AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) announced that it is expanding its marketing staff. The company recently completed a pilot program, called SunChoice, offering fully-packaged power systems to homes and businesses receiving traditional electric service. SunChoice is a rooftop solar system which connects to the normal utility grid and includes everything a consumer needs to generate his […]
C&D Technologies (Blue Bell, PA) announced that its board of directors approved a capital spending plan for fiscal 2002 of $75 million dollars. This is an increase of 50 percent over the current fiscal year capital budget of roughly $50 million. This budget will include capacity expansions in the company's industrial battery and power electronics […]
Dell Computer Corp. (Round Rock, TX) is recalling 27,000 batteries produced by Sanyo (Tokyo, Japan) that were shipped in some Latitude and Inspiron notebook computers. Batteries shipped from June 22, 2000 through September 15, 2000 in North and South America, and from June 22, 2000 through October 4, 2000 in Europe, the Middle East, and […]
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) has extended its MPU150 ac/dc power series by introducing the single-output MPU150-S261, a 48V power solution with single-wire current share. Designed to meet 1U height constraints, this model provides 3.75A of networking, distributed power and industrial systems. The active PFC of the MPU150-S261 complies with the requirements of European line-harmonics standard […]
Moltech Power Systems Inc. (Gainesville, FL) launched the new Millennium Rechargeable Power Systems (MRPS), its line of premium rechargeable power cells, packs...
Magna-Power Electronics Inc. (Boonton, NJ) introduced the SQ Series, a series of high-density, rack-mounted, dc switching power supplies ranging from 13.3kW to...
An analysis by Frost and Sullivan (San Jose, CA) indicates that India's drive to be an information technology giant is now dependent on UPSs. A growing number of telecommunications, financial services and manufacturing firms are now requiring higher levels of protection against power outages. Additionally, small and medium enterprises and offices are increasing their computing […]
Beacon Power Corp. (Wilmington, MA) set its planned initial public offering at eight million shares of common stock at $11 to $13 per share. In an amended prospectus filed on Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company announced that it expects to raise about $88.1 million in net proceeds from the offering. The […]
Southern Company (Atlanta, GA), Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (Montgomery, AL), FuelCell Energy (Danbury, CT) and Mercedes-Benz have joined in a historic partnership to field test an environmentally responsible power generation technology as part of the process of bringing clean energy options to the marketplace.The power plant will utilize FuelCell Energy's Direct FuelCell stack, converting pipeline […]
Motorola (Schaumburg, IL) claims it has reached another milestone in its development of a new, miniature fuel cell for hand-held phones, wireless phones and other Internet devices. The fuel cells being developed will provide more power for longer periods of time than current batteries, the company said. That, in turn, will enable not only longer […]
David G. Nord was recently named the vice president controller for the United Technologies Corp. (UTC, Hartford, CT). He will report to CFO David FitzPatrick. Nord has been UTC's acting controller since November 1999. He joined UTC in 1996 as assistant controller, performing financial reporting and accounting.Before joining UTC, Nord had been a corporate controller […]
Eltek Pacific Pty Ltd. (Sydney, Australia), a subsidiary of Eltek ASA (Drammen, Norway), was awarded a frame agreement to supply telecom power systems to Silcar (Australia). The frame agreement could generate revenues of AUD$100.0 million over a five-year period. The contract constitutes part of a delivery by Silcar to a major telecommunications carrier in Australia, […]
Darnell.Com Inc. (Corona, CA) announced the appointments of Dr. D. Bruce Merrifield and John C. Meldrum to the company's Board of Directors. Dr. Merrifield and Mr. Meldrum are the first outside directors appointed to the board.Dr. Merrifield is president and CEO of the Pridco Management Company (Washington, DC). He is Professor Emeritus of the Wharton […]
Pulizzi Engineering Inc. (Santa Ana, CA) announced the release of the TPC884-I international power-distribution system with cTUVus agency approval and the CE mark. The technology of the TPC884-I provides high-current, full-load capacity of 16A at either 110Vac to 125Vac or 200Vac to 240Vac. The built-in voltage selection switch allows the user to select the operating […]
PowerCache (San Diego, CA), a Maxwell Technologies company, announced the availability of the PC100, a 100-farad ultracapacitor. PowerCache claims that the new PC100 can increase battery operating life while reducing battery size in automatic meter readers; automotive applications; black box data recorders for commercial and military aviation; backup power for UPS applications; or any other […]