{"id":2945,"date":"2017-02-20T07:56:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T12:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poweramericainstitute.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2945"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:01:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:01:19","slug":"atompower-announces-siemens-investment","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/news\/atompower-announces-siemens-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"AtomPower Announces Siemens Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for PowerAmerica member Atom Power \u2013 the Charlotte-based startup recently announced it has secured an equity investment from Siemens, a large producer of energy-efficient technologies. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/charlotte\/news\/2017\/02\/10\/local-energy-startup-secures-investment-siemens.html?ana=e_me_set1&amp;s=scroll&amp;ed=2017-02-10&amp;u=DSh%2FldPRK6ZwlAZsg4wt5Q0770b32f&amp;t=1486734869&amp;j=77350481\">Read the full story about the announcement here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Atom Power has developed what it claims to be \u201cthe world\u2019s fastest circuit breaker,\u201d using silicon carbide technology, effectively eliminating arc flash and short circuit malfunctions and making electricity safer.\u00a0 PowerAmerica funding provided the financial means for the company to develop and demonstrate larger amperage and higher voltage products. The circuit breaker is one of the first commercially viable, solid-state circuit breakers for commercial and industrial building markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for PowerAmerica member Atom Power \u2013 the Charlotte-based startup recently announced it has secured an equity investment from Siemens, a large producer of energy-efficient technologies. Read the full [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2945"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=2945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}