Stuart Energy Systems Corp. (Toronto, Canada) announced its consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. Revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal year ending March 31, 2002, was $3.9 million, compared to $4.8 million in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2001. Revenue for the fiscal year […]
California Micro Devices Corp. (Milpitas, CA) presented the financial outlook for its first fiscal quarter of 2003, which ends June 30, 2002. The company anticipates revenue between $8.7 and $9.2 million, up from $8.2 million in the prior quarter, and $6.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2002. Net loss per share is expected […]
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced its quarterly business update for the first quarter of fiscal 2003, and said that it expects sales for the quarter to be up 7 to 7.5 percent sequentially from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002, and up approximately 14 percent from the prior-year's first quarter. This compares to the […]
California Micro Devices Corp. (Milpitas, CA) announced that Edward Ross, president of TSMC North America, has been appointed to the company's board of directors, effective immediately. "I'm delighted that Dr. Ross has joined our board, as I believe his extensive semiconductor technology and management experience will be of great value to California Micro Devices as […]
Beacon Power Corp. (Wilmington, MA) showcased its advanced technology to an official Chinese trade delegation, including six representatives from Shanghai Municipal Electric Power. Shanghai Electric, along with other Chinese utility representatives and members of the Chinese Foreign Trade Ministry and US Consulate, is taking part in an orientation tour sponsored by the US Trade and […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that it has shipped a next-generation StarSine 250kW power conversion system (PCS) to Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. (Orlando, FL) for use with its solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC), which is being developed under a cooperative agreement between Siemens Westinghouse and the US Department of Energy, and which is aimed at […]
C&D Technologies Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) announced that Robert Harries, senior vice president of FMC Corp., was elected to the company's board of directors by shareholders at the company's annual meeting. "With his 30-plus years of international industrial business leadership experience, Harries makes an outstanding addition to our board," stated C&D President and CEO Wade […]
Astris Energi Inc. (Mississauga, ON) reported that discussions are continuing with nine potential joint-venture partners in six different countries, most of which were former partners with ZeTek Power plc (UK), the only other manufacturer of alkaline fuel cells, which recently declared bankruptcy. Of special interest to such system integrators are Astris' 2.5kW alkaline fuel cells, […]
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Reno, NV) announced a successful series of its advanced solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) test demonstrations. The first series of...
Superior MicroPowders LLC (SMP, Albuquerque, NM) announced that it has been granted two National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (ATP) awards for the development of high-volume manufacturing of next-generation, membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs) for direct-methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) and reformed-fuel, polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The SMP NIST ATP award entitled, […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced that it has delivered a 4kW, cogeneration, fuel cell system to Naps Systems Oy (Finland), a leading solar power system company, for the Environmental Information Centre in Hammarby Sjostad Stockholm, Sweden, as a demonstration of a sustainable energy system that provides both electricity and heat. Naps Systems and its […]
Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems LLC (Rochester Hills, MI), a 50-50 owned limited-liability company whose members are Texaco Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corp. (San Francisco, CA), and Ovonic Battery Company Inc., a subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Troy, MI), announced that Thomas Neslage has been named President and Chief Operating Officer. […]
Energy Visions Inc. (EVI, Ottawa, ON) announced that it has modeled a hybrid system using a combination of the company's proprietary technologies, the direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) and nickel-zinc (NiZn) battery. The EVI DMFC system operates directly on methanol extracting hydrogen without a fuel reformer, and the company believes the selective integrated combination of the […]
Advance Galatrek (UK) unveiled its latest microprocessor-controlled Mac PinUPS Series of digital, line-interactive, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) for protecting Macintosh equipment from breaks and interruptions in the mains power supply, including potentially damaging spikes and surges. The Mac PinUPS features capacities ranging from 300VA to 650VA, an automatic voltage stabilizer, line-interactive technology, advanced communications capabilities, […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that it has delivered a StarSine power conditioning system (PCS) to FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) to provide the electrical balance of plant for its Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) megawatt-class fuel cell system. The StarSine system was manufactured using MegaVerter power blocks and advanced digital controls specifically designed for alternative […]