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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Startech Environmental Corp. (Wilton, CT) announced that it has signed a contract valued at approximately $500,000 to produce and demonstrate a commercial-size StarCell™ system for the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC) to produce hydrogen derived from processing waste through the Startech Plasma Converter™. The work will be performed in Startech's Technology Park facility […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) announced that it has successfully refinanced approximately $369 million of term loans under its senior secured credit facilities. As a result of the refinancing, ON Semiconductor has reduced the interest rate that it pays from LIBOR plus 400 basis points to LIBOR plus 325 basis points. The reduced borrowing rate […]
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) introduced the NCP144x Series of 280kHz and 560kHz boost regulators offering low-cost power-conversion solutions for a wide range of battery-operated applications. Each of the four new current-mode boost regulators feature a 4A/40V integrated power switch that eliminates the need for an external FET. The flexibility of the design allows the […]
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that it has delivered the first of several grid-interactive inverters ordered by Nuvera Fuel Cells for demonstrations of its Avanti™ distributed generation fuel cell system in Japan. "We are very excited about this delivery. It offers a superb opportunity to work with Nuvera's Japanese partners and to […]
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) introduced its new HNT42YEDB, a 100W dc/dc half-brick converter, which converts an 18Vdc to 36Vdc input into three...
The National Electric Power Co. (NEPCO) for the Kingdom of Jordan has chosen an enterprise energy management system from Power Measurement Ltd. (Victoria, BC) to monitor the region's newly restructured electricity transmission grid. The Internet-based system will use a network of approximately 150 intelligent ION 7500™ energy meters to track and verify energy transactions between […]
Agile Systems Inc. (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) introduced the next generation of network support for its line of distributed motion controllers and drive...
Pulse Engineering Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced the introduction of the PG0138 Series of low-profile (5.0mm maximum height), high-power, surface-mount (SMT) power inductors. The inductors aid in lowering the component cost of ac/dc switched-mode power supplies and dc/dc converters in distributed power architectures, point-of-load systems and voltage regulator modules. Applications include high-speed servers and workstations, […]
Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX), a developer of battery-free, power quality products, has enhanced its CleanSource DC line of battery-free, energy storage...
Tyco Electronics Power Systems Inc. (Dallas, TX) announced its new GALAXY Power System 4812/24 Battery Plant and the GALAXY Switch-Mode Rectifier 596D,...
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA), a leader in power and energy management, announced that United Solar Ovonic (Uni-Solar), a manufacturer of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, has selected the SatCon PowerGate™ Power Converter System for integration into its PV power generation systems for installations greater than 50kW. The converters are designed for use with solar […]