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Automotive Electronics
Bush Seeks Funding Boost for Hydrogen Cars
The Bush administration wants a 43-percent increase in federal funds to develop cars that run on hydrogen fuel and the service stations to support them. The additional $69 million would bring the program's total funding to $228 million for the 2005 spending year, which begins October 1, under the White House's recently released proposed government […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
IdaTech Receives CE Certification for EtaGen System
IdaTech Corp. (Bend, OR), a fuel cell system/component and fuel cell solutions provider, announced that it has received CE (European Conformity) certification for its 5 kW natural gas, combined heat and power, proton-exchange membrane fuel cell system. This is the first of IdaTech's new line of fuel cell systems named EtaGen™. Currently there are no […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Hydrogenics Completes Offering of 11,000,000 Shares
Hydrogenics Corp. (Toronto, Canada), a designer and manufacturer of fuel cell technology, announced that it has completed the previously announced sale to the public in the United States and Canada of 11,000,000 common shares at US$5.75 (CDN$7.63) per share. Hydrogenics received net proceeds from the offering of approximately US$60 million. Citigroup acted as sole book-running […]
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499Power QualityJumboTek Unveils E008 JV EIA Surge Suppressor
JumboTek Advanced Technologies Inc. (Taiwan) unveiled its E008 JV EIA multi-layer, surface-mount, transient-voltage surge suppressor that features bi-directional clamping characteristics and can...
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960Batteries and Portable PowerProstar Intros HB Series Lead-Acid Battery
Prostar International Electric Co. Ltd. (China) introduced its HB Series of maintenance-free, lead-acid, storage batteries, which are designed for use in the...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Manhattan Scientifics Licenses Fuel Cell Technology
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 […]
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485ComponentsSheng Ye Unveils CBB3X Series Capacitors
Sheng Ye Electrical Co. Ltd. (China) launched the CBB3X Series of snubber and high-current capacitors that are targeted for use in chargers,...
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Batteries and Portable Power
HyRadix Enables First Propane Fuel Cell in Texas
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 […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
SME to Launch Fuel Cell/Energy Systems Conference
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) announced the launching of a new event, the Alternative and Advanced Energy Technologies: Manufacturing Challenges and Opportunities, which will be taking place October 12-13, 2004, at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn in Dearborn, MI. The conference will demystify fuel cell technologies by featuring interactive displays and exhibits of automotive, portable […]
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Communications Power
Tyco Reports Increased Profit and Plans to Sell Assets
Tyco International Ltd. (West Windsor, NJ) reported that quarterly net income rose 23 percent, beating the company's own forecast. The conglomerate, which previously said it planned to exit more than 50 small businesses, is in talks on about 20 potential deals to unload assets. Tyco, whose former chairman and former finance chief have been on […]
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Power Quality Protection
Millennium Cell Receives Two Hydrogen Fuel Patents
Millennium Cell Inc. (Eatontown, NJ), a technology development company that has created a proprietary process to safely store, generate and deliver pure hydrogen, announced that it has been awarded two patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office. US Patent number 6,670,444 describes an economic approach for producing sodium borohydride, and US Patent number 6,683,025 […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Kettering University's Fuel Cell Lab Receives Grant
Kettering University (Flint, MI) announced that it will construct the Center for Fuel Cell Systems and Powertrain Integration on its campus thanks to a $1.8 million grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the US Department of Commerce. The EDA grant is the keystone of a funding package that totals $3 million and allows […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Westport Innovations Joins Fuel Cells Canada
Westport Innovations Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced that it has joined Fuel Cells Canada in an effort to advance the development and use of hydrogen among transportation and industrial users. The goal is to accelerate the development of Canada's hydrogen and fuel cell industry to help develop a fueling infrastructure that will provide real-world experience with […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Magnetek Reports Fiscal 2004 Second-Quarter Results
Magnetek Inc. (Chatsworth, CA), a leading manufacturer of power conditioners for commercial fuel cells, reported its results for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2004, ended December 31, 2003. Revenue for the quarter was up 13 percent to $58.1 from $51.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2003, and up 15 percent […]
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4.0KPower Quality ProtectionTyco and SynQor Form DOSA DC Converters Alliance
Tyco Electronics Power Systems Inc. (Dallas, TX) and SynQor Inc. (Boxborough, MA) have formed the Distributed-Power Open Standards Alliance (DOSA) to ensure...
