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Avista Labs Completes One-Year Demonstration
Avista Labs, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corp., has completed a year-long demonstration of one of its fuel cell products installed at the Washington Air National Guard facility at Geiger Field in Spokane, Wash. The purpose of the demonstration was to run the fuel cell system in a base load application for a period […]
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Power Quality Protection
ALSTOM to Supply SVC to Xcel Energy
ALSTOM has won a contract to supply its Static Var Compensator (SVC) technology to Xcel Energy (formerly Northern States Power Company). The equipment will strengthen Xcel's network in southwestern Minnesota, where large wind farms are coming on line to provide clean power to the Minneapolis metropolitan area. ALSTOM's static var technology will help stabilize the […]
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Power Quality Protection
GE to Offer 2-MW Class Wind Turbines
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, […]
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1.3KAutomotive ElectronicsTDI Inverters at Fuel Cell Automobile Road Rally
A leading automotive manufacturer's fuel cell powered concept car being exhibited at the California Fuel Cell Partnership's (CaFCP) 2003 "Rally thru the...
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943ComponentsBI Releases Thin H-Bridge Module
BI Technologies recently released a compact and cost-effective H-bridge IGBT power module that provides ultrafast diodes and significant space savings for motor...
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Automotive Electronics
Ingersoll-Rand Reports Earnings of $153.2MM
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited announced that net earnings and revenues increased in the first quarter of 2003 compared to the 2002 first quarter. The company reported earnings of $153.2 million or diluted earnings per share (DEPS) of $0.90 for the first quarter of 2003. "Despite a stubbornly weak economy, we delivered strong operating results for the […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Kyocera and Sanyo Boost PV Production
Kyocera Corp. and Sanyo Electric independently announced plans to significantly increase their production capacities for photovoltaic (PV) cells and both companies announced plans to open new factories. Kyocera plans to boost the production capacity of its solar cells by about 40% to 100 MW worth of cells a year by the end of 2004 from […]
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Automotive Electronics
Quantum to Acquire Global Thermoelectric
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Global Thermoelectric, Inc. Quantum will acquire Global for a stock-for-stock exchange valued at about $75 million. Quantum expects the combination will create a more cost-effective, well capitalized and diversified company to address transportation, stationary power generation, and […]
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Communications Power
Verizon Earns Energy Star
Verizon has earned the US government's Energy Star certification for three more or its energy-efficient office buildings, maintaining its position as the top Energy Star company in the telecommunications industry. Verizon is also working with the EPA on an Energy Star energy-use benchmarking process for telecommunications central offices where the computerized switching systems that route […]
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Power Quality Protection
Sunelco to Distribute Avista Labs Fuel Cells
Avista Labs, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avista Corp. has signed a distribution agreement with Sunelco, Inc. of Hamilton, Montana. Sunelco will carry the Avista Labs "Independence" fuel cell line in its Planning Guide and Products Catalog. Avista Labs has granted Sunelco a non-exclusive distribution agreement through July 2004 through which Sunelco will sell the […]
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Power Quality Protection
Invensys' "GoodWatts" Functionality Recognized by California
In a recent ruling, the California Public utilities Commission (PUC) ordered California investor-owned utilities to file and serve plans to test the functionality of residential energy management systems as a means of improving energy efficiency. The California PUC's decision (R.02-06-001), requires California utilities to file plans to evaluate the demand response capabilities of a full-scale […]
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Communications Power
PECO II Receives 90-Day Extension from Nasdaq
PECO II Inc. (Galion, OH) announced that the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (Nasdaq) has extended by 90 days the company's existing grace period for compliance with Nasdaq's $1 minimum bid price requirement. During this extension period, PECO II will remain listed on the Nasdaq National Market, and its common shares will continue to trade under […]
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990Batteries and Portable PowerLTC Debuts LTC4056 Battery Charger Controller
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) introduced the LTC4056, a linear, lithium-ion, battery charger controller in a ThinSOT™ package that provides a...
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985Automotive ElectronicsGFCT Unveils PRIMEA Series MEAs for Fuel Cells
Gore Fuel Cell Technologies (Elkton, MD), a division of W. L. Gore & Associates Inc., announced the commercial availability of its GORE™...
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Batteries and Portable Power
IdaTech Unveils FCS 1200 NG Fuel Cell System
IdaTech Corp. (Bend, OR) unveiled its FCS™ natural gas (NG) fuel cell system, which combines a heat and power system, and further demonstrates IdaTech's multi-fuel reforming and system integration capabilities. The FCS 1200™ is the first fully integrated, portable, proton-exchange membrane fuel cell system operating as a stand-alone unit capable of creating its own hydrogen […]
