Advanced Energy Research Corp. (AER, St. Petersburg, FL) announced the appointment of Jack Durham as CTO. Durham developed TrueFuel for AER, which is an alternative fuel similar to synthetic gas. Durham previously worked with the US Environmental Protection Agency for 27 years as a senior research chemist and science program manager. "Under my technological leadership, […]
Solectria Corp. (Woburn, MA) announced that John Mulcair has joined the company as its new president. Mulcair has extensive experience guiding small and mid-sized companies in the high-technology and energy sectors. Anita Rajan, who has served as president of Solectria since she co-founded it in 1989, has assumed the role of an executive vice president […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced that its products performed successfully in tests conducted by Concurrent Technologies Corp. (CTC, Johnstown, PA) on behalf of the US Air Force's (USAF) Air Expeditionary Force Battlelab (AEFB), Common Core Power Production (C2P2) Initiative. The US Air Force Battlelabs are chartered to demonstrate the military utility of existing technologies […]
ChevronTexaco Corp. (San Francisco, CA) announced that its energy services subsidiary, Chevron Energy Solutions LP (Chevron ES), is collaborating with Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Troy, MI) to broaden the commercial application of flexible solar-electric roofing materials and high-performance NiMH batteries, as well as hydrogen storage systems and fuel cell technologies. Under a series of […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced that the company and Gaz de France (France) have installed the first of six beta residential...
Shanghai Optical Communications Corp. (China) introduced its new PX-B/C/D/E/F/G lithium-ion batteries, which are sealed with soft aluminum-laminated materials and offer a high...
Christie/Marathon Power Technologies (Waco, TX) announced the new RF80-K battery charger/analyzer, which provides enhanced servicing for NiCd and lead-acid batteries. The unit...
Cadex Electronics Inc. (Richmond, BC) introduced the new Quicktest battery analyzer that measures the state-of-health of a battery in three minutes. Based...
Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL), Holt Power Systems Inc. (Sacramento, CA) and Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) held a power quality seminar and...
Allegro MicroSystems Inc. (Worcester, MA) introduced its next-generation, omnipolar A3212, an ultra-sensitive, pole-independent, Hall-effect switch with a latched digital output. The A3212...
ICP Global Technologies Inc. (Montreal, Canada) announced that its portable solar charger, the iSun, is being released as a renewable and portable power charger for all cell phones, MP3 players, PDAs, laptops and other small electronic devices. The device is the first modular and scalable solar charger that is adaptable to any rechargeable battery-powered portable […]
Lithium Technology Corp. (LTC, Plymouth Meeting, PA) announced that it has signed a letter of intent to merge with GAIA (Nordhausen, Germany)....
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced the latest addition to its power management family, the TCM809/810 and TCM811/812 system supervisors. The TCM809/810...
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced that it has completed the acquisition of the interest of EBARA Corp. (Japan) in Ballard's stationary power subsidiary, Ballard Generation Systems Inc., through the issuance of 1,233,566 of Ballard's common shares in a transaction valued at US$35.8 million. EBARA is subject to a minimum four-year hold period for […]
UNIPOWER Telecom (Coral Springs, FL), a division of UNIPOWER Corp., introduced its new INV2500-HS telecom inverter, which is a hot-swap inverter producing...