iPower Technologies Inc. (Anderson, IN), Electricore, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, and Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) have received...
Distributed Power Inc. (Solana Beach, CA), an owner of distributed generation facilities providing on-site electric power and energy to industrial and commercial customers, announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase two cogeneration facilities. Distributed Power will purchase each facility for cash through a special purpose project investment entity, in each case […]
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (St. Louis, MO), introduced the Liebert NX, a mid-sized, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) global platform...
UNIPOWER Corp. (Coral Springs, FL) announced that it has received its Certificate of Registration confirming that it operates a Quality Management System that complies with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2000. In recent months, UNIPOWER has invested heavily in its "Process Quality System," including on-line reporting of quality at each production step, resulting in […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL), a leader in power conversion solutions and real-time subsystems for the communications industry, announced the promotion of Scott McCowan to its President of Artesyn Communications Products (ACP) division. In this role, McCowan will be responsible for leading the growth of ACP in providing board-level subsystems and software applications to […]
The Educational Division of e/j Bloom Associates Inc. (San Rafael, CA) will present three presentations of its new two-segment Modern Power Conversion Design Techniques course in 2004. Course locations in the US are Chicago, IL (May 18-21) and Las Vegas, NV (August 17-20). The third presentation of the course segments will be in the UK […]
Citing sluggish sales and problems developing the technology, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. (SWPC, Orlando, FL) has cancelled plans on a $122 million Pittsburgh fuel cell plant that would have employed 500 people. Siemens is delaying plans for the plant in Munhall indefinitely, and will instead invest $2 million at an existing plant in another suburb. […]
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,...
Mechanical Technology Inc. (MTI, Albany, NY) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Fletcher International Ltd., a leading institutional investor, for the purchase of $10 million of MTI common stock with two possible additional investments that may aggregate up to another $26 million in sales of MTI common stock before December 31, 2006. […]
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Japan) and Ebara Corp. (Japan) have separately developed fuel cell stacks that can operate for longer than 10,000 hours, realizing the dream of using fuel cells as the power source in homes for electricity and hot water. Although fuel cell systems for emergency power applications are already available for homes, […]
Prostar International Electric Co. Ltd. (China) introduced its HB Series of maintenance-free, lead-acid, storage batteries, which are designed for use in the...
Manhattan Scientifics Inc. (Los Alamos, NM) announced that it has licensed its mid-range (NovArs) fuel cell technology to a Singapore company with manufacturing in China. The contract gives the licensee non-exclusive rights to produce and sell fuel cell engines based on the NovArs technology owned by Manhattan Scientifics. The agreement involves an upfront payment, royalty […]
Sheng Ye Electrical Co. Ltd. (China) launched the CBB3X Series of snubber and high-current capacitors that are targeted for use in chargers,...
HyRadix Inc. (Des Plaines, IL) announced the unveiling of the first fuel cell in Texas using propane as the fuel. The fuel cell system is providing power to the Texas Department of Transportation's TransGuide Facility in San Antonio. The system combines HyRadix's Agilon™ propane reformer with a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell supplied by Plug Power […]