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Components
Maxim Presents New MAX1565 Power Supply IC
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. announced its new MAX1565 power supply IC, which integrates high-efficiency, step-up, and step-down dc/dc converters with three step-up controllers into a 5mm x 5mm thin QFN package, enabling it to be used as a power supply solution for digital still and video cameras. The converter's switching frequency is adjustable up to […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Medis Technologies Completes Rights Offering
Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York) reported that its recently completed rights offering was over-subscribed. Medis reported stockholders purchased 2,325,600 shares of common stock at a fixed subscription price of $2.15 per share. Net proceeds from the offering will be used for working capital, including for the continued development of Medis' direct liquid fuel cells and […]
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Power Quality Protection
Air Products and MAP Sign Hydrogen Agreement
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, PA) has inked a contract to build, own and operate a standard 34,000,000ft³ per day hydrogen facility adjacent to Marathon Ashland Petroleum's (MAP) refinery in Catlettsburg, KY. The facility, a natural-gas-based, hydrogen steam, methane reformer, is expected to be on-stream in November 2003, and Air Products will supply hydrogen […]
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1.0KBatteries and Portable PowerSFC and Medion Present New Energy Docking Station
Smart Fuel Cell AG (SFC, Munich, Germany) and Medion AG announced plans to jointly develop a revolutionary new power supply for notebooks...
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577Power Quality ProtectionStuart Energy Cuts Jobs/Offices After Acquisition
Stuart Energy Systems Corp. (Toronto, Canada) announced that it is cutting about 70 jobs and closing down two offices following its acquisition...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Sustainable Energy Appoints Howell as Ops Director
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that Derek Howell has been appointed Director of Operations for the company. In his role, Howell is responsible for manufacturing, supply chain management, and customer support for Sustainable Energy's renewable energy inverter. "Derek's appointment underscores the company's success in executing is product commercialization plan," said Sustainable Energy […]
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1.4KBatteries and Portable PowerIR Presents New 50PF40 Standard-Recovery Diodes
International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) introduced a new family of standard-recovery diodes in a stud-mount, DO-5, plastic-cap case, which improves...
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Automotive Electronics
Tyco Announces Plans to Close 300 Plants
Tyco International Ltd. (Pembroke, Bermuda) announced that it would close 300 plants over three years, cutting $1 billion in costs by 2006, and its chairman vowed to clean up the sprawling industrial conglomerate plagued by a year of turmoil and scandal. Tyco reported that it would scale back its manufacturing facilities to 1,700 from 2,000 […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
LADWP and FuelCell Energy to Dedicate Power Plant
Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced plans to dedicate an ultra-clean, fuel cell power plant for Los Angeles on March 14, 2003. The John Ferraro Building fuel cell power plant will generate 250kW of ultra-clean electricity for Los Angeles; enough […]
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559Batteries and Portable PowerPraxair Introduces New Fuel Cell Grade Hydrogen
Praxair Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced the launch of a new high-purity hydrogen grade for fuel cell applications. The introduction of the new...
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Power Quality Protection
Onsite Energy Adds Glenn Steiger as Vice President
Onsite Energy Corp. (Carlsbad, CA) announced that Glenn Steiger has joined the company as Vice President. Steiger will be primarily responsible for business development for demand-response programs and Onsite's INSITESM real-time monitoring and control system. Steiger will also be responsible for development of energy-efficiency and distributed generation projects in the hospitality industry. "Glenn's direct experience […]
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533Communications PowerShin-Hang Electronics Intros VCR Series Varistors
Shin-Hang Electronics Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) announced its new VCR Series of varistors, which are capable of withstanding 18V to 1.8kV, enabling...
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917Batteries and Portable PowerSMP Completes Fuel Cell Electrocatalyst Development
Superior MicroPowders LLC (SMP, Albuquerque, NM) announced that it has completed the design, fabrication and testing of its combinatorial synthesis tool for...
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Batteries and Portable Power
PFCE Announces Carbon Nanotube Growth Process
Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. (PFCE, Tustin, CA) announced that it has developed a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process to grow carbon nanotubes on carbon cloth and carbon paper using an electro-deposited CVD catalyst. The discovery was accomplished by a research team headed by University of California, Riverside, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Yushan Yan, under […]
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Automotive Electronics
Norsk Hydro Unveils Iceland Hydrogen Fueling Station
A subsidiary of Norsk Hydro (Oslo, Norway) unveiled a key component of what it claims will be one of the world's first hydrogen-filling stations for vehicles. The company reported that its "hydrogen electrolyzer" will use an electric charge to extract from water hydrogen to power vehicles with fuel cells. The device will be installed at […]
