TECSTAR Inc.'s Applied Solar Division (City of Industry, CA) has completed qualification on its radiation hard TEC2 Cascade solar cell. The TEC2 structure is an evolution of TECSTAR's TEC1 Cascade solar cell, with production deliveries exceeding 300,000. .The production TEC2 solar cell provides a minimum average 24.5-percent BOL efficiency with a P/Po of 0.87 for […]
Power-One Inc.'s (Camarillo, CA) low-profile, triple-output MPU150-3300 power supply provides current up to 35A from its 3.3V output and up to 20A from its 5V output. The 150W unit, used for redundant or N+1 systems, also has active PFC and a third output designed to deliver 12V with current capability up to 2A. The MPU150-3300's […]
AER Energy Resources Inc. (Atlanta) announced that it received an order for prototype primary zinc-air batteries with Diffusion Air Managers (DAMs) from a leading Japanese consumer electronics company. This order is a continuation of the joint evaluation agreement between the two companies announced in November 1998. The two companies will work closely together to design […]
Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA, Washington D.C.) announced today that Lynne H. Church has been named president of the national trade organization.Church will continue to be responsible for the overall day-to-day management of the association, including legislative affairs, regulatory policy development and public affairs. She will also continue to serve as a member of the […]
The US Department of Energy has awarded FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT) a $40.0 million increase and three-year extension of the company's agreement under the DOE office of fossil energy's carbonate fuel cell cooperative program. The DOE cooperative program was initiated in 1994 to develop and commercialize carbonate fuel cells that could produce power […]
Electric Fuel Corp. (Iselin, NJ) announced that the company does not presently intend to sell shares. The company's recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell three million shares of its common stock was intended only to register the shares in order to make them available for sale at a future date to […]
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ), formerly a division of Motorola, and Siliconix (Santa Clara, CA), a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA), announced that the two companies have entered into a broad cross-licensing agreement that will enable the exchange of silicon intellectual property for power management, extending battery life in applications such as cellular phones […]
SunWize Technologies Inc. (Kingston, NY) announced the completion of a 30,000-square-foot distribution and manufacturing facility in Kingston, NY. The new building, one of the largest photovoltaic facilities in the US, is designed for shorter turnaround time for module and component shipments, and more effective manufacturing of SunWize's specialty solar modules and product lines. The new […]
Aluminum-Power Inc. (Toronto, Canada), a Canadian-based high-technology company that has developed technology in the design, chemistry and manufacture of aluminum and oxygen fuel cells, has developed a metal-air fuel cell, which delivers significantly more energy in an environmentally sound battery.Aluminum-Power Inc., a member of the Eontech Group Inc., developed the cell over the past five […]
Lambda Electronics Inc. (San Diego, CA) has expanded its family of dc/dc converters with two new low-power models, the PC and PV Series. With compact footprints, the converters feature a 500Vac input-output isolation rating and over-current protection. The PC and PV modules also feature adjustable output voltages, providing greater flexibility in typical distributed-power applications such […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) has introduced the EXB50 Series of 50W high-efficiency, wide-output trim range, single-output, open-frame, isolated dc/dc converters. As next-generation communications and networking systems move to low-voltage silicon, system designers need power solutions that can compensate for anticipated changes in IC voltage. The EXB50 is suited for communications products and systems […]
Energy Ventures Inc. (EVI, Toronto) has completed the initial phase of its research, development and demonstration program on its Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) technology. The work was undertaken to verify the company's technique for resolving the methanol "crossover" problem that occurs in other DMFC technologies. The results of the initial work have also identified […]
Ballard Power Systems (Vancouver, Canada) announced that EBARA Corp. (Japan) has increased its ownership position in Ballard Generation Systems (BGS) to 11.4 percent, or 10 percent on a fully diluted basis, from six percent for a total subscription price of $19.1 million.BGS was formed to commercialize proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power generators that […]
Reliant Energy (Houston, TX) signed a licensing agreement on June 28, with the Texas A&M University System granting the company exclusive rights to develop and market important improvements in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology.The new technology was developed by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), a state research agency and an A&M System […]
Pulizzi Engineering Inc. (Santa Ana, CA) announced the release of USL/CNL listed accessory power-distribution systems, models TPC981-2615,T9C981-2617, TPC981-2626 and T9092B-CB-2618. USL/CNL indicates investigation to the US and the Canadian Standard for Safety of Information Technology Equipment, including Electrical Business Equipment, CAN/CSA C22.2, No. 950-95 and UL 1950 third edition, which are based on the fourth […]