Marubeni Corp. (Japan) and FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT) announced the siting of two Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants at the Seiko Epson facilities in the City of Ina, Nagano Prefecture, in Japan. Marubeni will supply two 250kW DFC power plants to the First Energy Service Company Ltd. (FESCO, Tokyo, Japan), an energy services […]
Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Wallingford, CT), a hydrogen generator and regenerative fuel cell company, received a contract award from the University of Nevada Las Vegas Research Foundation (UNLVRF) for the delivery of a solar-powered hydrogen system. The goal of the contract, which is sponsored under a "Hydrogen Filling Station" grant from the US Department of […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA), a leader in power and energy management, and ZBB Energy Corp., a developer of advanced battery storage technologies, announced that they have delivered two 50kWh Z-BESS systems for installation on the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center in New York City. The program, which is partially funded by the New York […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT), a manufacturer of stationary fuel cell power plants for distributed generation, and Enbridge Inc. announced that they have finalized an agreement where Enbridge will be a distributor of FuelCell Energy's Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) products in Canada. The agreement with FuelCell Energy introduces ultra-low, emission base load DFC power plants; […]
Calpine Corp. (San Jose, CA) announced financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003. For the quarter ended September 30, 2003, the company reported earnings per share of $0.51, or $237.8 million of net income, compared with earnings per share of $0.34, or $151.1 million of net income, for […]
Darnell Group Inc. (Corona, CA) announced publications of its new Trends in Power Distribution: Global Market Forecasts, Power System Architectures and Demand Characteristics, Fourth Edition. The 300-page report provides a comprehensive analysis of distributed power architecture (DPA) market characteristics and trends. Included are discussions of the economic factors affecting the market; changing business models; trends […]
MGE UPS Systems Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA), a leader in high-availability power solutions to the industrial, telecom and IT markets, announced that...
The Darnell Group Inc. (Corona, CA) announced the expansion of its relationship with EDN Magazine to include a series of power webcasts....
Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. (PFCE, Tustin, CA) announced that a research team headed by Professor Yushan Yan of the University of California at Riverside, under a contract with Pacific Fuel Cell, has successfully developed a fuel cell using carbon nanotube-based electrodes. Pacific Fuel Cell expects that the use of multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a platinum […]
C&D Technologies Inc. (Tucson, AZ) announced two new high-efficiency, non-isolated, dc/dc converters targeted at intermediate bus distributed power architectures. Suitable for applications...
Ametherm Inc. (Carson City, NV) presented its new MegaSurge Series thermistors, which are designed for limiting high inrush energy and high inrush...
Rockwell Automation Inc. (Milwaukee, WI), a global provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions, reported fiscal 2003 fourth-quarter net income of $67 million, or $0.35 per share, and full-year 2003 net income of $217 million, or $1.14 per share, excluding the third quarter tax benefit. Fiscal 2003 fourth-quarter income from continuing operations, which […]
The S&C Electric Co. (Chicago, IL) announced that Georgia College and State University (Milledgeville, GA) has selected S&C's PureWave UPS™ system to maintain consistent power quality to the computer room supporting its information technology activities. Available for either indoor or outdoor installation, the S&C PureWave UPS systems are rated up to 20MVA and provide 30 […]
Radius Power Inc. (Orange, CA) announced its new line of industrial and medical power line filter series, the RP400, which is a universal three-phase plus neutral EMC filter family with a universal input up to 480Vac, and rated up to 300A. The RP400 meets all international and domestic safety requirements in packages that conform to […]
Anuvu Inc. (Sacramento, CA) introduced a new zero-emission, hydrogen-powered pick-up truck that runs on a fuel cell/battery hybrid engine. The Clean Urban...