Poly-Products Ind. Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong) announced the STS 2.5W Series of switch-mode, mobile phone, battery-charger adapters. The adapters meet EN60950 and...
Mingzhi Battery Mfg. Co. Ltd. (China) introduced the Model 6FM10 sealed lead-acid (SLA) battery, which measures 151mm x 98mm x 98mm and...
Inprimis Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) and Ener1 Holdings Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, FL) announced that they have completed a securities purchase agreement and Ener1 has acquired a controlling interest in Inprimis. Under the agreement, Ener1 has agreed to purchase 47,126,416 shares of Inprimis' common stock, at a price of $0.0254634 per share, for an aggregate purchase […]
Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) announced that it has secured a waiver from its senior lenders through April 12, 2002, of certain covenants contained in the company's senior secured global credit facility. The company was not in compliance with certain financial covenants contained in its credit facility as of September 30, 2001, and secured a waiver […]
Valence Technology Inc. (Austin, TX) announced the launch of its new corporate website, which is designed to provide in-depth information on Valence's phosphate chemistry technology and an overview of the company's complete energy-solution capabilities. Additionally, it includes basic education on battery technologies and their applications. "Our revamped website is an important step in our transition […]
Yuasa Corp. (Osaka, Japan) has developed a mini fuel cell powered by renewable fuels, which the company intends to commercialize in 2003. Yuasa claims the fuel cell system is a safe, compact power source powered directly from methyl alcohol instead of extracting hydrogen from methanol, natural gas or gasoline. The system's power-generation capacity is half […]
Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York) announced that it has received a notice of allowance from the US Patent Office with respect to its application for a patent for a new class of electro-catalysts for fuel cells. The invention relates to a new class of electro-catalysts based on highly electro-conductive polymers that have transition metal atoms […]
Energy Visions Inc. (Ottawa, ON) announced that the company's board of directors have approved the audited consolidated financial statements of the corporation for the year ended September 30, 2001, and anticipate filing the statements in the US and in Canada in mid January 2002. The corporation reported consolidated revenues of $140,951, approximately 38 percent below […]
Paice Corp. (Livonia, MI) announced two new Hyperdrive automotive powertrains. The Hyperdrive is an advanced hybrid gas-electric vehicle powertrain, which uses high-voltage and high-power semiconductors, high-horsepower electric motors, a highly efficient and low-cost lead-acid battery system, and an internal combustion engine sized for maximum efficiency. "Our technology presents the opportunity to dramatically reduce dependence on […]
Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, NJ) announced that it will take a $540.0 million charge against its fourth-quarter results to account for a patent litigation settlement and costs from the loss of a jet engine contract. Honeywell stated that excluding the charge, its fourth-quarter earnings would be in line with current expectations, and that the company […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) and Marubeni Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) announced the siting of the first Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant in Asia at a Kirin brewery plant outside of Tokyo. Marubeni, FuelCell Energy's Asian partner, will supply a 250kW DFC power plant to Kirin's Toride brewery plant in the second quarter of 2002. The […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced a new switching controller for power-management applications in displays, notebooks and information infrastructure, designed to...
American Electric Power (AEP, Columbus, OH) will conduct the first US demonstration to test the combined power quality and peak shaving capabilities of the sodium sulfur (NAS) battery, an advanced electrical energy-storage technology that promises vast improvements over conventional batteries. The demonstration project is expected to be in service by mid-2002. The cost, performance and […]
A second call for papers has been issued for INTELEC 2002, which is to be held September 29 to October 3, 2002, in Montreal, Canada. Abstracts should accurately reflect the content of each proposed technical paper, and must be received by the program committee no later than January 18, 2002. The abstract should not be […]
Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) launched its first global product line of high-power battery cells with tubular plate designs. The products, for motive power applications, are being marketed through Exide's global Motive Power Business Group, which produces a complete line of lead-acid batteries for vehicles in the materials-handling industry. The new range of battery cells are […]