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 […]
C&D Technologies (Blue Bell, PA) introduced the WPN30R Series of 30W regulated high-density dc/dc converters. These converters feature a remote sense facility that allows the user to compensate for long line lengths. Available with an input voltage range of either 18 to 35Vdc or 36 to 75Vdc, the dc/dc converter can be specified with single […]
Powerbox (Sweden) has debuted the PX15 UPS. A line-interactive UPS with sinewave output, the PX15 covers a voltage range from 500VA to 3,200VA and can be used as a tower, desktop, rack-mount or wall-mount. Each PX15 model is 38cm deep. It has the ability to recharge its batteries quickly and provides a separate charger for […]
Ness Corp. (Korea) debuted a new line of 2.3V ultracapacitors. These ultracapacitors are specifically designed with portable and handheld devices in mind. For this reason, Ness Corp. claims that they are lighter, smaller and less expensive than regular ultracapacitors to operate. Ness Corp. also claims that the new ultracapacitors charge and discharge more than 100 […]
Powergen PLC (London, UK) has successfully completed its acquisition of LG&E Energy (Louisville, KY) and the two companies have formally begun joint operations. The merger received the approval of all state and federal regulatory bodies as well as the shareholders of both companies. The merger creates a global power company with assets of nearly $14 […]
Powerbox (Sweden) presented the PX50 ModuScale Series at electronica 2000. This new UPS is a three-phase on-line system in modular design, offering N+1 redundancy. The modules are available in 10, 15, 20 and 30kVA versions. Up to three modules can be accommodated in a 19" rack with a floor area of 0.41 square meters. Expansion […]
EOS Corp. (Camarillo, CA) has established a manufacturing site in Guon Dong, China, effectively tripling their production capacity. With the addition of the Chinese facility, EOS now has over 400,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities. The Chinese facility is ISO 9002 certified. "This partnership will allow us to produce cost-effectively in a world-class quality facility" […]
Endeavour astronauts completed their third and final spacewalk to wire up huge solar energy panels to the International Space Station before returning safely to Earth on 11 December 2000. The $600 million solar wings, stretching 240 feet from tip-to-tip and 38 feet wide, are the largest, most powerful ever built for a spacecraft. They can […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced that Gaz de France, the French national gas utility, has installed an H Power residential cogeneration fuel cell system, powered by natural gas, in a model house and has begun a five-month evaluation of the unit. The house is located on Gaz de France's research and development campus in […]
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP, Los Angeles, CA) and FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) have negotiated a contract for two additional environmentally-responsible fuel cell power plants to be installed in the Los Angeles area by DWP for $2.45 million. On 1 December, 2000, the Los Angeles City Council authorized the signing […]
IXYS Semiconductor GmbH (Lampertheim, Germany), the wholly-owned German subsidiary of IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), has filed a suit against International Rectifier (IR, El Segundo, CA), alleging infringement of patents covering design features of its integrated power module technology. The lawsuit was filed in the county court of Mannheim, Germany, charging IR with infringing at […]
Villagers of Porvenir, a remote village in Bolivia, have been communicating via the Internet since October 2000 on computers and a satellite connection powered by solar photovoltaic panels. This was made possible by a donation from American Electric Power (AEP, Columbus, OH) as well as the efforts of a dozen private and public partners. Paul […]
American Flywheel Systems Inc. and Trinity Flywheel Power have merged to create AFS Trinity Power Corp. (Seattle, WA) to address the $12 billion market for power technology serving the digital economy. Headquarters of the combined company will be in Seattle and most manufacturing as well as research and development will be located in Livermore, CA. […]
SatCon Technology (Cambridge, MA) has announced fourth quarter financial results for the period ended 30 September, 2000. Revenue for the fourth quarter increased by $6.3 million, or 157 percent, to $10.3 million versus $4.0 million in the fourth quarter of 1999. Revenue for the year ended 30 September, 2000 increased by $15.6 million, or 100 […]
The Caterpillar Uninterruptible Power Supply 250 (Cat UPS), an integrated flywheel-based power supply system developed by EPRI (Palo Alto, CA), Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) and Caterpillar Inc. (Lafayette, IN) has been declared a winner in the 2000 R&D 100 Awards program sponsored by R&D Magazine (Oak Brook, IL). Considered to be one of the […]