Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Troy, MI) has named William M. Wicker, currently senior vice president of Texaco (White Plains, NY), and James R. Metzger, currently vice president and chief technology officer of Texaco, to ECD's board of directors.Texaco is a strategic partner with ECD in the global energy market.
AER Energy Resources Inc. (Atlanta) has announced operating results for the second quarter ending on June 30, 2000. The company's second quarter net loss for 2000 was $1.26 million, or $0.05 per share, versus a net loss of $0.91 million, or $0.04 per share, for the same period in 1999. Revenues of $0.11 million and […]
The 16th Annual Battery Conference on Applications and Advances (Long Beach, CA) has announced it will feature two parallel tracks of sixteen technical sessions providing an opportunity for an in-depth examination of issues associated with the analysis, design and selection of batteries and power conditioners. Performance and cost goals of various applications will be discussed. […]
AEG SVS Power Supply Systems GmbH (Furth, Germany) presented their new UPS at the Hanover Trade Fair 2000. According to AEG SVS, this new UPS is the first to make exclusive use of UltraCaps from EPCOS AG as the storage medium instead of lead-acid accumulators. The new UPS uses a total of 115 UltraCaps with […]
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) has introduced their LM3620 Series. The LM3620 Series of controllers are monolithic ICs designed to control the charging and end-of-charge control for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. The LM3620 is available in two versions for one- or two-cell charger applications. Each version provides the option of selecting the appropriate termination voltage […]
NEC Mobile Energy Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has begun selling a manganese laminate, lithium-ion, rechargeable, secondary battery. The company aims to meet market needs for the compact design of mobile terminal products such as cellular phones and PDAs. The batteries use a laminate film for battery packaging instead of conventional aluminum and iron packaging, making the […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) has announced that Dr. Gerald Wilson has agreed to serve on SatCon's board of directors.Dr. Wilson is the chairman of the science advisory boards of General Motors (Detroit) and Pratt and Whitney (East Hartford, CT) and a member of the science advisory board for Cummins Engine (Columbus, IN).
Motorola Inc. (Schaumberg, IL) reported record sales of $9.3 billion in the second quarter of 2000. For ongoing operations, this is an increase of 22 percent from $7.6 billion a year earlier. Excluding special items, earnings from ongoing operations were a record $515.0 million, or $0.23 per share, up 91 percent from $269.0 million, or […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced it has broken ground on its new manufacturing facility in Torrington to meet demand for its Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plants. The 65,000-square foot facility will allow for the expansion of manufacturing capacity of power plants to 50MW annually in 2001, ramping up to an anticipated annual production capacity […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced its second-quarter 2000 financial results. Results show that the company's revenue increased 7 percent sequentially in the second quarter, and 19 percent over the same period in 1999. Semiconductor revenue increased 22 percent, compared with a year ago and 6 percent sequentially, despite the absence of an $85.0 […]
Dallas Semiconductor (Dallas, TX) announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0325 on each outstanding share of its common stock, payable on Sept. 1, 2000, to holders of record on Aug. 15, 2000.
Electric Auto Corp. (EAC, Fort Lauderdale, FL) has announced that Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu, director of the Clean Energy Research Institute of the University of Miami (Miami, FL) and editor-in-chief of the monthly scientific journal, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, has joined EAC as vice president of hydrogen and fuel cell development. According to EAC, […]
Electric Fuel Corp. (Iselin, NJ) announced that Comp USA (Dallas, TX) will distribute Electric Fuel's line of ZincAir primary cellular-phone batteries in retail outlets nationwide starting in mid-August.Electric Fuel's disposable batteries are based on the company's advanced zinc-air technology and, at 3,300mAh, are the highest capacity cellular-phone batteries available. The ZincAir cellular-phone batteries provide three […]
PowerCache (San Diego, CA), a Maxwell Technologies (San Diego, CA) company, announced the availability of the PC10, a miniature, 10-farad ultracapacitor. The...
The external communications power supply market is being driven primarily by -48V rectifier and VRLA battery sales, but "new equipment in unfamiliar places" is behind the growth of emerging communications segments. This trend and more are discussed in the new Darnell Group report, Global Communications Power: Market Forecasts, Emerging Technologies and Competitive Analysis. This nearly […]