Morgan Stanley will own and finance solar electric power systems from SunPower on seven other Wal-Mart facilities in California.
Morgan Stanley will own and finance solar electric power systems from SunPower (nasdaq: SPWR - news - people ) on seven other Wal-Mart facilities in California.
On July 15, 1996, President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order No. 13010, in which he identified eight infrastructure systems critical to the nation's survival: telecommunications, electric power systems, oil and gas storage, transportation, banking and finance, storage and transportation, water supply systems, and emergency services (including medical, police, fire and rescue, and continuity of government).
Cummins is leading global manufacturer of diesel and natural gas engines, engine-related component products, and electric power generation systems.
The electro electric systems business markets transformers, switchgears, circuit breakers, power electronics and control systems and others.
But experts say a successful, large-scale attack on U.S. computer systems could hobble electric-power grids, transportation networks and industrial-supply chains.
At the top of the priority list must be improving the resilience of the nation's electric power generation, transmission, and distribution systems.
The company can also lean on a trade group, the U.S. Fuel Cell Council, whose members range from specialty companies like Fuel Cell Energy and Ballard Power Systems to giants like General Electric and United Technologies.
Houston-based Powell Industries (nasdaq: POWL - news - people ) makes switchboards and other kinds of electric-power distribution equipment for businesses including commuter rail systems, utilities, and oil and gas producers.
In 2009, this newspaper reported that the control systems for the U.S. electric power grid had been hacked and secret openings created so that the attacker could get back in with ease.
By unleashing a massive pulse of electromagnetic radiation sweeping over the planet, a severe solar storm could potentially knock out the electric power grid, silence radio and satellite communications and disrupt GPS navigation systems.
"Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power) should continue its efforts to improve the reliability of essential systems, to assess the structural integrity of site facilities and to enhance protection against external hazards, " the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday.
But a solar storm has the potential to disrupt the shielding effect, and severe space weather can have harmful effects on a wide array of technological systems, including satellite operations, communications, navigation and electric power grids.
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The rest comes from Regals gears, gearboxes and other power transmission equipment for cars, trains, boats and irrigation systems, plus electric motors and generators.
In the power systems business that manufactures and sells a variety of engines and diesel-electric locomotives, sales were driven by petroleum and rail applications.
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The focus is on the joint development of electrical drive technology, power electronics and charging technology as well as the integration of those systems into Volvo C30 Electric vehicles.
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Micro-grids are independent controllable and defined systems including electric generating and consuming assets that can be connected to or disconnected from the larger power grid, and they are becoming more popular.
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In the medium term, solar power combined with improved battery storage systems will make a difference, as will military vehicles with hybrid electric engines.
With its interests in power systems, transportation, medical lighting and finance, Siemens Group is Germany's answer to General Electric.
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