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Batteries and Portable Power
Ohio Third Frontier Project Unveils Plans for Fuel Cell
The Ohio Third Frontier Project program announced the Ohio Fuel Cell Road Map, a five-year plan to make the state a leader in the fuel cell industry. The Third Frontier program, run through the Ohio Development Department, is a 10-year, $1.1 billion plan to encourage high-tech industry growth. According to the road map, the state […]
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Automotive Electronics
Apollo Energy Develops Propulsion System for ZAP
Apollo Energy Systems Inc. (Pompano Beach, FL) announced plans to develop a new breed of automobile that would be manufactured and marketed by ZAP (Sebastopol, CA) using a new hydrogen fuel cell and lead-cobalt battery design developed by Apollo Energy Systems. Apollo has developed and patented an alkaline fuel cell that is an improved version […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Plug Power Expands GenCore Fuel Cell Product Offering
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY), a fuel-cell development and manufacturing company, announced the availability of its GenCore®5T24, a 24 V, 5 kW backup fuel cell system that will be marketed to wireless service providers. The GenCore 5T24 complements the company's 5B 48 V and 5T 48 V GenCore products, which began shipping late last year. […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Power+EnergyAwarded Navy Fuel Cell Contract
Power+Energy (P+E) announced that it was awarded a contract to develop hydrogen separation membranes as part of a system for generating hydrogen from diesel fuel. The Phase II SBIR program, issued by the Office of Naval Research, will provide technology to the NAVSEA center located at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Navy Yard. Under this program, P+E […]
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Communications Power
FCT Advises that ACFP has Exercised 100,000 Options
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON) reported that Acumen Capital Finance Partners Ltd. (ACFP) has exercised 100,000 compensation options received by it as consideration for acting as agent of FCT in the November 2002 private placement of common shares and warrants. The company has issued 100,000 common shares at a price of $0.46 per […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Astris Energi Reports Second-Quarter 2004 Results
Astris Energi Inc. (Mississauga, ON), a developer of alkaline fuel cell technology, announced un-audited results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2004. All amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated. Revenue decreased to $10,066 for the second quarter of 2004 from $12,800 for the same period of 2003. The company […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
FuelCell Energy Reports Third-Quarter 2004 Results
FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT) reported results and accomplishments for the quarter and nine months ended July 31, 2004. The company reported a net loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2004 of $18.9 million or $0.39 per basic and diluted share, compared to $15 million, or $0.38 per basic and diluted share, in […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Active Power's Backup System Achieves New Run Time
Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX), a developer of battery-free, power quality products, announced that it has operated a prototype of its battery-free energy storage system at 10 kW for over two hours, a feat the company expects to help position the product for the telecommunications segment. "The runtime of this prototype system is already 60 […]
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Communications Power
Valere Debuts New Dual-Voltage Power Converters
Valere Power Inc. (Richardson, TX), a maker of power systems for the wireless and broadband sections of the telecommunications industry, announced a new family of dc power converters for its Modular Power System that gives wireless carriers a flexible and space-efficient solution to the problem of differing voltage needs of legacy cellular equipment and next-generation […]
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Automotive Electronics
Fairchild Reiterates Previous Third-Quarter Guidance
Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, ME) reiterated its previous third-quarter guidance for sales to be roughly the same as the second quarter of 2004. Fairchild expects to report its third-quarter financial results after the market closes on October 14, 2004. "As expected, bookings were soft during the first two months of this quarter," said Fairchild […]
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1.4KPower ComponentsLTC Intros LT5534 Logarithmic-Type RF Detector
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced its new LT5534 logarithmic-type RF detector that can detect RF signals up to 3 GHz....
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Automotive Electronics
UPS to Use Three Delivery Trucks with Fuel Cells
United Parcel Service (UPS, Atlanta, GA) announced that it will begin using three large package delivery vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells, and officials said the goal is to someday apply the technology throughout its entire fleet. The Dodge Sprinter trucks are being deployed in Ann Arbor, MI, and in Los Angeles and Sacramento, CA. […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 2004 Conference Announced
Fuel Cells Canada (Toronto, Canada) and the Canadian Hydrogen Association will be hosting the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 2004 Conference and Tradeshow in Toronto from September 25-28, 2004. Industry leaders from around the world will be meeting to showcase the latest developments in fuel cell and hydrogen technology, and share research breakthroughs. Numerous forums and […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Leeds University Unveils Fuel Cells Running on Sunflower Oil
Researchers at Leeds University in England have found a promising method for producing hydrogen from sunflower oil, a development that could lead to cleaner and more efficient hydrogen production for powering automobile fuel cells as well as homes, factories and offices. The development was unveiled at the 228th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, […]
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Communications Power
TDK Semi Intros 71M6513H Power Meter System-on-Chip
TDK Semiconductor Corp. (Irvine, CA), a leader in mixed-signal communication semiconductors, unveiled its system-on-chip for industrial poly-phase power meters. The new TDK 71M6513H integrates a 21-bit, delta-sigma-delta converter; a 32-bit compute engine; MCU, RTC and LCD drivers; and ultra-precision voltage reference, and provides better than 0.1% accuracy with only a few low-cost, external components. The […]
