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727Communications PowerAlcatel Launches AQ 75 SI Series DC/DC Converters
Alcatel Converters (Lannion, France) announced the launch of its new AQ 75 SI Series of quarter-brick, dc/dc converters, which are suitable for...
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Communications Power
Evergreen Solar Appoints Rusch and Barret
Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, MA) announced the appointments of Peter Rusch as European Marketing and Sales Manager and Lance Barret as US National Sales Manager for the company. The newly created positions represent Evergreen Solar's latest steps in its commitment to customer service and increasing worldwide market penetration of its solar-electric products. Rusch has extensive […]
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876Batteries and Portable PowerON Semi Intros NCP1550 DC/DC Controller
ON Semiconductor LLC (Phoenix, AZ) introduced the NCP1550, a micro-powered, high switching frequency, step-down voltage regulation controller designed for PDAs, camcorders, digital...
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980Automotive ElectronicsDOT Rules PolyFuel DMFCs Cleared for Airplanes
The US Department of Transportation (DOT, Washington, DC) has reportedly ruled that a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) developed by Polyfuel Inc....
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Power Quality Protection
Aquila Names Keith Stamm Chief Operating Officer
Aquila Inc. (Kansas City, MO) announced that Keith Stamm has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Mike Jonagan has been appointed Senior Vice President, Capacity Services. Jonagan will report to Stamm, will oversee the continuing wind-down of Aquila's energy trading, and will manage the company's non-regulated generation assets across the US. […]
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675Automotive ElectronicsTyco Electronics Intros RHE400/RHE1500 Devices
Tyco Electronics Power Components (Menlo Park, CA) announced its new RHE400 and RHE1500 Raychem circuit-protection PolySwitch® devices for industrial and commercial electronics...
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Automotive Electronics
Fairchild Intros New 60V PowerTrench MOSFETs
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced three new 60V, n-channel, trench MOSFETs designed for high-current automotive applications such as motor/body load control, ABS, power train management and injection systems. The FDB035AN06A0, FDP038AN06A0 and the FDD10AN06A0 are the first 60V devices from Fairchild's new line of medium-voltage (60V to 150V) PowerTrench® products. The new MOSFETs […]
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Power Components
AMSC Announces Distribution Agreement with Bridex
American Superconductor Corp. (ASMC, Westborough, MA) and Bridex Technologies Pte Ltd. (Singapore) announced a distribution agreement where Bridex Technologies will market and sell AMSC's complete line of power quality and reliability solutions to industrial customers in the Asia-Pacific market. Products covered under the agreement include AMSC's D-VAR™, D-SMES and PQ-IVR™ systems and will be sold […]
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Power Quality Protection
APS Delivers Power Module to DTE Energy Technologies
Alpha Power Systems (APS, Minneapolis, MN) announced the shipment of its first unit of an order of five 1MW power modules to DTE Energy Technologies Inc. (Detroit, MI). The power modules, to be used for on-site electric power generation applications, contain a 1MW natural gas genset, with associated components and switchgear, packaged in a sound-attenuated […]
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Power Quality Protection
Brad Forth Wins Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Award
Power Measurement (Victoria, BC) President and CEO Bradford Forth has been named Ernst and Young's 2002 Pacific Entrepreneur of the Year in the category of Technology and Communications. Forth has led the company through several years of successive growth and profitability, which now includes more than 250 employees, representation in over 50 countries and $70.0 […]
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Power Quality Protection
OTI Announces DER Project in Silicon Valley
Optimal Technologies International Inc. (OTI, Benicia, CA), a provider of end-to-end power grid optimization technologies and services, announced the official start of a distributed energy resource (DER) strategic planning project in Silicon Valley that will utilize its technology. The information generated by the project will be used to evaluate measurable transmission and distribution (T&D) network […]
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Automotive Electronics
Kawasaki Announces Gas Turbine Retrofit in CA
Kawasaki Gas Turbines-Americas, a division of Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA (Grand Rapids, MI), announced that it has been selected by Sonoma Developmental Center (Eldridge, CA) to retrofit an M1A-13D Kawasaki gas turbine with Catalytica's Xonon Cool Combustion™ system. The retrofit will enable the 1.4MW gas turbine to operate with a 90-percent reduction in nitrogen oxides […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
AnalogicTech Signs Agreement with Future Electronics
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. (AnalogicTech, Sunnyvale, CA) announced a distribution agreement with Future Electronics, where Future Electronics will sell and support AnalogicTech's entire Total Power Management Product Line, including its PowerManager™, PowerLinear™ and SmartSwitch™ product families. "This agreement with one of the leading distributors of electronic components significantly expands the accessibility of our products in […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
PPL Announces Expensing of Future Stock Options
PPL Corp. (Allentown, PA) announced that, beginning January 1, 2003, it will expense the value of any new stock options granted to PPL employees. The decision does not change the company's 2003 earnings forecast of between $3.60 and $3.80 per share in earnings from core operations. PPL also reaffirmed its 2002 forecast of $3.30 to […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
FCE Announces DOE Fuel Cell/Turbine Agreement
FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT) announced a modification to the existing Vision 21 program agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC) to demonstrate two additional sub-megawatt power plants based on the company's patented Direct FuelCell/Turbine® (DFC/T®) technology. The modification provides an additional $16.0 million to the project's budget that will be […]
