AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) announced that is has agreed to a six-month exclusive resale agreement with iGo Corp. (Reno, NV) for AstroPower's new AstroCharger Solar Battery Charger for mobile phones in the North American market. The AstroCharger Solar Battery Charger is a pocket-sized device that unfolds like a book, exposing two solar arrays. Placed in […]
Metallic Power (Carlsbad, CA), a developer of rapidly refuelable power sources that use zinc, has appointed Michael A. Russell as vice-president of finance and administration, treasurer, and CFO.Previously, Russell was vice-president of finance and administration for the Financial Solutions Group of HNC Software, Inc., a $200-million software developer. Prior to HNC, he held vice-president and […]
Bolder Technologies Corp.'s (Golden, CO) board of directors announced the appointment of Robert N. Hiatt as a director filling a vacancy created when David L. Riegel stepped down.Hiatt is a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT), has reported revenues of $4,936,000 for the second quarter ending on April 30, 2000, compared with revenues of $5,788,000 in the same quarter of the previous year. Net loss for the period was $1,708,000 or $0.26 per diluted share compared with a net loss of $773,000 or $0.12 per diluted […]
Danionics (Denmark), a Danish Li-Ion polymer battery supplier, has succeeded in production of a Li-ion polymer battery for Compaq's new iPAQ H3600 Pocket PC.The battery has been completed after six years of development. It has a capacity of 950mAh and is only 3mm thick, meeting the requirements for a slim battery design and utilizing the […]
BlueStar Battery Systems International Corp. (Vancouver, B.C.) announced revenues for the six months ending on March 31, 2000, as $63.1 million. This compares to $82.4 million for the same period last year.Revenue for the second quarter was decreased 29 percent at $27.7 million. The result for the second period in 1999 was $38.8 million. The […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CN), will be supplying the fuel cells for a power plant to be built at a hospital in Germany. The Rhone Klinikum, in Bad Neustadt, will be the first hospital in the world to use FuelCell Energy's Direct FuelCell technology. All the fuel cells for the project will be manufactured at […]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (Troy, MI), announced that Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries developed by its subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company Inc., powered several EVs and HEVs to victory at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's American Tour de Sol competition, May 12 to 19, 2000. A General Motors EV1, equipped with NiMH batteries produced by GM Ovonic […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that its Beacon Power Corp. affiliate has closed a $28.5 million private placement of Beacon Power's Class F preferred stock with GE Capital; Mechanical Tech., Inc.; DQE Enterprises, Inc.; the Beacon Group Energy Investment Fund II, L.P.; Penske Corporation; Micro-Generation Technology Fund; and Perseus Capital, L.L.C. GE Capital, Mechanical […]
PowerSmart Inc.'s (Shelton, CN) new PS334 IC brings a high level of accuracy to capacity monitoring, charge control and safety, providing a high level of integration and featuring six programmable outputs that eliminate the need for additional components normally required for charge control or safety. The PS334 is part of PowerSmart's P3 family of ICs […]
AER Energy Resources Inc. (Atlanta, GA), has received notification from the Japanese Patent Office regarding the March 31, 2000, issuance of a patent relating to its Diffusion Air Manager (DAM). This Japanese patent, #3051455, strengthens patent protection of the company's DAM technology in the global marketplace. AER Energy announced allowance of the claims in this […]
SPX Corp. (Muskegon, MI) declared that it has reached a settlement in the patent infringement suit between its subsidiary, General Signal Power Systems (GSPC, Necedah, WI), and American Power Conversion Corp. (APC, West Kingston, RI). Under the terms of the settlement, APC will pay SPX $48 million in consideration for a license under patents involving […]
PowerCache (San Diego, CA), a Maxwell Technologies company, has achieved Underwriters Laboratories (UL) recognition for its line of small-cell ultracapacitors, making it the only line of ultracapacitors on the market that comply with UL's Component Recognition requirements under the Capacitors, Standby Energy Storage Category BBBG2."We are extremely proud and excited that we have attained UL […]
Tyco Electronics Corp., a unit of Tyco International Ltd. (Harrisburg, PA), announced it has expanded the authorization of Arrow Electronics (Melville, NY) to carry AMP and other Tyco Electronics product brands, effective July 3, 2000. The decision reflects the dynamic increase in the product offerings of Tyco Electronics and the distribution channel changes that accompany […]
Hyundai Motor Co. (Ann Arbor, MI), is building two prototype fuel cell-powered SUVs that use fuel cells from International Fuel Cells. The internal combustion engine in Hyundai's new "Santa Fe" SUV will be replaced by a single-stack, proton-exchange membrane IFC fuel cell and an electric drive system supplied by Enova Systems (Torrance, CA), which supplies […]