Schaefer Inc. has introduced the AEP-700 Series of 700W, low cost, high efficiency, pure sine wave inverters. The AEP-700 Series is available...
Magnetek Inc. has announced that its transformerless Aurora™ photovoltaic inverters have been listed by the California Energy Commission and meet the latest...
Intermagnetics General Corp. CEO Glenn Epstein announced at the company’s recent annual meeting that Intermagnetics is planning on spinning off its SuperPower energy technology subsidiary as it transitions itself to a full medical device business, according to a report in the Albany Times Union. Epstein said spinning off SuperPower, which is developing superconducting material used […]
NORESCO, one of the largest providers of energy management and performance contracting services in the United States, has been acquired by a fund managed by GFI Energy Ventures LLC from Equitable Resources Inc. The sale completes the previously announced strategic review by Equitable, which concluded that the characteristics of NORESCO’s business were inconsistent with Equitable’s […]
American Power Conversion (APC) has established a partnership with Rotel to offer power conditioning and battery backup products. Rotel plans to introduce a select line of APC engineered power components during the first quarter of 2006 designed to work with the company’s home theater equipment. “Rotel is dedicated to offering its customers a complete suite […]
This is Part Four of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Jeff Shepard, Publisher, Darnell Group Volatile. When we look...
Newpoint has announced the addition of five new products to its PowerSquid family of power multipliers. These products provide surge protection and...
MRV Communications Inc. has added the 4800 Power Control Series. These new -48 VDC additions to MRV’s out-of-band networking product family offer carriers and utilities an intelligent power distribution and remote power control solution to maximize operational uptime. “The new 4800 Power Control Series supports our ongoing commitment to develop innovative, cost-effective solutions for carriers, […]
Phihong has developed Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) midspans for powering Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) applications. Available in 1-, 8-, 16- and 24-port versions, the midspans are expected to provide a cost-effective and easy-to-implement alternative to electrical outlets, and provide customers with a single point of backup for all of their VoIP phones. “With PoE, businesses won’t lose their phones […]
American Superconductor Corp. has been awarded a $5.35 million follow-on contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) Title III Program for accelerating the scale-up of its manufacturing of second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire. The Title III program was established by the DoD, and is supported by the Department of Energy (DoE), with […]
This is Part Three of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Linnea Brush, Senior Research Analyst, Darnell Group Making predictions...
Jadoo Power Systems Inc. will be introducing its line of fuel cell products for prosumers at next week’s ShowStoppers event at the...
IdaTech LLC has added the ElectraGen3 fuel cell system to its product line. The ElectraGen3 is a hydrogen-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solution capable of producing up to three kilowatts of backup power. Like the larger ElectraGen5, the ElectraGen3 product is a CE certified fuel cell system designed for critical backup power needs […]
This is Part Two of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Richard Ruiz, Research Analyst, Darnell Group As the New...
In response to increasing demand for IP-based solutions with built-in power availability capabilities, American Power Conversion (APC) today announced that the Nortel Business Communications Manager (BCM) 50 now offers an interface to APC’s USB-signaling uninterruptible power supply (UPS) products. The Intelligent APC UPS interface feature provides battery health alerting, power quality monitoring, and graceful shutdown […]