Hydrogenics Corp. (Toronto) announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TTC, Japan) to market and sell Hydrogenics' FCATS products in the Japanese market. FCATS is Hydrogenics' proprietary product line of automated, industrial systems for testing and controlling fuel cells and fuel cell stacks. "We are very excited about our […]
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Alberta, Canada) announced that it has signed a letter of intent under which its major shareholder, Sabre Energy Ltd. (Canada), will invest $5.0 million in the company's power electronics subsidiary, Sustainable Energy Laboratories Inc., in exchange for a combination of common shares and convertible debentures of Sustainable Labs. The investment is […]
Ericsson (Stockholm, Sweden) is seeking a buyer for its microelectronics unit, according to company sources. "We are constantly reviewing our activities in order to find the most efficient way of allocating resources. We are looking at various possibilities like partnerships and divestments," Ericsson spokeswoman Ase Lindskog stated. "That is part of our strategy of focusing […]
International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA) has launched a new website for China. The new site, http://www.irf.com.cn, will increase communication channels for IR customers in China using local Chinese language. The IR China website includes the latest press releases in the Chinese language, a technical information center, listings of recent events, such as local seminars […]
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. (Orlando, FL) announced that it has signed a contract with BP to install a 250kW solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) at BP's gas-to-liquids test facility in Nikiski, AK. The prototype SOFC system will be installed in 2003 and will use natural gas as its fuel. BP plans to use about 150kW of […]
Elantec Semiconductor Inc. (Milpitas, CA) introduced its multiplexing amplifiers, the EL4342C and the EL4346C. Designed to process the latest standards in PC video, including UXGA and QXGA, these new multiplexing amplifiers are also ideal for HDTV processing applications where they are used in input-switching applications. With a fixed gain of one, the EL4342C has a […]
International Power Sources Inc. (Holliston, MA) announced its new HUL200 Series of low-cost, low-profile, high power density ac/dc power supplies, which meet...
TechSys Inc. (Florham Park, NJ) announced that in conjunction with its partner Adelan Ltd. (Birmingham, England), the company has approved plans and is providing funding for the immediate expansion of Adelan's laboratory facilities at Birmingham's Research Park to advance technology development, product engineering and eventual production of its solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) products. "Adelan is […]
Battery Technologies Inc. (BTI, Ontario, Canada) has entered into an exclusive development agreement with RBC Technologies (College Station, TX) to conduct research and development into new, rechargeable alkaline chemistries. BTI is the inventor, developer and owner of the patented rechargeable alkaline manganese battery technology on which it holds 43 patents related to chemistry, product design […]
Motorola Labs (Tempe, AZ) researchers have been notified that a Power and Energy Alliance Consortium that they have formed with Honeywell International Inc. (Phoenix, AZ), Engines and Systems, SAIC, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) and others has been awarded an eight-year, $49.0 million dollar cooperative agreement by the US Army Robert Morris Acquisition […]
The board of directors of Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) voted a cash dividend for its first fiscal quarter of 2002 of $0.02 per share of common stock, payable September 5, 2001, to shareholders of record on August 23, 2001.
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) announced the appointment of Anastasia Song to the company's board of directors, effective August 9, 2001. Song is a director at Global Capital Finance Americas LLC, a privately owned international asset-based financial advisory firm. Song has more than 20 years' experience in the corporate finance industry, specializing in energy/utilities and […]
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Ontario, Canada) announced it has received an award of approximately $6.5 million (US$4.5 million) by the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) of the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC). The award is to carry out the first four years (Phase 1) of a planned 10-year program. FCT is […]
Advance-Galatrek (UK) has developed a range of single- and three-phase uninterruptible power systems (UPSs) for use in medium-sized professional data- and voice-processing environments. The units are designed to deliver sinewave power protection up to 20kVA, and offer a wide variety of customization and communication options, to provide a highly flexible power-protection installation. The MasterElite MultiTec […]
NASA's solar-powered flying wing, the Helios, took off on August 13, 2001, from Barking Sands, HI, on an attempt to reach a...