Effective Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004, Palcan Fuel Cells Ltd. (Burnaby, BC) will change its name to Palcan Power Systems Inc., subject to formal approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. The change of name was approved by the company's shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders that was held on June 8, 2004. The company's trading […]
Astris Energi Inc. (Mississauga, ON), a developer of alkaline fuel cell technology, announced that it has completed a private placement to accredited investors worth $500,000. Each individual unit consists of one share priced at $0.30 plus one warrant with an exercise price of $0.50 expiring on December 31, 2005. The lead investor in the offering […]
During the past two years, scientists have successfully tapped the chemical reactions from decomposing organic matter on the ocean floor to create fuel cells that can provide low levels of electrical power for many months. Recently, Oregon State University (OSU) researchers announced that they have taken that development one step farther by harnessing the same […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA), a leader in power and energy management, reported financial results for its fiscal 2004 third quarter, which ended on June 26, 2004. Revenue for the three months ended June 26, 2004, was $8.6 million, a 41% increase over the $6.1 million for the same period last year. In addition, the […]
Anderson Power Products (APP, Sterling, MA), a leader in developing power interconnect solutions for backup power systems, electric vehicles, UPS systems, telecommunications, and high-technology device industries, announced the opening of its third Asia Pacific facility, IDEAL Anderson Asia Pacific Ltd. in Taiwan, which will provide sales support, customer service, logistics and warehousing for APP's Taiwan […]
Cummins Northeast Inc., exclusive distributor for Cummins Inc. (Columbus, IN), a leader in the design, manufacturing, distribution and service of electric power generation systems, announced the completion of its Fonda-Fultonville co-generation project in upstate New York. The first grid-independent, co-generation performance project of its kind in a New York school system, it provides the Fonda-Fultonville […]
The Boston Museum of Science has contracted with Intelligent Energy Inc. (Los Anegels, CA), an energy solutions business, for two of its fuel cells that will be used in a one-year interactive exhibit at the museum in support of efforts to educate the public about renewable energy, including hydrogen. The exhibit, entitled "From CO2 to […]
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA), a developer of power management solutions, introduced the AAT1151 synchronous buck converter. Delivering more than...
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), a developer of power electronics for renewable energy applications, announced that it has entered into a bonded inventory management program with Future Electronics to guarantee the supply of critical power electronics components on a timely and cost-effective basis for the production of the company's fuel cell and solar […]
ReliOn Inc. (Spokane, WA), a provider of high-reliability fuel cell solutions for backup power applications, announced that Celestica will serve as electronics manufacturing services provider for ReliOn's fuel cell products going forward. Under the terms of the agreement, Celestica began initial manufacturing, assembly and testing of ReliOn's fuel cell products in June. "ReliOn chose to […]
Semtech Corp. (Camarillo, CA), a producer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced the expansion of its MicroClamp? family of ultra-small transient voltage suppressors (TVS). Three new multi-line devices provide protection of critical circuits in cell phones, PDAs, digital music players and other portable electronic devices from electrostatic discharge (ESD). The new MicroClamp devices include the […]
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA), a developer of power management solutions, announced the appointment of Brian McDonald as Vice President...
VRB Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced the appointment of Clive Brereton to the company's Technical Advisory Board. Brereton has held several positions in the chemical and energy engineering industry, including seven years of teaching at the University of British Columbia. He specializes in electrochemical problems as well as fluid mixing and separation processes. Additonally, […]
Lambda Electronics Inc. (San Diego, CA) introduced two EMI filter series that comply with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive. The...
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON) reported that its operating subsidiary, Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd., will deliver four 5 kW solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) to the Hydrogen Village at the University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM) campus in July 2005. This will represent the first-ever installation of fuel cells in Canadian university residences and […]