SunTech Drive Announces Collaboration with Stanford University and Google for Energy Internet of Things ARPA-E Project
October 23, 2018
BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SunTech
Drive is pleased to announce a new collaboration with both Stanford
University and Google. The project is tied to the Department of Energy’s
NODES (Networks of Distributed Energy Systems) initiative. The objective
is to coordinate and control consumer loads and distributed energy
resources (DERs) out to the absolute edge of the grid. SunTech Drive’s
Pico family of universal variable speed motor controllers will be the
end nodes driving each of the individual loads, upgrading installed
systems to “smart” loads.
“I am glad that SunTech Drive joined Stanford University and Google
in this DOE funded initiative to advance the state of the art in the
area of distributed energy systems. The envisioned technology could
revolutionize the IoT control in the domain of electric motors, by
enabling a bi-directional, cloud-based communication and control for a
wide variety of residential and industrial loads,” said Ana Radovanovic,
Research Scientist at Google.
SunTech’s products offer full Internet-of-Things and solar ready
variable frequency drives that will work with any electric motor
regardless of voltage, frequency or phase. These universal motor
controllers also support multiple analog and digital sensors making
every motor an intelligent distributed energy end node. These products
are deployed around the globe in applications including livestock
cooling, water pumping and oil and gas installations.
“We are very excited to be partnering with SunTech Drive to develop the
higher level software architectures that will leverage their Pico
controller architecture at the end node,” said Ram Rajagopal, associate
professor at Stanford University.
The project will also involve developing mechanisms for electric
utilities to interact with individual loads using metadata schemas for
both demand reduction and diversion load control.
“We are very excited to be partnering with such notable partners on a
project with vast implications for the future of the grid,” said John
LoPorto, Chief Executive Officer of SunTech Drive.
About SunTech Drive:
SunTech Drive develops and manufactures advanced power electronics and
provides turnkey smart nanogrids in a variety of industries including
oil & gas, agriculture, aquaculture and waste water treatment.
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Contacts
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John LoPorto, 303-921-2106
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