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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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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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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
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 […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
FCT Reports Third-Quarter 2003 Results
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON) announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2003. Total revenue was $801,355 in the third quarter of 2003 compared to $232,329 in the same quarter 2002. This is a 245% increase in revenues quarter-over-quarter. For the nine months ended September 30, 2003, revenues were $2,193,177 compared with […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Ener1 Files Patent for Fuel Cell with Control System
Ener1 Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, FL), a developer of lithium batteries and fuel cells, announced that it has filed a US patent application for a new electrochemical generator based on a hydrogen-air fuel cell. Ener1's new fuel cell design utilizes a solid-polymer, proton-exchange membrane combined with an integrated feedback control system. Ener1's integrated feedback control system […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Proton Energy Launches HOGEN H Series Generator
Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Wallingford, CT), a hydrogen generator and regenerative fuel cell company, announced plans to unveil its HOGEN H Series hydrogen generators at the POWER-GEN International convention in Las Vegas on December 9, 2003. The latest and most advanced of Proton's generators, the H Series provides customers with a safe, pure and reliable […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Astris Energi Reports Third-Quarter 2003 Results
Astris Energi Inc. (Mississauga, ON), a developer of alkaline fuel cell technology, announced unaudited results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2003. (All amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.) Revenue increased to $114,267 for the third quarter of 2003, and $139,579 for the nine months, from $10,244 for the […]
