Month: September 2024

Eaton AbleEdge smart breakers add intelligent load management to extend backup duration during grid outages and optimize energy use Collaboration and interoperability make it easier and faster for customers to integrate residential solar, energy storage systems  

PITTSBURGH, September 9, 2024 /3BL/ – Intelligent power management company Eaton announces a planned collaboration with Tesla designed to boost the functionality and adoption of home energy storage and solar installations in North America. Targeting early 2025, Tesla’s Powerwall would support Eaton’s new AbleEdgeTM smart breakers and make it easier and faster for installers and homeowners to achieve intelligent load management functionality that helps optimize energy use and extend backup duration during a grid outage.  

This would align with Eaton’s Home as a Grid strategy by creating flexible power systems that manage energy consumption in an integrated way and transforms what is possible for the home as an energy source. The Eaton and Tesla solutions will be on display during RE+ 24 at Eaton booth D32011 and Tesla booth D22041 in Anaheim, California from September 10 through 12. 

“Until now, installing energy storage with load management was a complex and time-consuming process. By leveraging the joint expertise and expansive installed base of Eaton and Tesla, we’re planning to bring a solution to the mainstream market that utilizes dynamic, automated energy load management to intelligently extend available battery duration in an outage,” said Paul Ryan, general manager of Connected Solutions and EV Charging at Eaton. “Ensuring your Powerwall and renewable energy assets can power precisely what you need, when you need it.”

Eaton’s AbleEdge smart breakers will be able to be integrated into to any Eaton BR loadcenter and meter breaker in a flexible, scalable and modular design optimized to reduce equipment cost and installation time. The Tesla Powerwall is expected to integrate with the Eaton smart breakers and will provide energy storage with novel load management. Built upon a foundation of secure connectivity, the interoperable solution will help reduce complexity by enabling homeowners and installers to use Tesla’s app to install, commission and control both technologies. 

“This collaboration will enhance what’s possible within the home energy ecosystem, allowing our customers to get even more value from their Powerwall and Solar and furthering our mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.” said James Bickford, Director Global Sales, Residential Energy Products at Tesla.

The joint solution is intended to integrate security protocols at every phase of product creation, demonstrating the leadership of Eaton and Tesla in supporting trusted environments. Eaton’s components are backed by the company’s secure-by-design philosophy that ensures its products meet rigorous cybersecurity and safety design standards. 

Learn more about Eaton’s home energy management system and Home as a Grid approach. 

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy sources, helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges, and building a more sustainable society for people today and generations to come. 

Eaton was founded in 1911 and has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange for more than a century. We reported revenues of $23.2 billion in 2023 and serve customers in more than 160 countries. For more information, visit Eaton.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.

Contact:

Kristin Somers
+1.919.345.3714
Kristincsomers@eaton.com

Regina Parundik 
Cobblestone Communications
+1.412.559.1614
Regina@cobblecreative.com 

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Curiosity Cube mobile science lab offers students and teachers an opportunity to spark curiosity beyond the classroom Research signals need to bring hands-on science to students to fill future STEM job pipeline 

BURLINGTON, Mass., September 9, 2024 /3BL/ – MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, is partnering with the Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning ABC series “Abbott Elementary” to promote the Curiosity Cube—a solar-powered shipping container turned mobile science lab—program’s mission of raising awareness around STEM education. The partnership adds several stops to the Curiosity Cube tour, increasing access to high-quality, hands-on science experiences in some of the biggest cities in the U.S., including Boston, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.

“Abbott Elementary” follows a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Ahead of the season four premiere this fall, students at 14 schools in five major U.S. cities will interact with real scientists at the Curiosity Cube. MilliporeSigma has a strong history of promoting STEM education, with its global employee volunteer program, SPARK™, engaging more than 439,000 students through hands-on science lessons since 2016.

“Working with Abbott Elementary, we are raising the visibility of STEM to inspire and empower students and teachers with ‘aha’ moments from hands-on learning experiences, which is critical to sparking interest in science,” said Tim M. Jaeger, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer for the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. “We hope visiting the Curiosity Cube will spark students’ scientific curiosity with a fun experience that helps lead to a future career in STEM.”

The STEM sector is outpacing other U.S. occupations, driving the demand for a diverse, skilled workforce. While 61% of middle schoolers show interest in STEM careers, 47% struggle to envision themselves as scientists, according to a MilliporeSigma survey conducted by Wakefield Research. Research shows that hands-on learning can bridge this gap by boosting confidence and critical thinking skills.

The Curiosity Cube allows visitors to connect with scientists who look like them and learn first-hand about STEM careers right in their own communities. This year, students will explore sustainability and the lifecycle of a t-shirt through three interactive experiments using modular electronics, digital microscopes and other scientific instruments, all led by local MilliporeSigma employees.

Since 2017, the Curiosity Cube has reached over 200,000 students in 14 countries across North America and Europe. For 2024, the goal is to impact 45,000 students or more, prioritizing those in underserved and under-resourced communities. In 2023, 95% of the schools that the Curiosity Cube visited identify as Title 1 schools, highlighting this commitment.

Season four of “Abbott Elementary” premieres on Wednesday, October 9, at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on ABC, next day on Hulu. Previous seasons are available to stream on Hulu.

Visit TheCuriosityCube.com to learn more about the Curiosity Cube mobile science lab, view the 2024 tour schedule and experience the Curiosity Cube app. Follow the Curiosity Cube on Instagram @curiositycube_milliporesigma.

About the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany  

The Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, which operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada, has more than 28,000 employees and more than 55 total manufacturing and testing sites worldwide, with a portfolio of more than 300,000 products focused on scientific discovery, biomanufacturing and testing services. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, operates across healthcare, life science and electronics.  

Around 63,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. From providing products and services that accelerate drug development and manufacturing as well as discovering unique ways to treat the most challenging diseases to enabling the intelligence of devices – the company is everywhere. In 2023, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, generated sales of € 21 billion in 65 countries. 

The company holds the global rights to the name and trademark “Merck” internationally. The only exceptions are the United States and Canada, where the business sectors of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operate as MilliporeSigma in life science, EMD Serono in healthcare and EMD Electronics in electronics. Since its founding in 1668, scientific exploration and responsible entrepreneurship have been key to the company’s technological and scientific advances. To this day, the founding family remains the majority owner of the publicly listed company. For more information about Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, visit www.emdgroup.com.  

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About Abbott Elementary

In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible educators may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.