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Batteries and Portable Power
Metallic Power Teams with Nextel for Fuel Cell Power
Metallic Power Inc. (Carlsbad, CA) announced that it has signed a memo of understanding with Nextel Communications Inc. to conduct extensive testing and evaluation of Metallic Power's fuel cells as a backup power source for Nextel cellular basestations. Initial applications for this technology will include providing backup power to cell sites and telecommunications equipment terminals […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
DCH Ships Fuel Cell to Global Natural Gas Utility
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced the shipment of a 5kW natural gas fuel cell to a new confidential customer. The fuel cell will be integrated with a fuel processor designed and delivered by UOP LLC (Des Plaines, IL). "Our relationship with UOP continues to be highly beneficial to both companies and to our customers, […]
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Automotive Electronics
Rayovac Develops New I-C3 Battery Technology
Rayovac Corp. (Madison, WI) announced that it has developed a new rechargeable battery that will take only 15 minutes to recharge. The technology will cut recharging time from one hour for its most powerful rechargeable batteries, designed for high-drain devices like digital cameras. Rayovac calls the new technology I-C3 for "In-Cell Charge Control" because the […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Energy Visions Receives Private Placement
Energy Visions Inc. (EVI, Ottawa, ON) reported that it has completed a non-brokered private placement of 238,137 units at a price of CDN$0.55 per unit for gross proceeds of approximately CDN$131,000. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each common share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase […]
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618Batteries and Portable PowerCasio Begins Marketing Small-Scale Fuel Cells
Casio Computer Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that it will unveil its newly developed fuel cells at a chemical engineering conference on...
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Batteries and Portable Power
MTI Unveils Micro Fuel Cell Prototype
Mechanical Technology Inc. (MTI, Albany, NY) unveiled its new micro fuel cell prototype almost two months earlier than expected. MTI President William Acker said the company had worked aggressively on the device, which was originally scheduled to be unveiled in May. "Reduced size and increased performance are both very important in order to advance to […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Sustainable Energy Successfully Tests Inverter
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Canada) announced that it has successfully demonstrated the key functional and performance characteristics of its 5kW power inverter in collaboration with a leading North American fuel cell developer. The tests, which were performed at the fuel cell developer's facilities, demonstrated and validated Sustainable Energy's technology capabilities with synchronization to the […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Metallic Power Announces Key Executive Additions
Metallic Power Inc. (Carlsbad, CA) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Wolking as vice president of marketing and Steven Schaefer as vice president of business development. Wolking brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing and marketing management, including product management, marketing communications, market research and strategic marketing. With more than 25 years in international […]
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Power Quality Protection
Senate Rejects Renewable Energy Proposal for Utilities
The US Senate rejected a proposal to require utilities to produce as much as a fifth of their electricity from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources. Another fuel requirement, calling for up to 10 percent of electricity from renewable sources, remained in a broad energy bill being debated by the Senate, but opponents said […]
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Communications Power
NEC and Innovada Demonstrate V850 NetChip Module
NEC Electronics Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) announced it will demonstrate its new V850 NetChip modules at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco. Jointly developed with Innovada, the V850 NetChip module includes the hardware and software required to develop products that can access the Internet, transfer data, and send and receive e-mail. The modules are […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
ZTEK to Provide SOFC for Connecticut Test Site
ZTEK Corp. (Woburn, MA) announced that it has been selected as a finalist by the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund to team with the Renewable Resources Group LLC (RRG, Newington, CT) to receive funding for a demonstration of ZTEK's 25kW solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. Under the proposal, ZTEK will manufacture and supply a 25kW integrated […]
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Power Quality Protection
Power Measurement Opens Midwest Sales Office
Power Measurement (Victoria, BC) announced the opening of its new Cincinnati office, and the appointment of Steve Scheeren as District Sales Manager for the Midwest region. "From this location, Steve can provide our Midwestern customers with the tools to control the cost, quality and reliability of their energy," said Gary Moody, Power Measurement general manager […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
H Power to Deliver Fuel Cell System to Naps Systems
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced that it will deliver a 4kW cogeneration fuel cell system to Naps Systems Oy (Finland), a leading solar power system company and a subsidiary of Fortum Corp. (Finland). The fuel cell system will be installed at the Environmental Information Centre in Hammarby Sjostad Stockholm, Sweden, to use and demonstrate […]
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883Communications PowerDTE Energy Releases energy|now SOC
DTE Energy Technologies (Farmington Hills, MI) has launched the energy|now System Operations Center (SOC), which is a remote monitoring and control system...
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Batteries and Portable Power
Astris Energi Intros POWERSTACK MC250
Astris Energi Inc. (Mississauga, ON) announced a new fuel cell product suitable for powering small vehicles, stationary electric energy sources for industry and a range of other applications. Known as the POWERSTACK MC250, the system will be commercially available, both here and abroad, later this year The new power source is based on the company's […]
