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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Teleguard, the latest UPS (uninterruptible power system) monitoring and control system from Riello Galatrek, is a powerful yet simple to operate UPS...
Tripp Lite has launched a comprehensive, channel-friendly, UPS replacement battery cartridge product line to address the needs of every UPS user. Whether...
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 […]
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 […]
Millennium Cell Inc. has teamed up with Seaworthy Systems and Duffy Electric Boat Company in a demonstration project for California's Center for...
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Powerex, Inc. has introduced to the North American Market what it claims is the world's largest Gate Controlled Turn-Off Thyristor (GCT) and...
GE Wind Energy plans to expand its family of wind turbines with the introduction of the 2.x series, which will include 2.3, 2.5 and 2.7 MW machines designed for a wide range of onshore applications. The 2.x platform will round out the GE Wind Energy line of wind turbines which includes a 900 kW model, […]