Agile Systems Inc. (Waterloo, ON) announced its new DPC1-3 digital power IC, which is targeted to power conversion and power management applications....
Linear Technology Corp. (LTC, Milpitas, CA) announced the LT1940, a dual-output, constant-frequency, step-down switching regulator in a thermally enhanced, 16-pin, TSSOP package....
Advance Galatrek (UK) launched its latest DIN-railmount range of StrikeSafe transient voltage surge suppressors, which are suitable for the protection of PCs, servers, phones systems, fax machines, digital TVs, videos and satellite hardware, and can be installed anywhere that there is an available DIN-rail standard consumer unit. With a peak-pulse current-handling capacity of up to […]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI) announced the promotion of David Strand to Vice President, Information Technology. In this position,...
Advanced Power Conversion plc (APC, Farnborough, England) introduced its new 60A version of its half-brick dc/dc converter range, the APC-H301 Series, which...
US WindForce LLC (Wexford, PA) and Padoma Wind Power LLC (La Jolla, CA) announced the formation of a joint venture for the purpose of developing, constructing, financing and selling as many as 1,500MW of wind energy projects, involving 10 or more project locations, over the next five years in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. […]
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) announced the sale and delivery of nine GenSys;trade;5C systems, the company's 5kW, combined heat and power (CHP) grid parallel, natural gas-fueled, proton-exchange membrane, fuel cell systems, to Johnson Controls Inc. (Milwaukee, WI), under contract to the Navy Renewable Energy Division at the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, CA. […]
ON Semiconductor LLC (Phoenix, AZ) updated its third-quarter 2002 guidance. With the slowness of the current economy affecting the semiconductor industry, ON...
A coalition of 26 leading fuel cell companies presented the Bush Administration and Congress with a report for a national fuel cell and hydrogen strategy, entitled "Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: The Path Forward," which presents a comprehensive strategy for federal investment in fuel cell technology and fuel infrastructure. The report was prepared by Robert Rose […]
Composite Power Corp. (CPC, Las Vegas, NV) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Premium Power Corp. (PPC) that will lead to the manufacture and distribution of PPC's PowerBlock integrated power management system, a hybrid fuel cell product combining power electronics with large-scale, advanced battery, energy storage for high value and mission-critical power quality and […]
Acumentrics Corp. (Westwood, MA), a privately held manufacturer of power quality and distributed generation products, and Sumitomo Corp. (Japan) announced the signing of a stock purchase agreement and a one-year study of the Japanese market for solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), flywheel-based uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) and battery-based UPSs. Under the terms of the agreement, Sumitomo […]
Royal Philips Electronics (Netherlands) and Ericsson Mobile Platforms (Sweden) signed an agreement that reinforces the strategic partnership in the development of 2.5...
Intersil Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that it is affirming its revenue and earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2002. Intersil's CFO Dan Heneghan said, "We are having another solid quarter. Previously, we guided for six to eight percent sequential revenue growth in the September quarter, and it now looks like we will achieve eight […]
Vanteck (VRB) Technology Corp. (Vancouver, BC) announced that its subsidiary, Pinnacle VRB Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia) has been awarded a grant of $700,000 by the Australian Greenhouse Office as part of its Renewable Energy Commercialisation Programme. The grant, to be paid in six installments, is to be used toward Pinnacle's contract for the supply and installation […]
Reliant Energy Inc. (Houston, TX), sole stockholder of Reliant Energy Resources Corp. (Houston, TX), became a wholly owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy Inc., according to a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each share of common stock of Reliant Energy was converted into one share of common stock of CenterPoint Energy. According […]