General Motors Corp. (Detroit, MI) announced that it plans to have fuel-cell-powered electric generators commercially available by 2005. GM would not produce the generators, but would provide the fuel cell technology through partnerships with other companies, which it plans to announce later this year. GM hopes to produce prototype units by late 2003 or 2004 […]
General Motors Corp. (GM, Detroit, MI) announced that it will enter the backup power systems market by selling stationary fuel cells to...
International Rectifier Corp. (El Segundo, CA) introduced its new 150U® Series 235A, standard-recovery, stud-mount rectifiers in the DO-8 package, which are used...
Global Thermoelectric Inc. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced operational and financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2002. Revenue from thermoelectric...
ReGen Tech Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland), developers of zero-emission power systems, have begun to test how ready the UK portable generator market is for fuel cell generator systems to replace diesel systems. The company reports it will begin introduction and field trials of its SiGen-5 5kVA prototype system, which uses alkaline technology (the SiGen 5 will […]
Palcan Fuel Cell Co. Ltd. (Burnaby, BC) announced the release of a new fuel cell stack, which is said to optimize system...
Researchers at Industrial Research Ltd. (IRL, Christchurch, New Zealand) are demonstrating a trial fuel-cell generator system that is capable of providing electricity...
UTC Fuel Cells (South Windsor, CT), a unit of United Technologies Corp. (South Windsor, CT), announced the installation by Austin Energy (Austin, TX) of a 200kW PC25 fuel cell system to provide 900,000btu of heat and distributed power at the Rebekah Baines Johnson Health Center in Austin, TX. The PC25 uses a fuel processor to […]
Moltech Corp. (Tucson, AZ) announced that it will begin doing business as Sion Power Corp., effective immediately. The name change emphasizes the company's objective of incorporating the power of sulfur-ions into rechargeable lithium batteries for mobile electronic markets. President and CEO Frank Shinneman stated, "Accordingly, we chose to combine the letter ‘S' – the chemical […]
The Darnell Group Inc. (Corona, CA) announced the release of its updated fourth-edition study, "Power Packs for Portable Electronic Devices: Worldwide Forecasts,...
W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, DE) announced the commercial availability of next-generation GORE EXCELLERATOR® electrode assemblies and separators for electro-chemical double-layer capacitors (EDLC), also called super-capacitors, which are engineered to provide the capacitor industry with improvements in energy density, power delivery and high-volume manufacturing throughput. Suitable for regenerative braking systems, uninterruptible power supplies, energy […]
The board of directors of Modine Manufacturing Co. (Racine, WI) has elected to terminate the company's Shareholder Rights Agreement. The plan will...
Electric Fuel Corp. (New York) announced that its all-electric bus, powered by the company's zinc-air fuel cell technology, demonstrated a record 127-mile...
IMPCO Technologies Inc. (Cerritos, CA) reported results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended April 30, 2002. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002, IMPCO reported a net loss of $5.9 million, or $0.47 per share, on revenues of $23.9 million, compared to a net loss of $6.8 million, or $0.66 per share, for the fourth […]
Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc. (Cambridge, MA) and Air Liquide (Paris, France) announced an agreement to end their joint venture in the company...