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Automotive Electronics
Texaco Ovonic Announces New President/Management
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. […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
EVI Announces Plan for Hybrid Battery/Fuel Cell System
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 […]
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Communications Power
Advance Galatrek Offers New Mac PinUPS
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, […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
SatCon Delivers StarSine PCS to FuelCell Energy
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 […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Acumentrics Awarded Patent for SOFC System
Acumentrics Corp. (Westwood, MA) announced that it was awarded US patent 6,358,640 entitled, Fuel Cell Power Generating System. The patent is for a micro-tubular, solid-oxide fuel cell stack with integrated hydrocarbon fuel reformation. The patent details how Acumentrics' tubular fuel cell stack operates directly from existing infrastructure fuels such as natural gas or propane. "Acumentrics […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Shell and Partners to Launch Offshore Fuel Cell Project
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (Shell, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has announced the launch of a project in Norway to explore possible large-scale applications of new zero-emission, solid-oxide fuel cell technology driven by natural gas. A project team consisting of Shell International Ltd., Aker Kvaerner and Statkraft will perform a pilot study to explore the […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Sustainable Energy Adds Nowicki to Advisory Board
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that Dr. Edwin Nowicki, associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary, will join Sustainable Energy's advisory board. Nowicki has been providing technical advice to management over the past few months, and has become familiar with Sustainable Energy's power inverter […]
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941Automotive ElectronicsSchaffner EMC Intros New Compliance 3 Software
Schaffner EMC (Edison, NJ) introduced new software that enables EMC emission and immunity testing in one flexible, user-configurable package. The new EMC...
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734Power QualityMGE UPS Debuts Power Management Module System
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) introduced its new power management module (PMM) system that offers power availability and distribution for the...
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Automotive Electronics
Midtronics Promotes Ortiz to VP and GM
Midtronics Inc. (Willowbrook, IL) announced the promotion of Ron Ortiz to the position of Vice President and General Manager of the Midtronics group. Ortiz previously served as vice president of operations, and joined Midtronics in 1999 as the director of strategic marketing. In his new role, Ortiz takes responsibility for the day-to-day management of Midtronics, […]
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Automotive Electronics
Thermacore and Molex Enter into Joint Agreement
Thermacore International Inc. (Lancaster, PA), a subsidiary of Modine Manufacturing Co. (Racine, WI), and Molex Inc. (Lisle, IL) have announced that they have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to design, prototype and market an industry-standard thermal solution for the next generation of Intel desktop microprocessors. Under the JDA, both companies will devote engineering […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
US Fuel Cell Council Elects New Leadership
Members of the US Fuel Cell Council's (USFCC, Washington, DC) board of directors elected new officers at its Annual Spring Meeting, held May 21-22, 2002, in Washington, DC. Officers approved by the board of directors were President: George Earle, Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY); Treasurer: Jim Stike, Porvair Fuel Cell Technologies (Hendersonville, NC); and Secretary: […]
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674Communications PowerGE Fanuc Offers Redundant Power Supply System
GE Fanuc Automation America Inc. (Charlottesville, VA) announced a new redundant power supply system (RPSS) that switches power to a backup unit...
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Communications Power
Tyco Adds New OPS48/400AC to OPS Family
Tyco Electronics Power Systems (Dallas, TX) unveiled its newest product in the Outdoor Power System (OPS) family, the actively cooled OPS48/400AC, which integrates state-of-the-art, switch-mode, rectifier technology with a high-performance cooling system and streamlined remote control and monitoring. The OPS48/400AC provides up to 21kW, including redundancy, and operates from a 208Vac to 240Vac nominal input […]
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384Batteries and Portable PowerLishen Offers New Flat Lithium-Ion Batteries
Lishen Battery Joint-Stock Co. Ltd. (China) introduced a line of flat, small, lithium-ion batteries, which, based on the prismatic shape, are available...
