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Batteries and Portable Power
Hitachi Announces DMFC Development and Plans
Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it has co-developed a prototype direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) for use in mobile electronics products, and plans to launch the product with a compatible PDA in 2005. In making the announcement, Hitachi becomes the third Japanese electronics company to disclose plans to commercially produce DMFCs. Hitachi developed the fuel […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
UQM Delivers Fuel Cell Compressor Motor Controls
UQM Technologies Inc. (Frederick, CO), a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced that it delivered a UQM® electronic controller that manages the operation of an integrated air and hydrogen compression unit for use in an automotive OEM's fuel-cell-powered automobile. The electromagnetic-interference-compliant UQM® controller manages the operation of a compression unit developed by Barber Nichols, which […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
ARC Canadian Energy Acquires FCT Common Shares
ARC Canadian Energy Venture Fund 2 (Calgary, Alberta) announced that it has exercised 4,347,800 warrants of Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON) to acquire 4,347,800 common shares of FCT. ARC Canadian Energy Venture Fund 2 exercises control or direction over an aggregate of 13,493,391 common shares of FCT, representing approximately 27.8% of the current […]
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Components
Anachip Launches AP2008 PWM Buck Controller
Anachip Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan), an international fabless semiconductor company and a leader in the hall sensor IC market, announced its new AP2008 pulse-width modulated (PWM), low-power output, buck controller. The AP2008 supports a single-source supply with a wide range of input voltages from 3.6V to 20V, and offers a low output-reference voltage of 0.77V, making […]
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594Communications PowerHP Debuts 2626-PWR/2650-PWR Switches with PoE
The ProCurve Networking Division of Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (HP, Palo Alto, CA) announced the availability of two new Ethernet switches that...
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Power Quality Protection
AnalogicTech Expands Operations in Hong Kong
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA), a developer of innovative power management solutions, has moved its Hong Kong operations into the newly completed Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. The company's Hong Kong entity is the central logistics, process engineering, and manufacturing hub of a larger global manufacturing and sales enterprise. "Our Asian-centric manufacturing […]
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1.4KCommunications PowerLTC Presents LT3468 Capacitor Charger
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced its LT3468, a high-efficiency, fast photoflash capacitor charger. The LT3468 charges high-voltage (typically 320V) photoflash...
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1.2KCommunications PowerLTC Offers LTC2903-1 Quad Supply Monitor
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced its LTC2903-1, a quad supply monitor in a tiny six-lead ThinSOT™ (SOT-23) package that ensures...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Arbin Reports Fuel Cell Testing System Breakthrough
Arbin Instruments (College Station, TX) announced that it is currently in production of a 10kW integrated fuel cell testing system (FCTS) for a government institution to test proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. The system is complex with regards to the number of reactant gases that are involved, high flow-rate lines and high power electronic load as […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Avista Labs Adds Nosbaum to Board of Directors
Avista Labs Corp. (Spokane, WA), a leading provider of reliability-based fuel cell solutions for premium backup power, announced the appointment of outside director LeRoy Nosbaum, current Chairman and CEO of Itron. In joining the Board of Directors, Nosbaum brings a strong background in global energy and communications businesses to Avista Labs, as well as completes […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
ECD Reports First-Quarter, Fiscal 2004 Results
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI) announced its operating results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2003. Revenues were $14.2 million compared to $15.9 million in the first quarter last year. The company's net loss was $14.3 million for the first quarter compared to a loss of $3.4 million in the same […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
ECD Ovonics Announces Departure of Subhash Dhar
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI) announced that the president and chief operating officer of Ovonic Battery Company Inc., Subhash Dhar, has departed ECD Ovonics to pursue other interests, and has vacated his position as president and chief operating officer of Ovonic Battery. Meera Vijan, vice president of manufacturing at Ovonic Battery, will […]
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775Communications PowerNew Company 1U Power Launches Website/Products
1U Power LLC (Wrentham, MA), a supplier of power conversion products, announced its new website, which features specific 1U high, 2U high...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Fuel Cell Technologies Raises over $4.2 Million
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON) announced that it has received proceeds of $4,238,211.63 for the issuance of an additional 7,435,459 common shares, from the exercise by investors of warrants to purchase common shares at a price of $0.57 per common share. FCT will use the net proceeds from the purchase of the common […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
PFCE Appoints Xin Wang as VP, Director of R&D
Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. (PFCE, Tustin, CA) announced that Dr. Xin Wang has been appointed Vice President and Director of Research and Development for the company. Wang received his Ph.D. in Electrochemical Engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology where his research field was materials development and electrochemical characterization of polymer electrolyte fuel […]
