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PowerCET Offers New Power Quality Courses
PowerCET (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it will be offering five new power quality courses from August 12 to August 23, 2002, in Santa Clara, CA. The courses are designed for those who must troubleshoot and diagnose power, and courses will teach an understanding of the determinants of power quality, including geographic locations, electrical utility […]
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Communications Power
Advance-Galatrek Launches LineUPS DLB Series
Advance-Galatrek (UK) unveiled its microprocessor-controlled LineUPS® DLB Series of line-interactive, sinewave, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). Featuring line-interactive circuitry, the LineUPS DLB is suitable for applications where space is at a premium, and purchasing and operating costs need to be taken into consideration, but where performance cannot be compromised. With capacities ranging from 500VA to 2kVA, […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Indigo Energy Reports Flywheel System Tests
Indigo Energy Inc. (Napa, CA) announced the successful testing of the company's patent-pending magnetic bearing system for its flywheel energy-storage system. The testing was conducted at Innovative Magnetic Technologies, dba Calnetix (Torrance, CA), a magnetic bearing manufacturer and a strategic partner of Indigo Energy. "We were available to levitate a full-sized flywheel within a production […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Sony Improves Molecular Structure of Fullerene Membrane
The Materials Laboratories of Sony Corp. (Tokyo) have improved the molecular structure of a proton conductor of a fullerene system being developed as a solid electrolytic membrane for fuel cells. The company intends to improve the basic properties, such as the proton conductivity. The study results were shown by Masafumi Ata, head of Sony's pie-electron […]
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Power Quality Protection
Invensys Announces New Energy Management COO
Invensys plc (London, England) announced the appointment of Dan Leff to lead its Energy Management Division. Leff joins Invensys from a position as Chairman and CEO of the Energy Services Division of Enron Corp., where he was appointed to the role in late December 2001 following the company's filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Invensys CEO […]
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Automotive Electronics
IXYS Intros MII 400-12E4 Dual-Pack IGBT Module
IXYS Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) announces the introduction of its new MII 400-12E4 dual-pack, 400A/1,200V, IGBT module, which is suitable for high-power inverters for such applications as ac and dc motor drives, motor drives for electric vehicles and mass transit systems, electric welding, and high-power UPSs. The new MII 400-12E4 IGBT module is rated at […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Global Thermoelectric Signs Agreement with AES
Global Thermoelectric Inc. (Calgary, Canada) announced that it has executed a development partnership agreement with Advanced Energy Systems Ltd. (AES, Bentley, Australia) to cooperate in the commercial development of integrated power electronics and control technologies for SOFC systems. The agreement follows the signing of a December 2001 letter of intent. The development partnership agreement between […]
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Automotive Electronics
Microchip Signs Agreement to Acquire PowerSmart
Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PowerSmart Inc. (Shelton, CT). Microchip will pay approximately $54.0 million in cash, and will assume a balance sheet with approximately $4.0 million in cash and other net assets, and assume certain employee stock options. The transaction has been approved by […]
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770Batteries and Portable PowerAvista Labs Dismisses Six Corporate Executives
Avista Labs (Spokane, WA) has dismissed six executives after coming up short in an effort to find a partner after additional capital...
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Batteries and Portable Power
FCT Reports Successful Fuel Cell Prototype Operation
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, ON) announced that its 5kW fuel cell prototype has begun testing and continues to operate to the exacting expectations of the company, generating more than a megawatt-hour of electricity. The solid-oxide fuel cell system is operating fully on natural gas at over 40 percent electrical efficiency and with minimal […]
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859Batteries and Portable PowerTom Beyer Joins Coleman Powermate as VP/CFO
Coleman Powermate (Aurora, IL) announced that Tom Beyer has joined the company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In the new...
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430ComponentsSheng Ye Electrical Debuts CBB3X Series Capacitors
Sheng Ye Electrical Co. Ltd. (China) announced its new CBB3X Series of metallized film capacitors, which are offered with capacitance values of...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Ballard and EBARA to Develop PEM Manufacturing
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) and the Precision Machinery Group of EBARA Corp. (Japan) and EBARA Research Co. Ltd. announced that they have entered into an exclusive agreement to develop pilot-scale manufacturing processes and equipment for Ballard's BAM® grafted proton-exchange membrane (PEM). The agreement consists of an initial 18-month development period jointly funded by […]
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Automotive Electronics
Ballard Debuts First-Generation Ecostar Converter
The Electric Drives and Power Conversion Division of Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced the first of its new Ecostar power converters (EPC). The EPC is rated at 110kVA and is designed to operate with, and convert power from, a microturbine power source. The new EPC features full electrical grid compatibility, use of the […]
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Automotive Electronics
Ballard Announces New Alternative Energy Laboratory
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC) announced the opening of its advanced alternative energy laboratory in Dearborn, MI. The facility has six separate test cells with room for future expansion to eight cells. The new laboratory allows the rapid development and testing of the complete series of Ecostar power converters that Ballard plans to introduce. […]
