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Power Quality Protection
Power Measurement Offers ECR Energy Meter
Power Measurement Ltd. (Victoria, BC), a provider of enterprise energy-management systems, now offers an extended current range (ECR) option for its ION 8000 Series intelligent revenue meters. For electric utilities and independent power providers, the feature can reduce the cost of building new generation assets, by eliminating the need to install more than one meter […]
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Power Quality Protection
Alliant Energy to Debut Capstone Microturbines
Capstone Turbine Corp. (Chatsworth, CA) announced that after months of planning, equipment installation and testing, Alliant Energy-Wisconsin Power and Light (WP&L, Madison, WI), RMT Inc. and the Sauk County Landfill have completed a project to capture methane gas produced by decomposing waste at the landfill and cleanly burn the gas to generate electricity. The energy […]
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Communications Power
Artesyn Offers New niPOL DC/DC Converters
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) launched a new series of 12V input, point-of-load (POL), dc/dc converters, with efficiencies to 94%, power densities to 247W/in³ (15W/cm³), and typical heights of 0.32in (8.2mm). The new E-class non-isolated POL (niPOL) converters are available with 5A, 10A or 15A outputs, and have no minimum load requirement. Designed for […]
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Communications Power
Asante Technologies to Be Acquired by Investors
Asante Technologies Inc. (San Jose, CA) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Oblique Inc., an acquisition company created and led by one of its former Vice Presidents of Sales and Marketing, James Volkmar, which will result in a merger between Asante and Oblique. The value of the recapitalization transaction is approximately […]
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1.2KPower Quality ProtectionUNIPOWER Presents PCP/TPCP Front Ends
UNIPOWER Corp. (Coral Springs, FL) presented its new PCP/TPCP front ends, which are designed to drive power buses for distributed power systems....
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1.2KBatteries and Portable PowerLTC Debuts LTC1980 Buck-Boost Battery Charger
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC1980, a switching regulator battery charger that combines both battery charging and system power...
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Power Components
AMSC Renews Agreement with GE Industrial
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC, Westborough, MA) and GE Industrial Systems, a business of General Electric Co., announced the renewal and expansion of their joint marketing and sales agreement. Under terms of the new agreement, GE Industrial Systems will continue to be the exclusive sales channel to North American electric utilities and other transmission grid owners […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
ATCO Invests $1.2M in Fuel Cell Research
ATCO Gas will invest $1.2 million to develop new research focused on determining viable commercial applications for power generated by Canada's first high voltage, fully operational fuel cell. Installed at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT, Alberta, Canada), the $3.25 million fuel cell project at the applied technology post-secondary institution is funded in partnership […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Avista Labs and SiGEN Sign Distribution Agreement
Avista Labs (Spokane, WA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corp. (Spokane, WA), and SiGEN (Scotland), a fuel cells integrator, have entered into a collaborative agreement for the development of fuel cell systems and product sales, marking a significant milestone in the growth of the UK's fuel cell industry. SiGEN has been appointed a non-exclusive […]
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Communications Power
Emerson Wins Precision Cooling System Contract
Emerson (St. Louis, MO) announced that it has been awarded a $1.5 million contract to provide cooling protection for data center operations in the new Tokyo headquarters of global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs. Emerson Network Power will provide precision cooling systems from its Liebert division to help Goldman Sachs' data center deliver state-of-the-art performance […]
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Components
IXYS Intros SMA and SMB Schottky Diodes
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, announced the expansion of its surface-mount device (SMD) portfolio with the addition of the SMA and SMB standard packages. The first product family in these packages are Schottky diodes with voltage ratings of 40V, 60V and 100V. Typical […]
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Automotive Electronics
ON Semiconductor Updates Q2 2003 Guidance
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) provided guidance that its second-quarter 2003 revenues would be flat as compared to the first-quarter 2003 revenues. The company's revenues for the first quarter of 2003 were $266.5 million. Based upon end-market weakness in the automotive and wireless markets, coupled with approximately 3% sequential average price declines in all of […]
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Communications Power
Hynix and ON Semiconductor Sign Agreement
ON Semiconductor Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) and Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (Ichon, Korea), a worldwide semiconductor foundry, announced that ON Semiconductor has signed a multi-year, renewable agreement establishing Hynix as a volume supplier of CMOS manufacturing services. Under terms of the agreement, Hynix will supply production support to ON Semiconductor for its power management products. "This agreement […]
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486Batteries and Portable PowerAvista Labs Fuel Cell Approved for GSA Sales
Avista Labs (Spokane, WA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corp. (Spokane, WA), has received approval from the US General Services Administration...
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494Communications PowerGood-Ark Intros SMAJ10 Voltage Suppressor
Suzhou Good-Ark Electronic Co. Ltd. (China) introduced the SMAJ10 transient voltage suppressor, which features a glass-passivated junction, and is offered in a...
