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Power Quality
Xilinx Announces Push for Power Management Devices
Xilinx Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that it would officially make power management a priority and unveiled two new products to back up that claim. Xilinx announced the Spartan-3L product family, which provides customers with up to 98% quiescent power reduction that enables lower-cost cooling systems, smaller and less-expensive enclosures, and higher system reliability. Xilinx […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
FCE, Marubeni and POSCO Sign DFC Agreement for Korea
FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT), a manufacturer of stationary fuel cell power plants for distributed generation, and its Asia-Pacific strategic partner Marubeni Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that they have signed an agreement with POSCO to enter into a strategic alliance to distribute and package Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants in Korea. The three companies […]
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Power Quality Protection
Calpine Reports Third-Quarter 2004 Financial Results
Calpine Corp. (San Jose, CA) announced financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004. For the three months ended Sept ember 30, 2004, the company reported earnings per share of $0.05, or net income of $22.3 million, compared to earnings per share of $0.51, or net income of $237.8 […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Seminar Award Winner Rose Proposes Fuel Cell Partnership
The US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC, Washington, DC) announced that 2004 Fuel Cell Seminar Award winner Robert Rose proposed a new partnership on fuel cells and hydrogen that would invest $60 billion in public funds in the United States over the next 15 years for purchases, purchase subsidies and incentives, and accelerated research and demonstrations. […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
ReliOn Raises $25 Million to Market and Sell Its Fuel Cells
Avista Corp. subsidiary ReliOn Inc. (Spokane, WA), a provider of high-reliability fuel cell solutions for backup power applications, announced that it raised has $25 million in capital to market and sell the fuel cells it has been developing, which create electricity by using hydrogen and oxygen to form a reaction. "This funding will enable us […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
MTI Micro Gets Approval for Methanol Fuel Shipment
MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (Albany, NY), a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Inc., announced that it has received United Nations packaging certification, and is now in US Department of Transportation compliance for shipment of its methanol fuel cartridges, supporting its initial product launch planned by the end of the year. Authorized shippers can now transport MTI […]
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767Batteries and Portable PowerNanoDynamics Intros Nanotechnology-Enabled SOFC
NanoDynamics Inc. (Buffalo, NY), a nanotechnology organization and manufacturer of nanomaterials, announced that the company introduced its new portable solid-oxide fuel cell...
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662Communications PowerPolyPhaser Debuts New IX Protection Platform
PolyPhaser (Minden, NV) announced its new configurable IX Protection Platform, which provides surge and lightning protection for data and Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) applications....
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Power Components
ST Intros Kit to Power Enel’s Electricity Meters
STMicroelectronics Inc. (ST, Geneva, Switzerland) announced the release of a kit of semiconductor components for electricity company Enel's (Italy) static electricity meters. In 2001, Enel launched a challenging project in advanced automated meter management system solutions, and the fully supported ST kit has been produced to address this application. The kit offers ST's ST7538 single-chip, […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Sustainable Energy Signs Contract with RWE Fuel Cells
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), a developer of power electronics for renewable energy applications, announced that it has signed a two-year contract to supply RWE Fuel Cells GmbH (Essen, Germany) with power electronics solutions for combined heat and power fuel cell modules under development by RWE Fuel Cells and its partners in the […]
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Automotive Electronics
IR to Expand Automotive Facility in Swansea
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced that it is expanding its automotive facility in Swansea, and is on target for growth at its Newport fab. The company is planning to increase staff levels at its Swansea site to 250 from the current level of around 220 by the end of the year. The […]
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823Batteries and Portable PowerRC Electronics Releases Battery Watt Meter
RC Electronics Inc. (San Jose, CA), a developer of watt meters, power analyzers, battery chargers and speed controllers, debuted its "Watt's Up"...
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Motion Control
TAEC Releases New TLP701 MOSFET/IGBT Gate Driver
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC, Japan and Irvine, CA) announced a new high-speed, surface-mount, MOSFET/IGBT gate driver photocoupler designated the TLP701, which is housed in a new SDIP package that occupies half the space of the standard eight-pin DIP devices, and is the smallest opto-isolator package currently available that is designed to comply with […]
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Power Quality Protection
Powercor Australia Upgrades Distribution Network
Electricity distributor Powercor Australia (Saanichton, BC, Canada) has expanded its enterprise energy management (EEM) capabilities to help optimize power quality and reliability at key points throughout its Melbourne-based distribution network. The EEM system, from Power Measurement Ltd. (Victoria, BC, Canada), uses a network of intelligent energy meters and web-enabled software to analyze power-quality conditions at […]
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Power Quality Protection
Galaxy Power Names Michalski Director of Operations
Galaxy Power Inc. (Westborough, MA), a manufacturer of micro-controlled power conversion products, announced the appointment of Mark Michalski as Director of Operations. Prior to joining Galaxy Power, Michalski was Vice President of Operations at Acumentrics Corp., a provider of uninterruptible power supplies for the military and industrial market. In addition, Michalski is involved at the […]
