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915Power 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 […]
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Automotive Electronics
Stuart Energy Partners with Toyota Motor Sales
Stuart Energy Systems Corp. (Toronto, ON) announced that it has been chosen by Toyota Motor Sales USA (TMS, Torrance, CA) to provide on-site hydrogen fueling infrastructure to support Toyota's new fuel cell vehicle roll-out. Toyota has purchased a Stuart Energy Community Fueler Station 450 (CF-450), which has been installed in Torrance. "We are excited to […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Ultralife Receives $2.3 Million Military Battery Order
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) announced the receipt of new orders from the US Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) against an existing contract, originally announced in 2000, for its BA-5372/U lithium/manganese, dioxide primary (non-rechargeable) battery. Combined, the new orders are valued at $2.3 million. Shipments have begun and are scheduled to continue through May 2003. […]
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Automotive Electronics
Palcan to Collaborate with Clean Fuel Generation
Palcan Fuel Cells Ltd. (Burnaby, BC) has signed an agreement with Clean Fuel Generation LLC (Los Angeles, CA) to jointly develop fuel-cell-based auxiliary power units (APU), which will combine Palcan's fuel cell module with Clean Fuel's reformer technology and hydrogen purification systems to allow the use of propane or methanol fuel storage systems. Applications include […]
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Automotive Electronics
General Dynamics Delivers Fuel Cell APU
General Dynamics C4 Systems (Taunton, MA), a business unit of General Dynamics Corp. (Falls Church, VA), has delivered a first-of-its-kind, fuel cell-based auxiliary power unit (APU) to SunLine Transit Agency for installation aboard "The 21st Century Truck," a government- industry collaborative effort for development of commercially viable technologies that will dramatically cut the fuel use […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Marubeni Announces Direct FuelCell Siting
Marubeni Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) and FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced the siting of a Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plant at the Nippon Metal Industry Co. Ltd. in Japan. Marubeni will install a 250kW DFC® power plant to the Sagamihara Works of Nippon Metal in the second quarter of 2003. The facility produces specialty steels […]
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Communications Power
Dave Petratis Accepts Schneider Electric Position
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) announced that MGE Americas President Dave Petratis has accepted the position of President and Chief Operations Officer for the North American division of Schneider Electric (Palatine, IL). Schneider Electric is a one-third owner of MGE. Claude Graff, chief operations officer of MGE, will act as interim president of MGE […]
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Automotive Electronics
Cummins Power to Sell/Service Kawasaki Generators
Cummins Power Generation (Minneapolis, MN) and Kawasaki Gas Turbines-Americas, a division of Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA (Irvine, CA), have signed a distribution agreement for Cummins to market, sell and service generator sets and power systems powered by Kawasaki gas turbines in the Americas. Kawasaki Gas Turbines-Americas is a manufacturer of small and mid-size gas turbine […]
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Automotive Electronics
Dynetek Partners with NRCan on Fuel Cell Bus
Dynetek Industries Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta) announced its participation in a new $8.0 million hybrid fuel cell bus project. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is committing $3.0 million of the total project over a three-year period. The project, led by Hydrogenics Corp. (Mississauga, ON), focuses on the development of new hybrid fuel cell bus technology. Dynetek is […]
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Communications Power
California Micro Devices Reports Q3 Guidance
California Micro Devices Corp. (Milpitas, CA) disclosed the financial outlook for its third fiscal quarter of 2003, which ends December 31, 2002. Revenue is expected to be between $11.3 and $11.9 million, up from $10.8 million in the prior quarter and $7.0 million in the same quarter a year ago. The company also expects net […]
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Automotive Electronics
Ansoft Releases Enhanced SIMPLORER SV
Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh) announced the release of SIMPLORER® SV version 6, a free downloadable version of SIMPLORER, Ansoft's mixed-domain systems design software. The tool is rapidly being adopted within the automotive, aerospace and electric-drive industries. The new version integrates VHDL-AMS, a standard modeling language for analog mixed-signal design, within SIMPLORER's popular graphical user environment. Users […]
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1.2KCommunications PowerNational Semi Intros LM2702 Power Management ICs
National Semiconductor Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) introduced three boost converters with integrated buffers that are suitable for generating bias supplies for large-format,...
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711Communications PowerLatin America Receives First Grid-Connect System
Eco Solar, a BP Solar (Linthicum, MD) distributor, has signed an agreement with power distribution utility Luz del Sur (Lima, Peru) to...
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828Automotive ElectronicsSchaefer Intros New C3700 Series Power Converters
Schaefer Inc. (Ashland, MA) introduced its new C3700 Series of 1,250W, 6U high, VME/Eurorack/wall-mount compatible dc/dc and ac/dc converters. Applications include locomotive...
