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Batteries and Portable Power
Air Liquide/Axane to Provide Fuel Cell to Bouygues Telecom
Air Liquide (Paris, France), and its wholly owned subsidiary Axane (France), announced a new contract with Bouygues Telecom where Air Liquide and Axane will provide the telecom operator with a 2 kW RollerPac™ fuel cell, together with the hydrogen and services needed to run it. The fuel cell will supply continuous supply to a Bouygues […]
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2.3KCommunications PowerTDK Semiconductor Unveils New 71M6511 Power Meter IC
TDK Semiconductor Corp. (Irvine, CA), a leader in mixed-signal communication semiconductors, unveiled the new 71M6511 power meter IC for its system-on-chip (SOC)...
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1.1KComponentsCableco Offers NutLok/StudLok Captive Hardware
Cableco Technologies Corp. (Dublin, CA), a manufacturer of cable, interconnection and custom engineered products designed for high-current power distribution solutions, announced its...
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1.6KBatteries and Portable PowerMegger Group Launches New BITE 3 Battery Tester
Megger Group Ltd. (Dallas, TX) launched the new Battery Impedence Test Equipment (BITE) 3 battery tester, which is the first of its...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Announces Patent Award
Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN) announced that the company has been awarded a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, "Thin Film Battery and Electrolyte Therefor," US 6,818,356 B1, with 22 separate claims. The claims relate to composition for a new thin-film lithium electrolyte, method of making the electrolyte, and a […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
MERIT Develops Direct-Borohydride Fuel Cell Technology
Materials and Energy Research Institute Tokyo Ltd. (MERIT) has developed a new direct-borohydride fuel cell (DBFC) technology, which it sees as cheaper and more compact than direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology. The DBFC technology is similar to DMFCs, but has an anode, a cathode and a membrane. Also, instead of using methanol as fuel, it […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Dow and GM Launch Phase II of Industrial Fuel Cell Program
Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI) and General Motors Corp. (GM, Detroit, MI) launched the second phase of their joint project to prove the viability of hydrogen fuel cells for motor vehicles and distributed power generation. The project has expanded from a single GM test cell, installed in February 2004, to a multi-cell pilot plant at […]
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861Automotive ElectronicsHydrogen Solar Develops Nanocrystalline Material
Hydrogen Solar Ltd. (UK) has developed a nanocrystalline material that will improve the production of hydrogen by using solar energy to split...
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1.2KComponentsPotentia Debuts PS-1005/PS-1006 Power-Management ICs
Potentia Semiconductor (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), a power management company, announced its PS-1005 and PS-1006 primary-side, power-management ICs that enable integration of primary-side...
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682Batteries and Portable PowerAAD to Generate Hydrogen through Antarctic Winds
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) received a grant of $500,000 from the Australian Greenhouse Office to demonstrate the use of hydrogen generated...
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Automotive Electronics
Hydrogen Production Method Could Bolster Fuel Supplies
Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and ceramics company Cerametec Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT) reported that they have found a way to produce pure hydrogen with less energy than other methods, which would help move the country closer to the Energy Department's goal of a hydrogen economy for use in fuel […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Wall Industries Intros DMW Series DC-DC Converters
Wall Industries Inc. (Exeter NH) announced its DMW Series of 15 W, dc-dc converters, which are designed for use in a variety of applications, such as data communications equipment, mobile battery-driven equipment, distributed power systems, telecommunications, mixed analog/digital subsystems, process/machine controls and others. The DMW Series can also be rapidly customized for specific applications. Featuring […]
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Power Quality
American Power Conversion Intros AIS Series UPSs
American Power Conversion Corp. (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced its new AIS Series of three-phase, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) developed for industrial applications and processing plants in the chemical, pharmaceutical, transportation, semiconductor, and food and beverage industries. The AIS Series are double-conversion online UPSs that provide power protection from 10 kVA to 100 kVA. The […]
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1.2KAutomotive ElectronicsAnsmann Energy Unveils Digi-Charger Battery Charger
Ansmann Energy GmbH (UK), a rechargeable battery company, unveiled a new universal charger for lithium-ion battery packs used in digital cameras and...
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Batteries and Portable Power
UN Meeting to Decide Portable Fuel Cells' Future
An upcoming United Nations committee meeting will make a key decision on whether cartridges containing methanol should be allowed on commercial aircraft, which is seen by fuel cell companies as vital for the commercial success of the methanol fuel cells being developed as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries. At present, passengers are forbidden to take […]
