Ballard Power Systems (Vancouver, BC) announced that it has commissioned its initial fuel cell manufacturing facility, Plant One. A 9,900 square-meter facility, Plant One is located adjacent to Ballard's corporate headquarters. Construction of Plant One was completed in October 1999, and the building was officially opened by Jean Chrétien, prime minister of Canada, in October […]
Catalytica Inc. (Mountain View, CA) has announced the distribution ratio for the spin-off of Catalytica Energy Systems in connection with Catalytica's merger with Synotex Co. Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSM (Netherlands). Each stockholder of record at the close of business on December 15, 2000, will receive 0.16547 of a share of Catalytica Energy Systems […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) has signed a technical cooperation agreement with Elkem (Norway) to develop a low-cost process for the production of silicon for use in photovoltaic cells. The agreement includes the future establishment of a jointly-owned manufacturing venture to supply low-cost silicon feedstock to the global solar power industry. That venture would be based […]
Ericsson (Sweden) reports that it will buy at least $310.75 million of telecommunications products from Taiwan this year. Local industry experts believe that Taiwan's telecom makers have made major progress in upstream, midstream and downstream products, suggesting that Taiwan's telecom industry is growing. Also, Taiwan's makers have moved into the production of telecom components and […]
Electric Fuel Corp. (Iselin, NJ) announced that their annual meeting of shareholders was held in Penn West, in New York, NY, on 4 December 2000. Robert S. Ehrlich, chairman and CFO of the company, updated shareholders on the company's progress and introduced the management team. Ehrlich commented, "Our management team includes Yehuda Harats, president and […]
Nexergy Inc. (Columbus, OH) announced today that all three of its subsidiaries, Promark Electronics, DC Battery Products and Tauber Electronics, will now conduct business under the brand name Nexergy. Nexergy President Phil Glandon commented, "In order to make it clear that we are a single company with four locations across the country, we have decided […]
Siemens Solar (Munich, Germany) and Shell International Renewables Ltd. have announced their entrance into negotiations on closer cooperation in solar energy. The companies believe that this move will result in mutual benefits, further improving their position in the photovoltaics industry. For over a decade, Shell and Siemens Solar have been linked through two joint ventures […]
Artesyn Technologies (Ireland) has launched a 150W ac/dc open-frame power supply, the NLP150L. The new power supply has a small 3.8" x...
International Power Sources Inc. (Holliston, MA) announces the IMP30 Series, a line of medical-grade desktop ac/dc power supplies. Applications for these products...
Green Mountain Energy Co. (Austin, TX) has filed its application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC, Austin, TX) to become a retail electric service provider. Green Mountain is the first green energy company to apply for a license in Texas. The company hopes to provide cleaner and renewable electricity to Texans when the […]
APW Ltd. (Waukesha, WI) announced that is has opened a new power supplies manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China. The management team and a work force of approximately 40 people are already in place. APW believes that the Shanghai location is favorable, as APW has an existing enclosure manufacturing facility in Shanghai and there exists an […]
IdaTech (Bend, OR) announced the execution of a long-term license and distribution agreement for its patented fuel cell systems with Tokyo Boeki Ltd. (Japan). Tokyo Boeki also took a minority equity position in IdaTech and agreed to promote the IdaTech brand name in Japan exclusively. Under the terms of the agreement, Tokyo Boeki shall represent […]
Allegheny Energy Solutions (Hagerstown, MD) has added Siemens Solar Industries (SSI, Munich, Germany) to its portfolio of suppliers for distributed generation products. Through its agreement with SSI, Allegheny Energy Solutions will provide its customers with a comprehensive offering of solar electric solutions called earthsafe. These systems are suitable for industrial, commercial and residential applications. According […]
ZANE International Inc. (Grand Junction, CO) announces the DC Linear Power Supply. ZANE claims that the product's switching and linear stages are closely coordinated via an optical coupler, thus boosting efficiency and power density to near the level of buck topologies. They also maintain that the device is quiet and has low RF emissions.The DC […]
FuelCell Energy (Danbury, CT) has reported 2000 fourth quarter and year-end results. For the fourth quarter, ended 31 October 2000, FuelCell Energy reported a net loss of $1.4 million, or $0.09 cents per diluted share, compared with a profit of $0.5 million, or $0.4 cents per diluted share, during the same quarter of the previous […]