Staco Energy Products Co. (Dayton, OH) announced its new FirstLine® conditioning power system (CPS), which protects against 98 percent of all power...
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA), a leader in power and energy management, reported financial results for its fiscal 2004 first quarter, which ended on December 27, 2003. Revenues for the three months ended December 27, 2003, were $8.2 million as compared to $6.9 million in the same period last year. In addition, the operating loss […]
Avista Corp. (Spokane, WA) announced that Senior Vice President Malyn Malquist will assume responsibility for the treasury function in addition to his role as Chief Financial Officer. Vice President and Treasurer David Brukardt will be leaving Avista later in the quarter, after helping to assure a smooth transition. The move combines the role of CFO […]
Capstone Turbine Corp. (Chatsworth, CA), a leading microturbine power systems manufacturer, reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2003. Revenue for the quarter was $3.3 million as compared with $3.6 million in the period a year ago. For the third quarter of fiscal 2004, Capstone's net loss was $11.6 million, or $0.14 […]
Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York) announced that its first fuel cell product will be a new disposable Power Pack, which is scheduled to be in distribution channels by the end of this year. The Power Pack will provide 15 hours (900 minutes) of talk time; offering many times the power and far lower cost per […]
The S&C Electric Co. (Chicago, IL) announced that it has installed a PureWave UPS™ System for a government installation at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. The existing standby generator set needs 15 seconds to start up, which is too long for the facility's computers to endure. Facility managers sought an uninterruptible power supply system that […]
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA), a manufacturer of high-performance, linear, integrated circuits announced that the strong demand for its products that the company discussed in connection with its announcement of its December quarter results has accelerated during the March quarter. Consequently, should these current trends continue, the company expects to grow both sales and […]
Philips Semiconductors (San Jose, CA) announced a new family of I²C devices that will help designers build bigger I²C systems for maintenance and control applications in CompactPCI (PICMG2.9) and AdvancedTCA (PICMG3.X) architectures. The advanced architectures allow more extensive remote system management and configuration control of communication boards, power supplies and controllers to significantly increase system […]
Advanced Power Conversion plc (APC, Farnborough, England) announced its new APC-SCM-R, a 1U-high, 19 in, rack-mount unit to control and monitor the...
American Electric Power Co. (AEP, Columbus, OH) reported 2003 earnings of $110 million, or $0.29 per share, compared with a loss of $519 million, or $1.57 per share, in 2002. Fourth-quarter earnings were a loss of $762 million, or $1.93 per share, for 2003 compared with a loss of $837 million, or $2.47 per share, […]
Guangdong Foshan Kestar Electronic Co. Ltd. (China) announced its new MYG Series of general-purpose varistors, which are targeted for applications such as transistor, diode, integrated circuit, thyristor or triac semiconductor protection, surge protection in consumer electronics, industrial electronics, electronic home appliances and petroleum appliances, as well as relay and electromagnetic valve surge absorption. With insulated […]
The hybrid bus and truck program to cut particulate emissions by 90 percent by AFS Trinity Power Corp. (Seattle, WA) has received an additional $1 million government award, and has become more urgent as evidence mounts that diesel emission particulates may be the number one cause of lung damage in urban areas. The new, flywheel-based […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) announced that it has priced a common stock offering of 47 million shares, including 34 million shares offered by the company and 13 million shares offered by a selling stockholder, at a public offering price of $6.98 per share. The net proceeds to ON Semiconductor will be approximately $224 million. […]
Nippon Oil (Japan), a large petroleum refining company, presented its 10 kW, stationary proton-exchange membrane (PEM) ENEOS kerosene-powered fuel cell unit. Nippon...
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) reported that the European Virtual Power Plant project, partly funded by the European Union's fifth framework program,...