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SoCalGas Deployes Bloom Energy Microgrids In LA

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The two sites are at Monterey Park and Pico Rivera. SoCalGas says the use of fuel cells at its facility will reduce its carbon emissions by 683 metric tons per year compared to the current grid profile. The gas utility says, in addition to the two new fuel cell sytsems, it currently uses solar generation at 6 of its 113 facilities.

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Kotura Bolsters Board

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Monterey Park-based Kotura , which develops photonics semiconductors, has named a new member to its board of directors. The firm said that Brian Wong, President and CEO of Enervate, a developer of rechargeable energy storage technology, has joined the company's board. Wong also has served at D2Audio, Primarion, and Xerox.

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Kotura Acquired By Mellanox

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Monterey Park-based Kotura , the developer of silicon photonics and optical interconnection technology, has been acquired by Mellanox , the companies announced Wednesday. The deal was worth $82M in cash.

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Kotura Opens China Office

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Monterey Park-based Kotura has opened up a new office in Shenzhen, China, the firm said Tuesday. According to the company, the new office will provide sales and marketing, manufacturing and R&D support to its customers in China. The new office will be headed by Yicheng Lu, who was most recently at JDSU.

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Kotura Signs European Distributor

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Monterey Park-based Kotura , a developer of silicon photonics components, said this week that it has added a distrbutor covering Europe. The firm said it has signed AMS Technologies, a firm specializing in optoelectronics, thermal management and power electronics, as part of a pan-European distribution agreement.

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Kotura Advances High Speed Optoelectronics Technology

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Monterey Park-based Kotura , a developer of high speed optoelectronics products, said this week that it has demonstrated a high-speed horizontal p-i-n germanium photo detector integrated with silicon waveguides on a single chip, based on a project developed with DARPA.

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Southern California Teams Named Cleantech Open Semifinalists

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In the Renewable Energy category, Pasadena-based Nascent Solar Technologies and Viresco Energy of Riverside were recognized; in Smart Power, Monterey Park-based Extreme Capacitor was a semifinalist.