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1.3KPower Quality ProtectionPower-One Debuts FXP7000 AC/DC Front Ends
Power-One Inc. (Camarillo, CA) introduced its new FXP7000-48 ac/dc front-end power supply, which is designed for distributed power architectures and accepts common...
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Power Quality Protection
Capstone Turbine Announces First-Quarter Results
Capstone Turbine Corp. (Chatsworth, CA) reported its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2003. Revenue for the quarter was $2.8 million as compared with $4.6 million for the first quarter of 2002. Capstone shipped 1.3MW of power during the first quarter of 2003, compared with 4.7MW during the first quarter of 2002. For the […]
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2.0KMotion ControlAgile Systems Intros DPWin Configuration Utility
Agile Systems Inc. (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) introduced its new DPWin configuration utility, which combines device configuration, diagnostics and user documentation into one...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Ballard Power Issues First-Quarter 2003 Results
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) reported its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2003. Ballard's revenue in the first quarter ending March 31, 2003, was $33.1 million, compared to $12.1 million for the same period in 2002. Net loss for the quarter was $22.5 million, or $0.19 per share, compared to […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Xcel Energy Reports Strong First-Quarter Results
Xcel Energy Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) reported that preliminary earnings for first quarter of 2003 were $192 million, or $0.48 per share, including results of subsidiary NRG Energy, compared with $102 million, or $0.29 per share, for the same period in 2002. Xcel Energy's pro-forma earnings from continuing operations, excluding NRG's operating results and a gain […]
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Power Quality Protection
NiSource Reports High First-Quarter 2003 Net Income
NiSource Inc. (Merrillville, IN) reported income from continuing operations of $266.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2003, versus $243.8 million for the same period in 2002, a 9.1 percent increase. First-quarter 2003 earnings per share from continuing operations was $1.05 (all share amounts are basic) compared to $1.19 for the first quarter […]
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1.7KBatteries and Portable PowerPentadyne Intros VSS-120 Voltage Support Flywheel
Pentadyne Power Corp. (Chatsworth, CA), developer of flywheel power systems for power quality, distributed power and power recycling applications, announced its new...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Caterpillar Plant Ready for Caribbean Operation
Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL) announced completion of the company's largest-ever power plant, a 100MW facility representing a total investment of $95 million that will provide power to more than 125,000 homes and businesses in the Dominican Republic. The plant is owned by the Monte Rio Power Corp., a joint venture between the Paliza-Viyella Group and […]
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Communications Power
Sharp and Daihen to Co-Develop Solar Inverter
Sharp Corp. (Japan) and Daihen Corp. (Japan) have jointly developed a solar inverter for large-scale, photovoltaic, power generating systems intended for commercial users and electric utilities. Operational tests will begin in May 2003, while the products will be ready for delivery in July 2003. As part of the collaboration, Daihen is responsible for manufacturing the […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
DOE Selects FuelCell Energy as SECA Contractor
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced that it has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC) as a new project participant for its Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) program, subject to negotiation of a final agreement. The total project award amount for the 10-year, solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) development program […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Millennium Cell and Samsung to Collaborate
Millennium Cell Inc. (Eatontown, NJ), a leading technology solutions company that has created a proprietary technology to safely store, generate and deliver pure hydrogen, announced a cooperative development agreement with Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Japan) to advance fuel-cell-powered portable computers and communications devices. The collaboration will combine Millennium Cell's Hydrogen On Demand™ fuel technology […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Donaldson, LANL Join on PEM Commercialization
The Fuel Cell Contamination Control™ (FC3) division of Donaldson Company Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) announced a formal research partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory to study the effect of ambient contaminants on the performance, life and durability of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Sponsored in part by the US Department of Energy (Washington, DC), Donaldson is using […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Acumentrics Selected by DOE for Alliance Program
Acumentrics Corp. (Westwood, MA), a developer of solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC) for a projected nine-year, $74-million, Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) cost-share program. The DOE SECA program has a 10-year goal to develop efficient and clean, small-scale, solid-state, ceramic fuel cells with […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Delphi Exhibits SOFC Technology at US DOD
Delphi Corp. (Troy, MI) exhibited its Generation-2 solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) at the US Department of Defense's (DOD, Washington, DC) Earth Day event scheduled April 21 at the Pentagon. Delphi's SOFC is multi-fuel-capable using many hydrocarbon fuels and hydrogen along with diesel fuel and logistics fuel that are both required for military applications. The SOFC […]
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Automotive Electronics
Iceland Opens World's First Hydrogen Fuel Station
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (Shell, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced the opening of what is claimed to be the world's first hydrogen fuel station located in Iceland to provide vehicles with clean energy instead of fossil fuels. The station, run by the Royal Dutch/Shell oil company, will be used to fuel three DaimlerChrysler buses […]
