The company is joining forces with the ESTECO Academy to sponsor the Microgrid Design Competition in collaboration with ANSYS and Gamma Technologies. The challenge: design the best microgrid with reduced overall costs and minimized carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, taking into account operating conditions and other constraints at the Cummins Megasite in Phaltan, India.

As the second largest producer of almonds in the world, Australia is seeing a dramatic increase in greenfield almond farm developments across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. The Almond Board of Australia is predicting orchards will grow to sprawl across more than 50,000 hectares (124,000 acres), producing an annual crop worth more than $1 billion by 2025.

Australian spray equipment manufacturer Goldacres is well known for providing a wide range of spray equipment, from its 2-litre hand held compression sprayer through to the 8,000-litre broad acre, self-propelled Super Cruiser. In 1996, Cummins was chosen as Goldacres’ driveline partner during the development of its first self-propelled Crop Cruiser sprayer. Launched in 1999, Goldacres’ flagship product was powered by a Cummins 5.9 litre 6BTA engine, rated at 177 hp (132 kW).

A bomb cyclone moved through the Northeast this week. Winds were clocked at up to 90 mph, leaving behind downed trees and power outages. More than 580,000 across New England were without power, with effects felt as far south as North Carolina and as far west as Ohio.  Pre-season storms such as this bring a “wintry mix,” of snow, sleet and freezing rain that can lead to power outages, property damage, dangerous road conditions and school closures.   Stay safe by staying home and use these suggestions to keep your little ones entertained while snowed in!

Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) has announced Kwadwo Owusu, April Evans, Lisa Farrell, Richard Reisinger, Michael Tidwell, Donald Benson, David Carey and John T. Carroll III were honored with the company’s highest technical award, the Julius Perr Innovation Award, which is given annually to employees for their contributions that made significant technological advances benefiting the company.

In order to back up two identical utilities with identical Bus A and B configurations, two generator sets that can back each other up in redundancy were required. Cummins Turkey provided the solution in the form of two Cummins C2250D5 generator sets. Powered by the heavy-duty Cummins QSK60 engine to deliver reliable power, low emissions and fast response to load changes, each unit supplies 2,250 kVA of standby power to the data center facility.

These are a few reasons a homeowner may invest in smart home technology. Eric Murrell, founder of the smart home and technology blog “At Home in the Future,” and his family recently moved into their custom smart home, making him a bit of an expert on smart home technology and gadgets. In his latest blog post for Cummins, Eric shares his favorite technologies for upgrading your home’s atmosphere, security and reliability, just in time for the holidays.

As a natural disaster preparedness expert, I believe there is no better gift than the gift of safety. If “the storm of the century” was forecasted to affect your family or friends, wouldn’t you want them to be prepared? Believe it or not, there are actually some pretty cool preparedness gifts on the market. So, before you head out to the mall, check out my top five gifts to prepare your loved ones for severe weather and power outages:

The hospitals are part of the Aga Khan network. With a focus on improving lives particularly in the developing world, the Aga Khan Development Network brings essential services to millions of people worldwide, from infrastructure like hospitals, schools and power plants to social and cultural programs like parks and museums.

Unlike most homeowners, Chad and Ariane Jester of Broken Arrow, OK never have to worry about how to pass the time during a power outage ever again.  In late July, the Jesters had The Generator Guy, a local Cummins-certified dealer, install a home standby generator. A home standby generator turns on automatically, the moment an outage occurs, ensuring vital appliances (or even your entire home) remain on.