Power Paper Ltd. (Israel) has developed Power Paper, a new battery technology that allows open-celled batteries to be printed on paper or...
Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc. (Cambridge, MA) and Air Liquide (France) announced their agreement to form a joint venture to be based in Sassenage, France, near Grenoble. The company, whose name has not yet been announced, will develop and market, on a global scale, complete power production systems based on fuel cell and fuel processor technology. […]
Moltech Power Systems (Gainesville, FL) has expanded its power options for portable electronics with its newest lithium-ion standard battery pack. The NI2040A17,...
Duracell (Bethel, CT) recently introduced the Duracell Ultra CR-V3. An extension to the Duracell Ultra line of photo lithium batteries, the CR-V3 was designed to meet the power demands of the growing number of CR-V3 compatible digital cameras. The company claims that the new battery lasts up to twice as long as any other commercially […]
Electrofuel Inc. (Toronto, Canada) has announced its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2000. Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2001 was $123,709, reflecting sales of the PowerPad160 rechargeable laptop computer battery from the Company's low-volume production plant in Toronto. The company had no revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2000. Research […]
The power systems department of Eagle-Picher Technologies LLC (Colorado Springs, CO) celebrated the recent successful touchdown of NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)...
Honda (Japan) has equipped its latest FCX-V3 fuel cell vehicle with a Honda-designed fuel cell stack, instead of one developed by Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC). Ballard's fuel cell stacks powered earlier Honda FCX versions, including the FCX-V1 introduced in 1999. The new vehicle has joined the fleet of vehicles participating in the California […]
Lithium Technology Corp. (Plymouth Meething, PA) recently provided an update on the status of its planned merger with Ilion Technology Corp., formerly Pacific Lithium Ltd. (PLL, New Zealand). On October 2, 2000, PLL domesticated into the US as a private Delaware-based corporation. PLL changed its name to Illion Technology Corp. Ilion's anticipated IPO and NASDAQ […]
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, San Jose, CA) announced the addition of advanced lithium batteries (ALB) to its line-up of rechargeable batteries. Combining the flexibility of lithium polymer technology with the high-energy density of traditional lithium-ion batteries, Toshiba claims that the new ALBs reduce the cell thickness to as low as 1mm. In addition, […]
Valence Technology (Henderson, NV) announced that it received an additional order, valued at approximately $730,000, for their Model 25A batteries for use...
ZeTek plc (UK) recently began operation of a mass-production fuel cell plant in Cologne, Germany. The CEO of the company, Nick Abson, reported that he already had orders worth nearly $3.0 million to the end of June. He declined to name his customers, but they include a major US utility, a logistics company and British […]
DuPont (Wilmington, DE) announced that it has formed a fuel cell unit to capture a piece of the growing market for clean-energy technology. Dupont stated that it expects this market to be worth $10 billion by the end of the decade. The formation of the DuPont fuel cell division provides a business platform from which […]
Exide Technologies (Reading, PA) recently announced that Heinrich Meyr has joined the company's board of directors. Meyr is a professor of electrical engineering at Aachen University of Technology (Aachen, Germany). With a M.S. and Ph.D. from the Eidegenossische Technische Hochschule (Zurich, Switzerland) Meyr has spent more than 12 years in research and development, largely in […]
Moltech Power Systems (Gainesville, FL) has expanded its product family with a new NiMH Cs cell designed for high-temperature applications and back-up...
GreenVolt Power Corp. (Ontario, Canada) announced it will commence field-testing of its alkaline fuel cell supercapacitor power system in a custom-designed, zero-emission, four-door electric vehicle. The vehicle incorporates a compact supercapacitor to enhance the fuel cell power delivery when accelerating or hill climbing. The present 14 lead-acid, deep discharge batteries, which weigh approximately 950 pounds, […]