Power Quality Protection

August 20, 2003

Ballard Intros Nexa RM Series Fuel Cell Generator

Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC, Canada) introduced the Nexa® RM Series, its hydrogen-fueled, stationary, fuel cell power generator. Developed to meet...

August 20, 2003

LIPA Installs Plug Power CHP Fuel Cells in NY

The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA, Hauppauge, NY) announced that it has installed Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) fuel cells with combined heat and power (CHP) capability at the Suffolk County William Rogers Legislative Building in Hauppauge, NY. The three 5kW fuel cells will be interconnected to LIPA's grid and will operate in a CHP […]

August 20, 2003

FCT Reports Second-Quarter 2003 Results

Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON) reported results on the second quarter ended June 30, 2003. Revenues increased 340% quarter-over-quarter to $855,532 in the second quarter of 2003 from $194,539 in the same quarter of 2002. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, revenues increased 316% year-over-year to $1,391,822 in 2003 from $334,486 […]

Power Quality

Liebert Expands Npower UPS Family with 1+1 Module

Liebert Corp. (Orlando, FL) introduced its new Npower 1+1 Redundant, an advanced three-phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system with two parallel-redundant modules connected without external controls. The Npower is a high-efficiency double-conversion UPS system with ratings from 30kVA to 130kVA. With the new redundancy option, the Npower can be easily configured in a parallel-redundant system […]

AnalogicTech Intros AAT1150 DC/DC Converter

Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA), a developer of innovative power management solutions, announced the AAT1150, a synchronous-buck, dc/dc converter, which delivers a 1A output current. Operating at a high 1MHz switching frequency and using synchronous rectification, the efficient, step-down, switching converter combines small size and low ripple current with full internal compensation to […]

Magnetek Divests Non-Core Telecom Services Business

Magnetek Inc. (Chatsworth, CA) announced that it has sold its Greenville, OH, telecom services business to its locally based management team. While terms of the transaction were not announced, the impact of the divestiture on Magnetek's balance sheet will be negligible. According to Paul Schwarzbaum, president of Magnetek's Dallas-based Telecom Power Group, "The divestiture of […]

IXYS Presents Q2-Class HiPerFET Family

IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, announced its new family of Q2-Class HiPerFETs, which utilizes IXYS' second-generation HiPerFET™ process technology that reduces gate charge and internal gate resistance substantially over competition, enabling reduced gate drive and higher switching frequencies. The MOSFETs are suitable for […]

Agilent Reports Third-Quarter 2003 Results

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) reported orders of $1.47 billion and revenue of $1.50 billion for the fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2003. During the quarter, the company recognized a $1.4 billion non-cash charge required under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes," and reported a GAAP net loss […]

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Components

TI Presents New TPS2350 Hot-Swap Controller

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) announced an intelligent hot-swap controller that eliminates the need for OR-ing diodes in redundant -48V systems....

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LTC Debuts LTC4006 Li-Ion Battery-Charger IC

Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC4006, a two-cell to four-cell, lithium-ion (Li-Ion) battery charger with up to 4A charge...

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FirstEnergy at Center of Massive Eastern Blackout

FirstEnergy Corp. (Akron, OH), the nation's fourth-largest investor-owned utility, is currently being investigated by the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), a...

Line Failure Alarm System May be Cause of Blackout

FirstEnergy Corp. (Akron, OH), the nation's fourth-largest investor-owned utility, which is currently being investigated as the possible source of the blackout that hit August 14, 2003, sweeping across eight states and parts of Canada, distributed a statement saying that it had failed to notice the line failures because an alarm system designed to alert its […]

NEMA Stresses Need for Energy Legislation

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA, Rosslyn, VA) reported that the massive power outage that affected the Midwest and Northeast clearly demonstrates the need for additional investment in the power grid, generation (including distributed generation near loads), and energy efficiency to increase reliability and reduce system electric load. "President Bush's National Energy Plan of 2001 […]