Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI) announced that its subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company Inc., has entered into a patent license agreement in connection with its proprietary nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery technology with Lexel Battery Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China). Under the consumer battery license grant, Lexel has a royalty-bearing, nonexclusive right to make, use […]
Astris Energi Inc. (Mississauga, ON) reported that discussions are continuing with nine potential joint-venture partners in six different countries, most of which were former partners with ZeTek Power plc (UK), the only other manufacturer of alkaline fuel cells, which recently declared bankruptcy. Of special interest to such system integrators are Astris' 2.5kW alkaline fuel cells, […]
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Reno, NV) announced a successful series of its advanced solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) test demonstrations. The first series of...
Superior MicroPowders LLC (SMP, Albuquerque, NM) announced that it has been granted two National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (ATP) awards for the development of high-volume manufacturing of next-generation, membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs) for direct-methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) and reformed-fuel, polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The SMP NIST ATP award entitled, […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced that it has delivered a 4kW, cogeneration, fuel cell system to Naps Systems Oy (Finland), a leading solar power system company, for the Environmental Information Centre in Hammarby Sjostad Stockholm, Sweden, as a demonstration of a sustainable energy system that provides both electricity and heat. Naps Systems and its […]
Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems LLC (Rochester Hills, MI), a 50-50 owned limited-liability company whose members are Texaco Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corp. (San Francisco, CA), and Ovonic Battery Company Inc., a subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Troy, MI), announced that Thomas Neslage has been named President and Chief Operating Officer. […]
Energy Visions Inc. (EVI, Ottawa, ON) announced that it has modeled a hybrid system using a combination of the company's proprietary technologies, the direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) and nickel-zinc (NiZn) battery. The EVI DMFC system operates directly on methanol extracting hydrogen without a fuel reformer, and the company believes the selective integrated combination of the […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that it has delivered a StarSine power conditioning system (PCS) to FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) to provide the electrical balance of plant for its Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) megawatt-class fuel cell system. The StarSine system was manufactured using MegaVerter power blocks and advanced digital controls specifically designed for alternative […]
AFS Trinity Power Corp. (Seattle, WA) announced a new flywheel technology and the award of a patent for the technology from the US Patent Office. The technology is expected to be used in second-generation flywheel/diesel hybrid trucks and buses as well as in flywheel/solar-energy momentum (EMW) systems in satellites and spacecraft. The new technology, called […]
Lithium Technology Corp. (LTC, Plymouth Meeting, PA) announced that in collaboration with lithium-polymer battery company GAIA Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH (GAIA, Germany), it is in the process of completing a prototype 42V battery for BMW AG (Frankfurt, Germany) under a firm purchase order to GAIA from BMW. Delivery is scheduled for July through August of 2002. The […]
Central Semiconductor Corp. (Hauppauge, NY) announced the release of the CMKSH-3DO dual-opposing polarity, ULTRAmini, schottky diode in the six-lead, SOT-363, surface-mount package,...
Metallic Power Inc. (Carlsbad, CA) has appointed Leap Wireless International Inc. Chairman and CEO and QUALCOMM co-founder Harvey White to its board of advisors. In this capacity, White will help Metallic Power plan the deployment of its technology in telecommunications backup power applications and manage its rapid growth. Metallic Power President and CEO Jeffrey Colborn […]
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (Shell, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has announced the launch of a project in Norway to explore possible large-scale applications of new zero-emission, solid-oxide fuel cell technology driven by natural gas. A project team consisting of Shell International Ltd., Aker Kvaerner and Statkraft will perform a pilot study to explore the […]
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that Dr. Edwin Nowicki, associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary, will join Sustainable Energy's advisory board. Nowicki has been providing technical advice to management over the past few months, and has become familiar with Sustainable Energy's power inverter […]
Midtronics Inc. (Willowbrook, IL) announced the promotion of Ron Ortiz to the position of Vice President and General Manager of the Midtronics group. Ortiz previously served as vice president of operations, and joined Midtronics in 1999 as the director of strategic marketing. In his new role, Ortiz takes responsibility for the day-to-day management of Midtronics, […]