Acumentrics Corp. (Westwood, MA), a developer of solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), has shipped a 5 kW SOFC system to Sumitomo Corp. (Japan). The unit will be located and tested at the Yawata Laboratories of Nippon Steel Corp. and is the second Acumentrics demonstration unit to be shipped to Japan. The unit is the 18th SOFC […]
Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd., the operating subsidiary of Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON), and TOTO Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the design, development and manufacture of a 2 kW to 3 kW solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. Under the terms of the MOU, FCT will design and build a […]
Millennium Cell Inc. (Eatontown, NJ), a technology development company that has created a proprietary process to safely store, generate and deliver pure hydrogen, and Protonex Technology Corp., a developer of fuel cell power solutions for portable and remote applications, will be displaying a prototype 30 W portable power system at the Tactical Power Sources Summit […]
FuelCon Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC, Canada) announced that it has been chosen to supply the Canadian National Research Council - Institute for...
SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG (SFC, Munich, Germany) announced that Smart Fuel Cell Founder and Executive Director Manfred Stefener was awarded the...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced three new wide-input, non-isolated modules that simplify power system design, which build upon its PT78...
Power Measurement Ltd. (Victoria, BC, Canada) reported that Subic Enerzone Corp. (Manilla, Philippines) has installed an enterprise energy management system as part of an extensive upgrade of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone's electrical distribution system. The new electrical distribution system is intended to provide residents and businesses in with a secure, reliable and affordable source […]
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY), a designer and manufacturer of batteries and power sources, introduced a new lithium-ion (Li-Ion) rechargeable battery pack, the UBBL07, which is designed for demanding portable electronics. The UBBL07 is a lower-cost alternative to other medium prismatic batteries in its size and voltage range. With its high energy density, long operating […]
Atmel Corp. (San Jose, CA) announced its new ATmega406 high-voltage AVR® microcontroller (MCU), which implements full two-cell to four-cell lithium-ion (Li-Ion) smart battery monitoring and protection on a single chip. To enable the ATmega406 to be powered directly from a two-cell, three-cell or four-cell Li-Ion configuration, the device includes an on-chip voltage regulator allowing the […]
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA), a developer of power management solutions, announced the AAT4280A family of slew-rate-controlled, integrated load switches. Designed to control internal loads by slowly ramping up output voltage at a desired rate, the new intelligent switches prevent current spikes and sags in input supply rails in a wide variety of […]
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the availability of its new Short Form Catalog for 2005, which includes specifications for...
MGE UPS Systems Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA), a leader in high-availability power solutions to the industrial, telecom and IT markets, introduced the...
PolyPhaser (Minden, NV) introduced its new AL-LSXM Series that offers surge protection with multi-strike capability for broadband wireless, Wi-Fi and WLAN communications...
The US Department of Energy's (DOE, Washington, DC) Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies and the US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC, Washington, DC) jointly announced a workshop matching suppliers of portable fuel cell power systems with potential federal government users, including the Department of Defense. The workshop will be held on March 9, […]
The Greenhouse Gas Technology Center (GHG Center) announced that it has independently verified the performance of a fuel cell operating on renewable biogas and an associated gas processing unit. The PC25C Power Plant from UTC Fuel Cells (South Windsor, CT), a part of United Technologies Corp. (South Windsor, CT), is a phosphoric acid fuel cell […]