Teledyne Technologies Inc. (Los Angeles, CA) announced that its subsidiary, Teledyne Energy Systems Inc., delivered a 5kW breadboard proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power system to NASA. The delivery was made as part of Teledyne Energy Systems multi-year contract with NASA's Glenn Research Center to develop an advanced PEM fuel cell power plant for NASA's […]
Energy Visions Inc. (EVI, Toronto, Canada) announced that the company's Fuel Cell Division has reached a planned milestone in its Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell project. EVI had previously announced that it intended to continue in the research and development phase to capitalize on recent improvements in its electrode designs. During the last seven […]
Energy Visions Inc. (EVI, Toronto, Canada) announced that Chris Lundstrom has joined the board of directors and has been appointed the chairman of the company's Audit Committee. Lundstrom is a project finance professional with broad experience in such areas as international business development and the financial structuring of small-to-large-scale energy projects in OECD and emerging […]
Energy Visions Inc. (EVI, Toronto, Canada) announced the cancellation of 1,052,600 stock options previously issued pursuant to the July 1997 Original Share Option Plan, and, subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, the issue of a total of 1,500,000 new stock options pursuant to the company's 2001 Canadian Stock Option Plan. Such new […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Ottawa, Canada), a leading power semiconductor company, announced results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002. Revenues of $38.4 million for the year ending December 31, 2002, were down 12.7 percent from revenues of $43.9 million in fiscal year 2001. Earnings before tax for the year were $455,291, or $0.02 per […]
Radiotronix Inc. (Moore, OK) announced the release of the EWD-900-HDTC embedded wireless transceiver module for unlicensed operation in the US and around the world. The transceiver contains built-in data encoding and decoding, simplifying the interface and software of the host microcontroller. It is suitable for high-volume applications such as wireless meter reading, inventory control, asset […]
Advanced Energy Systems Ltd. (Medford, MA), the US subsidiary of Advanced Energy Systems Ltd. (Perth, Australia), issued a clarification regarding the bankruptcy and liquidation of Advanced Energy Systems Inc. (AESI, Wilton, NH). The clarification indicated that the AESI bankruptcy is unrelated to Advanced Energy Systems Ltd. and that, although they share a similar name, the […]
The International Platinum Association (IPA), which comprises the world's leading platinum group metals, producers and fabricators, confirmed that enough platinum resource is available worldwide to meet any foreseeable future demand spurred by the commercialization of fuel cells. Several erroneous media reports have recently suggested otherwise, potentially causing needless uncertainty among legislators, regulators and the general […]
The Eighth Grove Fuel Cell Symposium: Building Fuel Cell Industries, will be held in London on September 24-26, 2003. The conference and exhibition will provide an up-to-date review of developments in all types of fuel cells worldwide, with progress in implementing them in stationary and mobile applications, and the infrastructure that is emerging. The Grove […]
Dynex Power Inc. (Ottawa, Canada), a leading power semiconductor technology company, announced completion of a sale and 25-year leaseback transaction of its Doddington Road property in Lincoln, England, with the investment arm of the Lincoln Co-Operative Society Ltd., Lincoln Corn Exchange and Markets (1991) Ltd. (LCE). The $8.9 million proceeds are being used by Dynex […]
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) announced advances to its BestCap™ Series of electrochemical supercapacitors. Based on the combination of high capacitance and...
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced the new IRF8010 Series of HEXFET power MOSFETs with as much as 10 percent...
VRB Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced that PacifiCorp has agreed to advance a milestone payment to complete phase one of a two-part commissioning plan for the Moab installation. Phase one will constitute complete testing of the entire system; cell stacks, inverter, hydraulics and controls, with connectivity to the grid. The testing of charge and […]
Advanced Energy Systems Inc. (AESI, Wilton, NH), a designer, manufacturer and installer of solar-powered inverters, announced that the company has run out of funding and filed for bankruptcy. The company holds patents and rights to significant photovoltaic system designs. The company will be liquidated in two phases. The first phase will be a sealed bid […]
Vicor Corp. (Andover, MA) announced that the Federal District Court, Boston, MA, has issued orders concerning litigation over infringement of Vicor's Reset Patent (US Patent Re. 36,098). As previously disclosed, Vicor filed lawsuits against a number of parties seeking damages to compensate Vicor for the unauthorized use of its Reset Patent technology. At a status […]