In 2000, Techtronic purchased North American power tool operations previously owned by Japan-based Ryobi Limited.
In the very near future, the North American power grid will be populated by a bewildering array of distributed energy resources ranging from building-integrated solar photovoltaics and micro-cogen to intelligent control systems and mesh network lighting.
FORBES: Engaging the Electric Grid - From Information to Intelligence
Cummins also cited a drain in North American demand for heavy duty trucks and power generators.
As Californians contemplate higher electric bills, the North American Electric Reliability Council -- a power producers' group based in Princeton, N.
But not until the conflict with Spain in 1898 was Yankee power projected outside the North American mainland, into the Caribbean and across the Pacific.
For its part, the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC), who oversees power market reliability, issued a December report highlighting that gas and power markets need to be more synchronized to effectively enable reliability in light of higher dependence on natural gas generation.
FORBES: Electricity and Gas Markets Are Out Of Synch: Sooner or Later, This Will Hurt Us
Bush is trying to persuade Congress to grant him broad power to negotiate trade agreements, using the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico as a model.
But he has won his first power struggle with the resignation of Ron Zarralla, the president of North American operations and apostle of the despised brand marketing.
Nor does anyone want a rerun of the overloading in early November of Germany's grid that left 10 million Europeans in five countries without power over a weekend, or of the collapse of the rickety North American grid in 2003.
He won't even change the line of a fender for years, but with the resignation of Ron Zarralla, the president of North American operations and the apostle of the despised brand-marketing, he has won his first power struggle.
应用推荐