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Automotive Electronics
Quantum Awarded Testing Contract from GM
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide emissions compliance testing on General Motors Corp.'s 2000 model year regular production passenger cars and trucks. The work was previously performed in California at GM's Los Angeles Emission Lab. "This contract further expands the customer base for […]
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2.1KPower Quality ProtectionPOLA Embraces PMBus for Digital DC-DC Products
The Point of Load Alliance (POLA) announced that it will jointly design and release products in accordance to the PMBus™ digital interface...
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837Power Quality ProtectionCherokee Intros DPS2000 AC-DC Front-End Power Supply
Cherokee International LLC (Tustin, CA), a manufacturer of switch-mode power supplies, announced its new DPS2000 ac-dc front-end power supply, which offers 2U,...
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1.5KCommunications PowerTI Unveils Integrated TPS2384 PoE Solution
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced a next-generation power management integrated circuit (IC) that simplifies design of IEEE 802.3af-compliant power source...
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Power Components
Fujitsu Licenses Transmeta Heat, Power Managment Tech
Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan) has licensed the LongRun2 power management and transistor leakage control technologies of Transmeta Corp. for use in its current and future generation semiconductor products. NEC agreed to license the technology last year, and Transmeta has begun to see licensing revenues from the technology this year. The LongRun2 is based on Transmeta's LongRun […]
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Power Quality Protection
GE Jenbacher Awarded Romanian Contract
GE Jenbacher (Jenbach, Austria), a division of GE Energy (Atlanta, GA), a leading supplier of power generation and energy delivery technology, has received its first order in Romania from the Romanian Industrial Energy Efficiency Co. for two Jenbacher JMC 312 GS-N.LC cogeneration systems that will be used by pharmaceuticals firm Sicomed SA (Bucharest, Austria) to […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Micro Methanol Fuel Cells Get UN Shipping Approval
The United Nations (UN, Geneva, Switzerland) Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods has voted overwhelmingly to establish model regulations for shipping methanol fuel cartridges for micro fuel cell devices as cargo. The model regulations will be used by countries around the world to establish shipping requirements for methanol cartridges. The new UN […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Pacific Fuel Cell Announces Acquisition of Intellectual Property
Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. (PFCE, Tustin, CA), a producer of nanotechnology-based fuel cells for the portable and micro fuel cell market, announced that it has acquired certain rights to a new methanol-resistant cathodic catalyst for direct-methanol fuel cells, and has filed a provisional patent in the name of the co-inventors, Yushan Yan and Xin Wang. […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Mobion Fuel Cell Product Receives UL/CSA Certifications
MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (Albany, NY), a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc., announced that it has received required safety certifications from Underwriter's Laboratories Inc. (UL) and CSA International (CSA) for its Mobion™ micro fuel cell power packs for military and industrial markets. The Mobion power packs are targeted for shipment by the end of 2004, […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Chevron Energy to Install FuelCell Energy Power Plant
FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT), a manufacturer of large stationary fuel cell power plants for commercial and industrial customers, announced that Chevron Energy Solutions, a ChevronTexaco subsidiary and FuelCell Energy distribution partner, has sold a 250 kW Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plant to the US Postal Service's (USPS) San Francisco Processing and Distribution Center. […]
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Communications Power
Fairchild Names Mark Thompson Executive VP
Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (South Portland, ME) named Mark Thompson Executive Vice President, Manufacturing and Technology Group, a new position in the company. Thompson will be responsible for all manufacturing, technology and quality initiatives at Fairchild, reporting directly to company President, CEO and Chairman of the Board Kirk Pond. Thompson previously served as vice president […]
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Communications Power
Fairchild Semiconductor Raises Sales Outlook
Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (South Portland, ME) reported that quarterly sales would reach the higher end of its previous targets, sending its shares up as much as 8%. The company also said it expects gross margins to be at the lower end of its forecast of 26% to 28% because of weaker pricing and lighter […]
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Automotive Electronics
GE Energy to Supply 207 Wind Turbines for MidAmerican
GE Energy (Atlanta, GA), a leading supplier of power generation and energy delivery technology, has been selected as the wind turbine supplier for MidAmerican Energy Co.'s (Des Moines, IA) 310.5 MW project in Iowa that, when completed in 2005, will be among the world's largest wind-generation facilities. The project is being developed by enXco Inc. […]
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Automotive Electronics
Samsung Engineering Develops Hydrogen-Powered Scooter
Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, Korea) announced that it has conducted a successful test-ride of a hydrogen-powered motorcycle. The scooter, the result of a project sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, can run up to 140 km on 6 L of hydrogen fuel. The newly developed […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Fuel Cell Technologies and Siemens Westinghouse Sign MOU
Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd., the operating subsidiary of Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON), and Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. (SWPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the global supply, sales and distribution of solid-oxide fuel cell systems. Under the terms of the MOU, FCT and Siemens will establish strategic regional marketing relationships […]
