Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) announced it is expanding the space it occupies. By the end of March, the company will have moved into an additional 13,000ft square of laboratory and office space at its headquarters on Stonehollow Drive. This increases Active Power's total administration and laboratory square footage to 23,500ft. The company is also […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) announced it has been chosen by the State of New York to increase residential solar-electric power to New York consumers. The state will provide approximately $500,000 to AstroPower, who will in turn match that amount in order to market solar-electric systems to homeowners at a reduced cost. Under a bill signed […]
EOS Corp. (Camarillo, CA) announced that it has named Desmond Byrne as the new director of European and Middle East sales and operations to lead marketing, sales and business development efforts in those markets. Byrne reports to James B. Schultz, executive vice president of marketing and sales. Based in Cork, Ireland, Byrne will oversee authorized […]
PowerLight Corp. (Berkeley, CA) announced that it has recently completed installation of what PowerLight claims to be the largest roof-integrated, thin-film solar-electric system in North America. The project is located in a showcase eco-industrial park at the Port of Cape Charles, VA, nestled among permanently protected acreage on the Chesapeake Bay. PowerLight's installation consists of […]
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) is formally unveiling their recently established, wholly owned subsidiary, Enable Fuel Cell Corp. (Middleton, WI), at the Hanover Fair in Germany, March 20-25, 2000. Enable Fuel Cell, led by Vice President and General Manager Stephanie Hoffman, is focused on the continued development and commercialization of fuel cell power products. The […]
Ault Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) recently announced an all-location distribution agreement with All American Semiconductor (Miami, FL), a distributor of electronic components in North America. The agreement permits All American to distribute 100 percent of Ault's external power supply products throughout their 29 branch offices across the US. "We expect to see significant revenue growth in […]
Koor Industries Ltd. (Israel) and Electric Fuel Corp. (Iselin, NJ) jointly announced an agreement that will allow Electric Fuel to acquire the Tadiran Batteries Ltd. (Israel) subsidiary of Koor Industries Inc., and for Koor Industries to invest $10.5 million in Electric Fuel. Tadiran Batteries is claimed to be a world leader in the manufacture and […]
Sprint PCS (Kansas City, MO) and enrev Corp. (Norcross, GA), a global leader in the development of battery operating systems, recently announced that they will work together to bring the benefits of enrev technology to Sprint PCS consumers nationwide. Sprint PCS will promote the use of enrev's Battery Operating System, a patented technology that claims […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) has been selected to develop a $3.125 million program by the US Department of Energy (DOE), including 20-percent cost sharing, to support the design of a 40MW ultra-high efficiency, fuel cell/turbine hybrid power plant based on the company's Direct FuelCell (DFC). The system proposes an innovative combination of the DFC […]
BP Solarex (Baltimore, MD) announced it has incorporated its own solar technology and energy-efficient features into its new corporate headquarters. The new office building features a 23kW solar array using 540 of BP Solarex's Millenia thin-film solar modules. Electricity from the solar modules are used to power everything in the building except the HVAC and […]
ZeTek Power plc (UK) has announced an expansion program with major implications for automotive, marine and distributed power applications. The company is actively encouraging partners to sign up as ZeTek Approved Systems Integrators (ZASI) to develop specific commercial applications of its fuel cell technology. ZeTek Power's alkaline fuel cell modules generate electricity by the catalytic […]
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced that it has obtained the lead share position in China for UPS sales. According to 1999 research conducted by the China-based Market Information Center of the Center of Computer and Integrated Circuits Development (CCID-MIC), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Information Industry, APC is the sales leader […]
Viasystems Group Inc. (St. Louis, MO) purchased Marconi plc's (London) Network Components and Services business in Europe and China (NC&S) for US$115.0 million. NC&S was acquired by Marconi as part of its acquisition of Reltec Corp. in April 1999. NC&S is a leading European and Chinese manufacturer of enclosures, electro-mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies designed for […]
The president of Sanyo Electric Co. (Japan), Yukinori Kuwano, reports that the company intends to double its number of digital technicians from just under 5,000 to 10,000. This move is part of his three-year comprehensive strategy to focus on electrical parts, including rechargeable batteries and liquid crystals; and digital equipment, including mobile phones and digital […]
Energy Ventures Inc. (Toronto, Canada) recently announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Young Poong Corp. (Korea). According to the companies, the agreement will greatly accelerate the commercial development of Energy Venture's rechargeable nickel-zinc battery system. Batteries manufactured using Energy Venture's technology are forecasted to have a cost per unit of […]