PowerPulse.net
Power Quality Protection
-
Batteries and Portable Power
Toshiba Develops Compact Fuel Cell for Mobile Devices
Toshiba Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has developed a new compact fuel cell for use in mobile devices. The invention of new materials for electrodes of the cell has paved the way for improvement of the output power density and the voltage. The new material lowers the loss of voltage that is caused on the […]
-
Batteries and Portable Power
Intertech Presents Power Electronics Seminar Series
Intertech Corp. (Portland, ME) announced a series of three independent sessions on "The Fundamentals of Power Electronics," which will be presented March 26-27, May 1-2 and June 4-5, 2002, at the Crystal City Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. The three-part power electronics seminar series is filled with information – participants can attend any one, or […]
-
Communications Power
Intersil Unveils ISL6215/ISL6205 Power Solution
Intersil Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced a new highly efficient power management solution for future Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processors used in notebooks, hand-held data terminals and point-of-sale terminals. The solution includes Intersil's new ISL6215 multiphase PWM controller and ISL6205 MOSFET driver ICs. The ISL6215 is optimized to provide power-saving modes for Mobile Pentium 4 processor […]
-
![]()
![]()
713Communications PowerTDI Unveils New Remote Power Plant
TDI Transistor Devices (Hackettstown, NJ) announced its new Remote Power Plant (RPP), which provides up to 120A of +24Vdc power or up...
-
Batteries and Portable Power
Satcon Receives Contract for Power Converters
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that it has been awarded a $4.1 million contract from General Atomics to continue the development of its integrated power system (IPS). The contract phase, when added to the initial IPS phase that began last February, brings the total value of the program to $7.0 million. Under the new […]
-
![]()
![]()
1.1KAutomotive ElectronicsAC Propulsion Debuts AC-150 Drivetrain
AC Propulsion Inc. (San Dimas, CA) introduced its new second-generation AC-150 drivetrain. The new system retains the original's 150kW (200HP) rating, but...
-
![]()
![]()
899Power QualityMGE Presents New Pulsar Evolution UPS Family
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) announced its new Pulsar Evolution UPS family. The Evolution is suitable for protecting rack-optimized servers, storage...
-
Batteries and Portable Power
HARC and Sieco SA Sign Collaborative Agreement
The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC, Houston, TX) and Sieco SA (Buenos Aires, Argentina) have signed a cooperative agreement to work together to develop projects that promote new technologies related to fuel cells, power generation and energy storage in South America. "Both HARC and Sieco possess unique capabilities," said Todd Mitchell, HARC president. "This agreement […]
-
Automotive Electronics
Tyco International to Split into Four Companies
Tyco International Ltd. (Pembroke, Bermuda) announced that it would split into four publicly traded companies to boost shareholder value and erase $11.0 billion in debt. Tyco's health care, fire protection and flow control, and financial services businesses will be taken public through initial public offerings. Tyco's security and electronics businesses would be combined as a […]
-
Batteries and Portable Power
Greenlight Launches Fuel Cell Test Station
Greenlight Power Technologies Inc. (Burnaby, BC) announced that it has launched its fifth-generation fuel cell test station (FCTS) for product development through a demonstration program with Cellex Power Products Inc. (Richmond, BC). The latest Greenlight FCTS has been designed for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells and is available in four different power ranges to service testing […]
-
Batteries and Portable Power
Energy Visions Announces Senior Appointments
The board of Energy Visions Inc. (EVI, Ottawa, ON) announced that Philip Whiting has been appointed President of Energy Ventures Inc. (Canada). Whiting currently serves as a member of the board of directors and as vice president of research and development at EVI. EVI also announced that Steven Carkner, formerly of Research in Motion Ltd., […]
-
Power Quality Protection
DTE Energy Implements Silicon Energy's Technology
DTE Energy Technologies Inc. (Farmington Hills, MI) and Silicon Energy (Alameda, CA) are offering commercial and industrial customers a way of managing distributed generation resources through the implementation of DTE Energy's energy|now system operations center. "As demand for electricity increases, distributed generation is rapidly becoming an alternative for cleaner, more reliable energy," said James Gariepy, […]
-
Automotive Electronics
Catalytica Energy Appoints Cartwright, Tierney to BOD
Catalytica Energy Systems Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced the appointment of Pete Cartwright, chairman, president and CEO of Calpine Corp., and Susan Tierney, senior vice president of Lexecon Inc., to its board of directors. The two appointments increase the company's total board membership to nine. "We are extremely pleased to have Pete Cartwright and Susan […]
-
Power Quality Protection
APC Announces PowerChute Software
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced the expansion of its family of power management software with the introduction of the PowerChute Personal Edition for the Mac OS X operating system. The system shutdown software has power management functions and is suitable for APC Back-UPS users protecting their computers from power problems. The PowerChute […]
-
Power Quality Protection
Power Measurement Opens Wisconsin Office
Power Measurement (Victoria, BC) announced the opening of its new Northern Wisconsin office, and the appointment of Philip Larsen as District Sales Manager for the Northern Mid-West region. "From this new location, Phil can provide Power Measurement's mid-western customers with the tools to control the cost, quality and reliability of their energy," said Gary Moody, […]
