About Nextek
Nextek Power Systems, Inc. is a pioneer in direct current (DC) power networks for buildings. The Nextek Direct Coupling® power distribution platform delivers superior efficiency, flexibility, and reliability to interior electrical circuits and on-site power generation.
- Lowers overall power consumption
- Boosts on-site power generation efficiency by 10% to 50%
- Improves use of on-site stored power by 20% to 30%
- Adapts to changing interiors at zero change over cost
- Renders electrical circuits uninterruptible at low cost
Nextek delivers Direct Coupling® power server solutions in sizes ranging from a 1600 watt Class 2 power supply that is DC FlexZone compatible, to systems over 100 kilowatts with partners like Armstrong World Industries, Johnson Controls, and OSRAM Sylvania.
With 30 issued patents and over 50 installations in the US and around the world, Nextek demonstrates lower cost and higher efficiency benefits to Fortune 100 customers including Ford Motor Company, Frito-Lay and PNC Financial, and top-tier manufacturing partners like Philips Lighting and Delta Products Corporation. Nextek partners with sector-leading electrical goods and systems manufacturers to deliver Direct Coupling® technology inside their product offerings.
Nextek promotes the establishment of a DC power standard with global leaders in building products, lighting, and controls as a founding member of the Emerge Alliance®. Nextek is contracted by the US Department of Energy and the Department of Defense to deliver Direct Coupling® DC power innovations for Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems and Vehicle to Grid systems. Nextek collaborates with the Electrical Power Research Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and Sandia National Lab on DC Power projects.
Nextek Power Systems Inc. is located in Detroit, Michigan and Bohemia, New York. In Detroit, as a Lab tenant at the NextEnergy Center, Nextek aims to leverage the existing manufacturing and supply chains to mass-produce Direct Coupling® power servers at lower cost to boost renewable energy use globally while enabling access to reliable electrical power in developing countries. Nextek envisions a hybrid energy economy in which vehicles and buildings optimize and share a variety of energy sources through the development of micro-grid technologies “Made in Detroit.”
