Catalytica Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced that Dennis Riebe has joined Catalytica Energy Systems Inc. as its CFO. Riebe joins the company with over 34 years experience in the gas turbine and aircraft industries. Riebe spent 10 years at Allied-Signal Engines, which has since merged with Honeywell, where he served as CFO. His experience also […]
AstroPower Inc. has announced that it has filed an S-3 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed public offering of two million shares of common stock to be sold by the company. In addition, the offering will include a 300,000 share over-allotment option granted to the underwriters consisting of 200,000 […]
Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) announced that it is expanding its manufacturing facilities ten-fold to meet anticipated demand for its innovative, flywheel-based power-quality products. The company cites increased demand for the Caterpillar-branded CAT UPS and the CleanSource dc as driving the need for expansion. Active Power recently added 27,000 square feet of manufacturing space, and […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) stated that it is powering up its power-management products and opening up a global design center in Grenoble, France. The company will use the design center to develop power-management chips and design services to lever the company's pan-European efforts. ON also has facilities in Roznov; the Czech Republic; and Toulouse, France. […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) has announced that its packaged solar-electric-power SunUPS photovoltaic system is the first photovoltaic system with battery storage to be approved under the Florida Photovoltaic Buildings Program of the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). As a result of the approval, utilities and other program partners can receive rebate funds from the state […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) has signed a memorandum of understanding with SGL Carbon (Wiesbaden, Germany) to jointly develop cost-effective graphite plate components customized for use in H Power Corp.'s PEM fuel cells. H. Frank Gibbard, CEO of H Power Corp., commented, "Using molded graphite plates instead of machined plates will reduce the cost of […]
Sustainable Energy (Alberta, Canada) has successfully field-tested its power-management module for residential stationary fuel cell systems. The power-management module was designed to meet a need in the fuel cell industry for a power-conditioning system that would integrate variable voltage outputs of fuel cells with a transient power source, such as batteries or flywheels, to meet […]
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Toronto, Canada) reports that Matsushita Electric Works (Japan) has agreed to use its fuel cells for the field-testing of a 250W portable power generator. Matsushita Electric Works, which has been evaluating Ballard's fuel cells since 1996, will advance that relationship into a supply agreement, the terms of which were not disclosed. […]
Polytron Devices Inc. (Paterson, NJ) has added a complete series of surface-mount dc/dc converters, available in 1.0W and 1.8W packages, to their line. This series, designated SMI.0 and SMI.8, is housed in a 1.0" x 0.35" x 0.37" package. The company claims that it is ideal for all I/O board-system and sub-system distributed-power configurations where […]
Fuel cell developer Dais-Analytic (Odessa, FL) announced an investment by Enron North America (Houston, TX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Corp. (Houston, TX). As part of the alliance, Enron has made an equity investment in Dais-Analytic and will support market development, distribution and other field services for Dais-Analytic's products. Financial details of the deal […]
Metallic Power (Carlsbad, CA) announced that it has closed its third round of venture capital funding, with $18.0 million in new investments and four new investors: Beacon Group Energy Funds, Cinergy Ventures LLC, Cominco Ltd. and Perseus LLC. This round of financing also saw the return of previous investors, including Nth Power, Arete Corporation, Hydro-Québec […]
Potrans Electrical Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced the introduction of its new 5W power supply, the CP00511060. This external, switch-mode power supply is said to be one of the smallest additions to Potrans' base of switch-mode and transformer lines. The plug-in style unit is currently available with 6Vdc at 750mA, with an input voltage of 100Vac […]
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) introduced the NET1-4130, the first ac/dc power supply of their new NET1 Series featuring efficient dual geometric edge (EDGE) technology. The EDGE technology is claimed to increase the ability of next-generation systems to deliver greater output currents to Internet infrastructure and communications equipment. With EDGE technology, the NET1 Series is capable […]
Catalytica Inc. (Mountain View, CA) has reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2000. For the third quarter, total revenues were $77,224,000 compared with $98,465,000 reported in the same period of the prior year. The decline in revenues for the quarter was primarily related to the scheduled step-down in […]
Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that in May 2001 they will begin the mass production of a new type of lithium-polymer batteries with capacities ranging up to 1,650mAh. The new lithium-polymer batteries employ an integrated structure of positive/negative electrodes and a separator, which can change its thickness and size. The power capacity can […]