Whistler Inc. announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the fuel cell division of Anuvu Inc. (Sacramento, CA), including the rights to the Carbon-X fuel cell, an innovative proton-exchange membrane fuel cell specially designed for mass production. Whistler will acquire 100 percent of the shares of the fuel cell division of Anuvu in exchange […]
Hydrogenics Corp. announced its corporate activity and financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2001. Hydrogenics recorded revenues of $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001, compared with $2.6 million for the same period in 2000. Hydrogenics recorded net income of $0.3 million, or $0.01 per share, for the three […]
Multiplier Industries Corp. (Mt. Kisco, NY) announced the availability of its M191202/2, M278P2 and M838P2 rechargeable replacement batteries. The M191202/2 is a...
The Sixth IASTED International Symposium on Power Generation and Renewable Energy Sources (PGRES 2002) will be held at the Marina Beach Marriott in Marina Del Ray, CA, May 13-15, 2002. The symposium will focus on the latest research in the field of renewable energy, efficient power generation, inverter technology, and regulation and deregulation. PGRES 2002 […]
Guangdong Jiangmen JJJ Battery Fty. (China) announced the JPZ Series of prismatic nickel-zinc batteries that provide high energy density and high power...
Champion Microelectronic Corp. (Taiwan) announced the new CM2841 CMOS LDO regulators with enable and power-good functions. The regulators consume a quiescent current of 30µA (typical) and 35µA (maximum). The devices are housed in space-saving SOT23-5 packages. They can be employed in battery-powered devices, PDAs, mobile telephones, cable modems and LCD monitors. The regulators provide an […]
Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC1998, a highly accurate, adjustable low-voltage detector designed to provide low-battery-voltage warning in single-cell, lithium-ion battery applications. Using a proprietary internal architecture, it maintains one-percent accuracy over temperature even when using low-cost one-percent resistors to set the threshold voltage, allowing a maximum safe runtime without over-discharge. Unlike fixed-voltage […]
Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Rocky Hill, CT) announced that it has signed an agreement with the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) providing $1.5 million to accelerate commercial deployment of its UNIGEN fuel cell product family. CCEF's funding is for initial commercial product and market development of breakthrough power quality and energy-storage products incorporating Proton's hydrogen-generation […]
Global Thermoelectric Inc. (Calgary) announced that Peter Garrett has joined the company as COO, reporting to Jim Perry, president and CEO. In his new role, Garrett will be responsible for the commercialization of Global's solid-oxide fuel-cell-based products. Prior to joining Global, Garrett was vice president of wireless access development for Nortel Networks, where he served […]
Enova Systems Inc. (Torrance, CA) announced that it has entered into a strategic relationship with Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI). Enova has been selected by Ford's Th!nk brand to develop and manufacture a high-power, high-voltage conversion module (HEC) for their upcoming fuel cell vehicle. Under the terms of the strategic relationship, Ford will have the […]
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced results for the three months ended September 30, 2001. Revenues for the third quarter of 2001 were $251,078, compared with $150,578 in the same period of last year. Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, were $727,009, compared to $671,354 for the nine months ended September 30, […]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI) announced its operating results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2001. Revenues increased 122 percent to $22,459,000, compared to $10,134,000 in the first quarter last year. The company's net loss was $2,765,000, compared to $1,745,000 in the same quarter last year. On a per-share basis, the […]
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced the MCP602X family of op amps for low-current, high-performance applications. The MCP602X op amps offer designers...
Sipex Corp. (Billerica, MA) announced the new SP6231, which is claimed to be the industry's first smart LDO voltage regulator that is...
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that SatCon Power Systems Canada has received an order for its StarSine power conditioning system (PCS) from SAFT (France). SAFT will supply an advanced lithium-ion battery as the energy-storage device, and the distributed power generation device will be a 60kW microturbine. SatCon's StarSine PCS will provide the power conversion […]