Power Air Corporation, an alternative fuel technology company, has announced its intent to enter the multibillion-dollar indoor and outdoor back-up generator markets with its Zinc Air Fuel Cell (ZAFC)-based technology. “We are developing the world’s first cost-effective, refuelable back-up generator that can operate indoors, safely, silently, efficiently, and emissions-free, with extended run capability,” said Don […]
Power-One Inc. announced net sales of $64.3 million and net income was $3.4 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, including a gain on the sale of certain Company assets of $0.03 per diluted share and $0.01 per share of income due to foreign exchange for the quarter ended December 31, 2005. While meeting the net […]
Maxwell Technologies Inc. will be introducing more than 30 new BOOSTCAP® ultracapacitor products over the next several months as part of a...
Power Technology Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of Sentry Power LLC for total consideration of $1,252,500, paid $960,000 in the common stock of Power Technology and $292,500 in cash to be contributed as capital to the new subsidiary. Sentry Power sells battery-driven backup uninterrupted power supply systems for commercial […]
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. has developed the first prototype fuel cell for portable multimedia players (PMP), with its affiliate, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT). Samsung reported that a 1.5-watt player can run up to four hours on the replaceable methanol fuel cell cartridge. The company plans to commercialize the cell by 2007 or 2008, […]
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3550-1, a power management solution for handheld applications containing a dual input Li-Ion battery charger and a...
SatCon Technology Corporation has received a purchase order from New Vision Technologies, an affiliate of Sun Edison LLC, to initially deliver up to 10 megawatts of PowerGate™ photovoltaic inverters through the end of the year. Sun Edison has photovoltaic projects around the United States already under contract and company officials said the 500kW inverter, recently […]
Fuel Cell 2006 will be held June 6-7, 2006, in Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
American Superconductor Corporation and the Corporate Technology unit of Siemens AG announced the two firms have renewed their strategic alliance for a...
Staco Energy Products Co. introduces the FirstLine® three-phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for 10, 15 and 20 kVA applications. This true online,...
To increase the energy efficiency of residential air conditioners, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued new manufacturing standards that went into effect January 23, 2006, for products manufactured in, or imported into, the United States. “Homeowners who choose to buy more energy-efficient air conditioning systems after today will realize significant savings in their […]
Ceres Power Ltd. is the only fuel cell company in the UK government’s new Energy Research Partnership (ERP), launched yesterday. Chancellor Gordon Brown set up the ERP so that private and public financing of energy research can work together to identify a coherent national energy policy. It is chaired by the government’s Chief Scientist Sir […]
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. has entered into a Contribution Agreement with the National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (“NRC-IRAP”), pursuant to which NRC-IRAP will make repayable contributions of up to $245,000 towards development of an inverter platform which will serve both grid-parallel and off-grid applications for a variety generation and storage technologies. The project […]
Eaton Corp. has expanded its line of drives with new models that combine powerful software and innovative hardware modularity. The new drive...
Emerson Network Power and Egenera Inc. jointly announced the “CoolFrame” solution, which integrates Emerson Network Power’s Liebert XD cooling technology with the...