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871Batteries and Portable PowerNuvera Reaches Fuel Cell Agreement with BWT
Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc. (Cambridge, MA) and Best Water Technology AG (BWT AG, Milan) announced an agreement to develop a new polymeric...
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Power Quality Protection
Cummins Announces New Senior Appointments
Cummins Inc. (Columbus, IN) announced the appointments of senior staff to key positions within the company. The changes will take effect February 1, 2003, with a continued transition for a period thereafter. Jean Blackwell, Vice President, Cummins Business Services, will assume the responsibilities of Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff. Tom Linebarger, Vice President […]
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Communications Power
Xicor Provides Mid-Fourth-Quarter Update
Xicor Inc. (Milpitas, CA) reiterated guidance regarding expected pro-forma results for the fourth quarter of the company's fiscal year ended December 29, 2002. The company also outlined plans to accelerate its return to positive cash flow and profitability. President and CEO Lou DiNardo stated, "We continue to enjoy substantial business in Asia in both cellular […]
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Power Quality Protection
Ontario Opens First Commercial Wind Farm
The province of Ontario has opened its first commercial wind farm. The Huron Wind facility will use five 1.8MW turbines from Vestas to generate power for 3,000 homes. The facility is located near the two Bruce nuclear reactors and is a partnership between Ontario Power Generation (OPG, Kincardine, Ontario, Canada) and British Energy (UK), a […]
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Communications Power
Splashpower Raises Venture Capital
Splashpower Ltd. (Cambridge, UK) announced that it has raised additional venture capital provided by PALLMALL Technology Ventures (Cambridge, UK). Funding will primarily be utilized for the expansion of the company's sales and marketing efforts. "The closing of this round of funding – in a challenging market for early stage financing demonstrates that Splashpower has the […]
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Communications Power
Diodes Intros Thyristor Surge Protective Devices
Diodes Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) announced the release of a comprehensive line of Thyristor Surge Protective Devices (TSPDs) in SMB surface-mount packages. The new line of devices offers surge protection against hazardous transient voltages caused by lightning strikes and power cross events for widely used data transmission and telecom equipment, such as modems and Internet […]
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Communications Power
LeCroy Center Purchases SatCon UPS System
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that the R. Jan LeCroy Center for Educational Telecommunications on the Richland College campus in Dallas, TX, has purchased SatCon's 250kW (315kVA) rotary uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system to provide power conditioning and backup power to protect its distance learning data center against power outages. The UPS unit will […]
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Communications Power
California Micro Devices Intros CM1209 ESD Family
California Micro Devices Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced a new family of low-capacitance, electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection devices that provide almost twice the ESD protection as competing products, according to the company. The CM1209 family of low-capacitance ESD protection devices provide up to 15kV ESD contact protection, per the IEC61000-4-2 specification. The CM1209, with only 6pF […]
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Components
IR Presents MTP Switch Family of IGBT Modules
International Rectifier Corp. (El Segundo, CA) introduced the MTP Switch family of IGBT modules insulated with a ceramic aluminum-nitride layer for improved junction-to-case thermal resistance, which enables as much as seven times better thermal conductivity (cooling capability) than alumina substrates. The new 600V and 1,200V modules combine high-speed IGBTs with optimized diodes to form single-package, […]
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1.1KBatteries and Portable PowerMarubeni Announces Japanese Direct FuelCell Siting
Marubeni Corp. (Japan) and FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced the siting of a Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plant at the Nippon...
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684Power Quality ProtectionGE Wind Energy Tests 3.6MW Wind Turbine
GE Wind Energy (Orlando, FL), a business unit of GE Power Systems, announced that it is now testing a prototype 3.6MW wind...
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Automotive Electronics
Quantum Reports Second-Quarter 2003 Results
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (Irvine, CA) reported results for its fiscal second quarter ended October 31, 2002. For the second quarter of fiscal-year 2003, Quantum reported a net loss of $5.3 million, or $0.30 per share, on revenues of $5.6 million, compared to a net loss of $13.7 million, or $0.78 per share, […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Praxair to Supply Hydrogen for Powermate's AirGen
Praxair Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced that it has been selected as the exclusive hydrogen supplier for Coleman Powermate Inc.'s (Aurora, IL) new AirGen™ fuel cell generator. The AirGen fuel cell generator can be used as an indoor power source, generating up to 1,000W of continuous ac power, or as an emergency backup power system, keeping […]
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914Power Quality ProtectionCapstone MicroTurbines Exceed 3 Million Hours
Capstone Turbine Corp. (Chatsworth, CA) confirmed that it has documented nearly three million hours, about 342 years, of aggregated runtime among its...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Fuel Cell to Power Washington Park Fire Station
The Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation (OEMC), Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY), Xcel Energy Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) and the City and County of Denver announced the installation of a proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system at Denver's Washington Park Fire Station. Plug Power's PEM fuel cell system, fueled by natural gas, will provide […]
