Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) announced that it has finalized new agreements with GE Fuel Cell Systems LLC (GEFCS, Schenectady, NY), GE MicroGen Inc. (Latham, NY), GE Power Systems Equities (GEPS, Latham, NY) and DTE Energy Technologies (Farmington Hills, MI) in line with the memoranda of understanding (MOU) announced earlier this year. Under the new […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced the formation of H Power Japan in partnership with Mitsui and Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and Mitsui and Co. (USA) Inc. Both parties will have a 50 percent ownership in the newly created company, which will be a Japanese corporation headquartered in Tokyo. H Power Japan's initial activity will be […]
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) introduced its new Comet 40 kVA UPS to its Comet family. The new three-phase Comet offers...
Catalytica Energy Systems Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced that it has appointed James Schlatter to the position of Vice President, Research and Development Center. In this newly created position, Schlatter will act as general manager of the company's Mountain View operation following the previously announced relocation of a number of corporate functions beginning in October […]
Fuel Cell Technologies (FCT, Ontario) has been awarded a contract by the Government of Canada to deliver a pre-production fuel cell system for their diver heating application. The contract is for $277,000 over 12 months, with the deliverable being a compact, pre-production system for the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine. This contract follows […]
Saelig Co. Inc. (Victor, NY) announced its new K2 cost-effective, port-powered RS232-to-RS422/485 converters with a built-in DIL switch. The switch positions allow...
International Fuel Cells (South Windsor, CT), a unit of United Technologies Corp., announced the sale of a fuel cell system that will power a recreational center in Woking, England, and be the first commercial fuel cell operating in the UK. The 200kW PC25 system will be installed at Woking Park and will provide electricity and […]
Enron Corp. (Houston, TX) promoted two veteran leaders of its core wholesale business to fill out its top executive team, two weeks after the surprise departure of one of the energy powerhouse's chief architects. Enron named Greg Whalley as president and COO, and Mark Frevert, Whalley's boss at Enron Wholesale Services, as vice chairman. Jeffrey […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) reported revenues of $7.6 million for the third quarter ended July 31, 2001, compared with revenues of $4.1 million in the same quarter of 2000, an increase of 85 percent. Net loss for the period was $2.8 million, or $0.08, per basic and diluted share compared with a net loss […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) announced it has formed a joint development agreement with DuPont Fluoroproducts (Wilmington, DE) aimed at developing direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for portable and mobile applications. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to develop direct methanol fuel cell products in the range of 100W to 1,000W, initially […]
Hydrogenics Corp. (Toronto) announced the highlights of its corporate activity and its financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2001. Hydrogenics recorded revenues of $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2001, compared to $2.8 million for the same period in 2000. Hydrogenics incurred a net loss of $2.3 million, or […]
Global Thermoelectric Inc. (Canada) announced that Global and Suburban Propane LP (Suburban, Whippany, NJ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This MOU establishes the first strategic alliance in North America to develop and distribute SOFC power products in propane markets. "We expect the alliance of Global and Suburban will accelerate the commercialization of our […]
UQM Technologies Inc. (Golden, CO) CEO William G. Rankin told shareholders at the company's annual shareholder meeting that it currently has two new fuel cell products under development for a major fuel cell development company. These new products are in addition to the air compressor drive motors currently being supplied to Ford's and DaimlerChrysler's next […]
Capstone Turbine Corp. (Chatsworth, CA) announced that it has substantially lowered its expectations for sales of its 30kW and 60kW microturbine units during the quarter ending September 30, 2001, and for the full year 2001. "We reported in our SEC filing for the second quarter that a large portion of our sales occurred during the […]
General Motors (GM, Detroit, MI) unveiled a stationary generator based on the company's fuel processing and stack technology for automotive applications. The 5kW stack unit, which can generate clean, quiet and efficient power, could be a backup generator for subdivisions at risk of losing power because of common blackouts, or could even replace standard sources […]