Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) has established a consortium of hardware makers to work on developing batteries, fuel cells and related technologies...
H Power Corp. (Belleville, NJ) announced a proposal to allow the company's board of directors to implement, at their discretion, a one-for-five stock split, which was approved by the company's shareholders. The approved proposal also allows the company to decrease its number of authorized shares of common stock from 150 million to 50 million. The […]
Schaffner Ltd. (Edison, NJ) announced the introduction of a new range of specialized decoupling filters for use in domestic and industrial power...
Direct Electronics Tech Co. Ltd. (China) introduced a new series of fusible resistors that feature an insulation resistance of 1 gigaohm and...
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Reno, NV) announced that it has completed a $200,000 equity placement with associates of the corporation, including large shareholders and immediate family members of officers and directors. Investors purchased units from the company for $0.75 per unit. Each unit contains one share of the company's common stock and two warrants. "We view […]
Researchers at the University of the West of England (UWE, Bristol, England) have developed a microbial fuel cell about the size of a mobile phone that could be powered by organic household waste. The bacteria-driven cell, which would cost about $15, directly converts biochemical energy into electricity. It uses E. coli bacteria to break down […]
R.A. Warren Equipment Ltd., an underground-locomotive manufacturer, took part in a $2.1 million international collaborative research project, headed by the US FuelCell Propulsion Institute (Denver, CO) and the Natural Resources Canada (NRC), to test fuel cells within a four-ton locomotive in an experimental mine in Val d'Or, Quebec. The locomotive pulled five cars down a […]
Researchers from the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory, University of Chicago, and Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, NM) have developed a way to trap the hydrogen gas inside water-ice structures forming hydrogen hydrate. The scientists reveal that they may be on the way to a new hydrogen storage method for fuel cells. The […]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI) announced that it has been awarded a three-year, cost-shared, three-phase subcontract by the US Department of Energy's (DOE, Washington, DC) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, CO) to develop new optically enhanced back reflector and improved deposition processes for amorphous silicon-based solar cells. NREL will incrementally fund […]
H Power Corp. (Belleville, NJ) reported its fiscal 2003 first-quarter results for the period ended August 31, 2002. For the first quarter ended August 31, 2002, total revenue was $0.9 million, versus $0.4 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2002. The net loss for the quarter was $7.0 million, or $0.13 per share, versus […]
Azure Dynamics Corp. (Vancouver, BC) announced its year-end results. For the year ended June 30, 2002, the company incurred a net loss of $5,756,197, or $0.18 per share, compared to a net loss for the year ended June 30, 2001, of $2,072,074, or $0.10 per share. The increase in the deficit in 2002, compared to […]
Talismanic Electronic Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) introduced the TPS-2 Series of micro switches, which are rated from 3Vdc, 50µA to 5Vdc, 1mA, and...
Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd. (Japan) introduced the MM1543 and MM1544 lithium-ion battery protection ICs, which prevent shorting and reverse charging and are...
FST Inc. (San Francisco, CA) announced the immediate availability of the Decom300-A2T, a solid-state hydrogen storage and delivery product. The unit is designed to fuel cars; a broad range of industrial generators; and remote and backup power systems for ISP's, homes, paramedics and other energy consumers. The Decom300-A2 is a PC-sized appliance that safely and […]
Intersil Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced three new additions to its MightyMUX™ analog switch line, the ISL84521, ISL84522 and ISL84523. The new quad...