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ECOtality Announces Appointment Of Donald Karner To Board Of Directors
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Nov 13, 2007 ECOtality has announced the appointment of Donald B. Karner to the Board of Directors. "Mr. Karner's tremendous knowledge and experience in energy production, storage and utilization, combined with his relationships with government agencies, electrical utilities and major automotive manufacturers, makes him a perfect fit for ECOtality's Board of Directors," said Jonathan Read, president and CEO, ECOtality. "As Mr. Karner possesses extensive technical management experience and is the current project manager of Hydrality, he will play an important role in advancing the commercial development of ECOtality's technology portfolio and will add invaluable insight to our Board and Technology Committee." Donald B. Karner has thirty years of engineering and technical project management experience. Fifteen years of this experience was in the electric utility industry where he developed and implemented strategic direction for engineering, operating and maintenance organizations ranging in size from ten to three thousand people in nuclear, fossil, environmental and rate-making arenas. The balance of his experience has been with advanced vehicle design and fueling infrastructure as the co-founder and president of Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec). Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation specializes in advanced fuel vehicle and infrastructure development for both on and off road battery electric, hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and hydrogen-fueled vehicles. In addition to his management responsibilities, Mr. Karner also serves as Technical Manager for the US Department of Energy Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity. In this capacity, he has directed more than 6 million miles of vehicle testing and evaluated more than two hundred advanced fuel vehicles. Mr. Karner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Arizona. He is also a graduate of the Public Utility Executive Program of the University of Michigan School of Business. ECOtality is a renewable energy company that acquires and commercially advances clean electric technologies and applications. ECOtality aggressively accelerates the development of companies and technologies that address today's global energy challenges. Through strategic acquisitions, partnerships and technology innovations, ECOtality strives to advance the market applicability of clean electric technologies to become accepted alternatives to carbon-based fuel technologies. CommunityEmail This Article Comment On This Article Related Links ECOtality All About Solar Energy at SolarDaily.com
Energy Focus Wins Contract To Develop Very High Efficiency Solar Cells
Newark DE (SPX) Nov 11, 2007Energy Focus Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a $1 million contract by the DuPont-University of Delaware Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) Consortium to develop advanced solar cell technologies as part of DARPA's ground breaking VHESC project with the Consortium. Energy Focus was honored earlier this year by DARPA with the 2007 DARPATech Small Business Innovation Research Award for Excellence for its work with DARPA. |
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