Catalytica Energy Systems Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced that it has appointed James Schlatter to the position of Vice President, Research and Development Center. In this newly created position, Schlatter will act as general manager of the company's Mountain View operation following the previously announced relocation of a number of corporate functions beginning in October […]
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has introduced a new family of dual 150mA CMOS LDO regulators for battery-powered and instrumentation applications. Designated the LX8221 family, the new regulators feature a typical dropout voltage of 175mV at 100mA, an ultra-low shutdown current that's typically less than 1uA, a choice of fixed or adjustable output […]
Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT, Ontario) has been awarded a contract by the Government of Canada to deliver a pre-production fuel cell system for their diver heating application. The contract is for $277,000 over 12 months, with the deliverable being a compact, pre-production system for the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine. This contract follows […]
Dynasty Motorcar Corp. (Kelowna, BC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mario Gottfried, of Mexico City, for the rights to Gottfried's patented zero-emission Cubic Electro-Mechanical Battery (CEMB) technology. The agreement grants Dynasty the exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and distribute this technology for mobile, stationary and portable applications worldwide, with the exception of […]
International Fuel Cells (South Windsor, CT), a unit of United Technologies Corp., announced the sale of a fuel cell system that will power a recreational center in Woking, England, and be the first commercial fuel cell operating in the UK. The 200kW PC25 system will be installed at Woking Park and will provide electricity and […]
Changhong Battery Co. Ltd. (China) hopes to expand its exports of electrode plates with the establishment of a joint lab with Toshiba (Japan). Changhong Battery has introduced four battery production lines with a production capacity of 300 units per minute. This year, Changhong Battery has already exported 783,000 units, higher by 290 percent compared with […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) reported revenues of $7.6 million for the third quarter ended July 31, 2001, compared with revenues of $4.1 million in the same quarter of 2000, an increase of 85 percent. Net loss for the period was $2.8 million, or $0.08, per basic and diluted share compared with a net loss […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced it has formed a joint development agreement with DuPont Fluoroproducts (Wilmington, DE) aimed at developing direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for portable and mobile applications. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to develop direct methanol fuel cell products in the range of 100W to 1,000W, initially […]
Hydrogenics Corp. (Toronto) announced the highlights of its corporate activity and its financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2001. Hydrogenics recorded revenues of $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001, compared to $2.8 million for the same period in 2000. Hydrogenics incurred a net loss of $2.3 million, or […]
Desay Power Technology Co. Ltd. (China) has commenced mass production of zinc-air batteries for the mobile communications industry in the domestic and overseas market. The company invested about $12.0 million in the project, which is expected to reach an annual capacity of 60 million units of AA- and AAA-size batteries.
Global Thermoelectric Inc. (Canada) announced that Global and Suburban Propane LP (Suburban, Whippany, NJ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This MOU establishes the first strategic alliance in North America to develop and distribute SOFC power products in propane markets. "We expect the alliance of Global and Suburban will accelerate the commercialization of our […]
Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) announced plans to launch a manganese dioxide, lithium-ion primary battery, the CR-V3, for high-powered devices such as...
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced it's plan to integrate a 5kW PEM DCH Enable fuel cell with a natural gas reformer supplied by UOP LLC (Des Plaines, IL) to provide a stand-alone power quality system for an electric utility in France by year-end. The fuel cell was delivered by DHC to UOP's facility last […]
Astris Energi Inc. (Ontario) announced that Astris and ACE Golf Cars, a division of ACE Concept Inc. (Indian Wells, CA), have signed a letter of intent covering the establishment of a joint venture of other small vehicles. Under terms of the letter of intent, ACE proposes to finance the 50-50 venture with an initial investment […]
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Canada) and GPU Inc. (Morristown, NJ) announced that their respective subsidiaries, Ballard Generation Systems (BGS) and GPU Diversified Holdings LLC, have restructured their relationship to allow for increased focus on the market and distribution aspects of commercializing fuel cell products for stationary applications. In anticipation of the launching of commercial stationary […]