Shanghai Moon Electronics Co. Ltd. (China) released its 23HY Series of hybrid stepping motors with 100-megohm insulation resistance at 500Vdc. With a...
ChuangLian Electronic Component (Group) Co. Ltd. (CLEC, China) introduced the new low-cost HM9903C digital subscriber line interface circuit that offers protection features....
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced its new generation of high-voltage MOSFETs, POWER MOS 7®, which are now available in hermetic, discrete packages. The POWER MOS 7® MOSFETs have up to 60% lower total gate charge (Qg) than the current POWER MOS V® generation devices. In addition, the POWER MOS 7® devices have […]
Reliant Resources Inc. (Houston, TX) announced that the independent members of its board of directors, acting on the recommendation of the board's Nominating and Governance Committee, have requested Joel Staff to continue serving as chairman and CEO and have concluded the search process they initiated in April 2003. Staff has served Reliant Resources as chairman […]
IDACORP Inc. (Boise, ID) reported a net loss of $0.9 million, or $0.02 per share, for the second quarter of 2003 due to continued losses related to the wind down of the energy trading business at IDACORP Energy, the effects of intra-period tax allocations, the continued impact of below-normal hydroelectric generating conditions, and increases in […]
Micrel Semiconductor Inc. (San Jose, CA), a leader in power management and high-speed communications integrated circuits, announced its new MICRF008 RF receiver,...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced the release of a new range of multi-layer varistors that combine typical 0.5ns response time with...
Palcan Fuel Cells Ltd. (Burnaby, BC) announced that Voller Energy (UK) has confirmed an order for 100 of Palcan's fuel cell stacks. The production order follows Voller Energy's initial test trial of Palcan's fuel cell stacks. The order forward books production and orderes 100 units of Palcan's 120W proton-exchange membrane fuel cell stacks for delivery […]
Anuvu Inc. (Sacramento, CA) announced the first commercially available, industrial quality, 1.5kW fuel cells for educational institutions and research-based organizations. Anuvu will...
Motorola Inc. (Austin, TX), Engelhard Corp. and the University of Michigan (UM) have been named recipients of an Advanced Technology Program (ATP) award to develop a miniature catalytic fuel processor to provide power for a wide range of fuel-cell-based portable electronic devices, such as laptop computers, cell phones and two-way radios. The Motorola-Engelhard-UM collaboration was […]
Japanese researchers for the for the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC, Tokyo, Japan) successfully tested the world's first deep-sea probe...
Electro Industries/GaugeTech (EIG, Westbury, NY), a leader in web-accessed power monitoring, introduced the Nexus 1252 performance-enhanced, energy and power quality meter. The...
Teledyne Technologies Inc. (Los Angeles, CA) announced that Teledyne Energy Systems Inc. has been awarded a $4.3 million contract option to develop and deliver an "engineering model" proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power system rated at 7kW to NASA's Glenn Research Center. The 20-month option represents Phase II of Teledyne Energy Systems' contract awarded in […]
Dynetek Industries Ltd. (Calgary, Canada) announced that two of its hydrogen storage systems are being demonstrated at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. Dynetek's lightweight storage systems are used in the Hydrogenics 50kW HySTAT Fuel Cell Stationary Generator/Hydrogen Refueler and in Deere and Company's (John Deere) technology demonstrator fuel-cell-powered commercial work vehicle (CWV) on […]
Intersil Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced the release of two new voltage supervisory ICs, the ISL6131 and ISL6132. The tiny, near-chip-scale, packaged ICs...