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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 […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Millennium Cell Stockholders Elect Board
Millennium Cell Inc. (Eatontown, NJ) announced the election by shareholders of 10 directors, including two new members of the board of directors – Richard Sandor, and John Wallace. Shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst and Young as the company's independent public accountants. Re-elected board members include Chairman Chris Andersen, partner, Andersen, Weinroth and Partners; […]
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Automotive Electronics
Genesis World Energy Intros Hydrogen Fuel Device
Genesis World Energy (Boise, ID) announced an automotive and transportation application that creates an on-demand source of hydrogen fuel for internal combustion engines. The Genesis Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine Fuel (HICEF) technology represents a breakthrough in hydrogen-based automotive power systems through its on-board, on-demand generation of hydrogen gas derived from water, circumventing the need for […]
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686Power QualityRiello Galatrek Unveils UPS Monitoring and Control Solution
Teleguard, the latest UPS (uninterruptible power system) monitoring and control system from Riello Galatrek, is a powerful yet simple to operate UPS...
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1.0KBatteries and Portable PowerTripp Lite Debuts UPS Replacement Battery Cartridge Line
Tripp Lite has launched a comprehensive, channel-friendly, UPS replacement battery cartridge product line to address the needs of every UPS user. Whether...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Active Power Revenue Down 61% in Q1
Active Power, Inc. announced revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2003 totaled $1.6 million, down 61% from the same period the previous year. Included in this decrease was the absence of any development funding during the first quarter of 2003, compared with $1.0 million of development funding for the same period in 2002. Net […]
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Power Quality Protection
DoE Taps American Superconductor to Lead Cable Project
American Superconductor Corp. announced its selection by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) as prime contractor for a high temperature superconductor (HTS) power transmission cable project in the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) transmission grid. The nearly half-mile power cable system will be the world's first installation of a superconductor cable in a live grid […]
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934Automotive ElectronicsDuffy, Millennium Cell, and Seaworthy Making Hydrogen Boat
Millennium Cell Inc. has teamed up with Seaworthy Systems and Duffy Electric Boat Company in a demonstration project for California's Center for...
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Power Quality Protection
Proton Energy Ships Regenerative Solar/Fuel Cell
Producing power both day and night from solar energy will soon be put into action at a California naval testing station. Earlier this month, Proton Energy Systems, Inc. shipped its 1 kW UNIGEN® regenerative solar/fuel cell system to the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, California. At the site, the UNIGEN® system will be […]
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1.1KComponentsPowerex Intros 6-kA GCT and Gate Driver
Powerex, Inc. has introduced to the North American Market what it claims is the world's largest Gate Controlled Turn-Off Thyristor (GCT) and...
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Batteries and Portable Power
US Fuel Cell Council to Release Darnell Study
The US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) will release the results of its first market study — "Fuel Cells for Portable Power: Markets, Manufacture and Cost" - at the 5th Annual Small Fuel Cells 2003 conference in New Orleans, May 7-9, 2003. The results will be presented by USFCC Technical Director Robert Wichert at the pre-conference […]
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Power Quality Protection
PowerSecure Appoints VP to Lead Switchgear Unit
Metretek Technologies, Inc. announced that its distributed generation subsidiary, PowerSecure, Inc., has appointed Brian Kisner to head NexGear(R), a business unit of PowerSecure. Kisner, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1991, joins PowerSecure following twelve-years' experience in the switchgear industry. Kisner began his career as a […]
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Automotive Electronics
NXCELL Batteries Formed to Target 42V Autos
Power Technologies, Inc. in conjunction with B.C. Research, Inc. is pleased to announce a master license agreement with NXCELL Batteries, Inc. an Advanced Battery Technology Co. Under the terms of the master license agreement, Power Technologies will hold a 65% ownership of this privately held business with B.C. Research maintaining a 35% ownership. In addition, […]
