: Maximum 5 pages
Join the celebration and see advanced technology in action!
Camp Grayling 100 
July 20, 2013  | Grayling, MI
 
Meet Michigan's Vehicle to Grid team at the Camp Grayling 100 celebration! NextEnergy, General Dynamics Land Systems, TM3 Systems, TARDEC and Oakland University will demonstrate how the General Dynamics E-Stryker can export electrical power through a TM3 Systems unit to power a mobile command center.

 

You can also see advanced technology demonstrations by NextEnergy partners ZeroBase Energy and ShadePlex.

 
For more information, click here.

Advanced Energy Innovation Award winners:
Arborlight and Inmatech
 
NextEnergy recently awarded two $10,000 Advanced Energy Innovation Awards at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest (GLEQ)
Entrepreneur Connect 2013 event on June 18 in Lansing.  
 
Entrepreneur Connect, now it its 13th  year, is an annual statewide business plan competition awards event for technology ventures. NextEnergy presented the awards to two Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan spin-offs, Inmatech and Arborlight
 
Read more here.
 
Outdoor lighting competition open!
Next Generation Luminaries 
SSL Outdoor Design Competition
 
The 2013 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting
Outdoor Design Competition has officially launched! Written Intents to Submit are due by September 20, 2013, and must be submitted online here. 
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Final submission forms are due byOctober 11, 2013, and physical product samples are due by November 1. Judging takes place in December, and results will be announced in February 2014.

NextEnergy board update:
Welcome Barteau and Hilfinger!
 
We are pleased to announce the appointment of two new board members, Mark Barteau, Director, University of Michigan Energy Institute and inaugural DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research and Steve Hilfinger, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer , Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). 
 
Read more here.

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Upcoming events

View our full events calendar here.

 

Intersolar North America

July 8-11, 2013

San Francisco, CA

 

V2V & V2I USA 2013

July 9-10, 2013

Novi, MI

 

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference 2013

July 12-15, 2013

Napa Valley, CA 

 

Essentials of an SBIR/STTR Commercialization Plan

July 30, 2013

Webinar

 

Biomass 2013

July 31-August 1, 2013

Washington DC

 

Fundamentals of Wind Power Plant Design

August 13-16, 2013

Madison, Wisconsin

 

Darnell's Energy Summit

September 9-13, 2013

Dallas, Texas

 

Michigan Energy Forum - Energy Management Technologies

September 12, 2013

Ann Arbor, MI

 

The Battery Show

September 17-19, 2013

Novi, MI

 

Great Lakes Wind Collaborative Annual Meeting

September 23, 2013

Columbus, Ohio

 

Ohio Wind Energy Summit

September 24, 2013

Columbus, Ohio

 

POWER-GEN Brasil

September 24-26, 2013

Sao Paulo, Brasil

 

Utility Scale Solar Summit

September 24-26

San Diego, CA 

 

Algae Biomass Summit

September 30- October 3, 2013

Rochester, New York

Funding opportunities

View our full list of funding opportunities here.

 

Notice of Intent: Hydrogen Delivery Technologies

 

Notice of Intent: Hydrogen Production Research and Development

 

Notice of Intent: Research and Development for Hydrogen Storage

 

RFI-Personal Comfort Systems to Reduce Building Energy Consumption

Deadline: July 22, 2013

 

Efficiently Leverage Equilibrium Mechanisms for Engineering New Thermochemical Storage

Deadline: July 23, 2013

Awards: Up to $20M over four years

 

Methane Hydrates

Deadline: July 26, 2013

Awards: $20M for 10 awards

 

Integrated Forest Products Research Program

Deadline: July 31, 2013

Awards: $1.4M total

 

Advanced Materials Center of Excellence

Deadline: August 12, 2013

 

EPA SBIR: Phase 1*

Deadline: August 13, 2013

Awards: $2M total, up to $100K per award

 

Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers

Pre-Proposal Deadline: 

August 26, 2013

Full Proposal Deadline: 

January 10, 2014

Awards: $25M total for up to 10 awards

 

USDA SBIR - Phase 1*

Deadline: September 26, 2013

Awards: $18/3M total

 

Notice of Intent: Marine and Hydrokinetic (Wave) Testing Infrastructure Development

Deadline: September 30, 2013

 

NOAA's FY2012-FY2013 Broad Agency Announcement

Deadline: September 30, 2013

 

ERDC Agency Announcement

Deadline: January 31, 2014

 

Business & Employment opportunities

Business Development Manager

Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC)

Detroit, MI

 

Executive Assistant

Kuntzsch Business Services

Grand Ledge, MI

 

Consultant/Senior Consultant

Kuntzsch Business Services

Grand Ledge, MI

 

Associate Investigator (Research/Engineering)

Michigan Works Job Posting

Mount Clemens, MI

 

Energy Engineer

Root3 Technologies

Chicago, IL

 

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