Power Quality Protection

August 1, 2002

Ballard Appoints Denise Morrison as New Director

Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced that Denise Morrison has been appointed to Ballard's board of directors. Morrison is the executive...

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July 30, 2002

International Rectifier Unveils 150U Series Rectifiers

International Rectifier Corp. (El Segundo, CA) introduced its new 150U® Series 235A, standard-recovery, stud-mount rectifiers in the DO-8 package, which are used...

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Automotive Electronics

July 30, 2002

GM to Sell Emergency Backup Fuel Cells

General Motors Corp. (GM, Detroit, MI) announced that it will enter the backup power systems market by selling stationary fuel cells to...

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Global Thermoelectric Reports Q2 2002 Results

Global Thermoelectric Inc. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced operational and financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2002. Revenue from thermoelectric...

ReGen Tech Tests UK Portable Generator Market

ReGen Tech Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland), developers of zero-emission power systems, have begun to test how ready the UK portable generator market is for fuel cell generator systems to replace diesel systems. The company reports it will begin introduction and field trials of its SiGen-5 5kVA prototype system, which uses alkaline technology (the SiGen 5 will […]

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Automotive Electronics

Palcan Debuts Mobile 5kW Fuel Cell Stack

Palcan Fuel Cell Co. Ltd. (Burnaby, BC) announced the release of a new fuel cell stack, which is said to optimize system...

872

Automotive Electronics

Littelfuse Acquires Semitron Industries

Littelfuse Inc. (Des Plaines, IL) announced that it has acquired Semitron Industries Ltd. (Swindon, England) in an all-cash transaction. Additional terms were...

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Power Quality

Invensys Introduces BPIV Online UPS

Invensys plc (Raleigh, NC) announced that International Power Machines (IPM), part of the Invensys Energy Management division, has introduced its new BPIV...

USAF Cancels Nevada Wind Farm Project

A $130.0 million Nevada test site wind power project has been canceled after US Air Force officials said turbine blades atop Shoshone Mountain would disrupt radar signals during training exercises. The decision by the National Nuclear Security Administration, the agency that operates the test site for the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC), halted […]

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Shanghai Power Launches Wind Power Generation Project

Shanghai Power Co. (China) announced the launch of a 20,000kW power generation project. Construction will require approximately one year for Shanghai's first...

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California Adopts Plan on Renewables and DG

The California Energy Commission (CEC, Sacramento, CA) has released its report on renewables and distributed generation (DG) entitled, "Distributed Generation Strategic Plan."...

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IRL Demonstrates Fuel Cell Generator System

Researchers at Industrial Research Ltd. (IRL, Christchurch, New Zealand) are demonstrating a trial fuel-cell generator system that is capable of providing electricity...

ESTI and Alchemix to Build CA Biomass Plant

Environmental Strategies and Technologies International Inc. (ESTI) announced that it has signed a letter of intent for a proposed joint venture with Alchemix H2 Technologies Corp. (Carefree, AZ) to build an electrical generating plant in Los Angeles fueled by landfill biomass. The plant will use Alchemix's HydroMax bioremediation technology, which converts biomass into low-cost hydrogen, […]