Power Quality Protection

September 17, 2001

Invensys and Active Power Augment Agreement

Invensys Powerware Division (Raleigh, NC) and Active Power Inc. announced a new agreement that will expand their relationship to distribute Active Power's...

Automotive Electronics

September 7, 2001

IMPCO Reports First-Quarter Fiscal 2002 Results

IMPCO Technologies Inc. (Cerritos, CA) reported results for its fiscal first quarter ended July 31, 2001. For the first quarter of fiscal 2002, IMPCO reported a net loss of $5.6 million, or $0.54 per share on revenues of $25.9 million. This compared to a net loss of $0.6 million, or $0.07 per share for the […]

September 7, 2001

Barbir Joins Proton Energy Systems

Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Rocky Hill, CT) announced that renowned fuel cell expert Dr. Frano Barbir has joined the company as Director of Fuel Cell Technology and Chief Scientist. In this role, Barbir will lead Proton Energy's efforts to evaluate, develop, operate, commercialize and manufacture appropriate fuel cell technologies to serve the needs of the […]

Texaco Purchases Shares of ECD Common Stock

Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Troy, MI) announced that, pursuant to the stock purchase agreement between ECD and Texaco Inc. (Detroit, MI), Texaco has exercised its right to maintain its 20-percent interest in ECD. This share purchase follows an increase in ECD's outstanding common stock due to the exercise of warrants on July 31, 2001. […]

DCH Joint Venture Announces First Fuel Cell Sales

DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced that Daido Metal Ltd., (Nagoya, Japan) DCH's joint venture partner for the manufacture and sale of fuel cells in the Asian markets, has sold its first 12W/12V portable fuel cells to targeted customers in the Japanese automotive, electronics manufacturing and highway sign industries. The fuel cells were sold through […]

Mechanical Technology Gets Award for Fuel Cell System

Mechanical Technology Inc. (Albany, NY) announced it has received an award of more than $4.6 million from the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The award is to carry out a two-and-one-half year, $9.3 million cost-shared program to research and develop a micro fuel cell for use in […]

IdaTech Receives Fifth Fuel Cell Patent

IdaTech (Bend, OR), a subsidiary of IDACORP Inc. (Boise, ID), has received its fifth fuel cell system patent, US Patent No. 6,242,120, which covers the mechanism that synchronizes the purging of the fuel cell stack with the rate at which water is produced. It protects IdaTech's system from unauthorized use or manufacture. "Our optimized purge […]

CFCL Opens New Fuel Cell Engineering Facility

Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. (CFCL, Australia) has opened a new 35,000sqft engineering facility, bringing the company another step closer to market. The new building will be used to assemble prototypes and to carry out tests on the company's market-entry product, a 40kW fuel-cell-based electricity generator. The first prototype should be completed by June next year. […]

Communications Power

Pulizzi Engineering Unveils TPC4100 Series

Pulizzi Engineering announced its new TPC4100 Series of three-phase power distribution systems, which are designed for either 0U or 1U rack mounting. The units provide 20A or 30A three-phase WYE power input, with distribution to 12 single-phase outlets, rated at 15A or 20A at either 120V or 240V (or a combination of the two). The […]

Electric Fuel Reports Second-Quarter 2001 Results

Electric Fuel Corp. (New York) announced its results for the second quarter and for the six months ended June 30, 2001. For the three months ended June 30, 2001, the company reported revenues of $1,034,000, compared with revenues of $632,000 reported for the same period in 2000. The company reported a net loss of $4.6 […]

Power Quality Protection

Lee Technologies to Offer Catalyst Power Solutions

Catalyst Power (Carlsbad, CA) announced that Lee Technologies Group (Fairfax, VA) will carry Catalyst Power's integrated on-site energy solutions for backup, peak shaving and conditioned power to meet demanding mission critical power needs. "Lee Technologies Group's extensive experience in providing their customers with full-service in mission-critical infrastructures, combined with the company's technical service support capabilities, […]

DCH Receives Funding Commitment

DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) announced it has signed a stock purchase agreement with Swartz Private Equity LLC (Atlanta, GA) for up to two million shares of DCH common stock. Under the agreement, DCH retains the right to determine if, when, and how much common stock Swartz may purchase off DCH's shelf registration already in […]

NEC Develops Fuel Cell Using Nanotechnology

NEC Corp. (Japan), the Japan Science and Technology Corp. (JST, Japan), and the Institute of Research and Innovation (IRI) announced that they have developed a small-sized fuel cell for mobile terminals using nanotechnology. The fuel cells are solid polymer fuel cells with methanol used as the fuel. The cell generates electric energy by producing a […]