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Communications Power
Liebert Announces Npower Three-Phase UPS
Liebert Corp. (Columbus, OH) introduced the new Npower three-phase UPS, an uninterruptible power system with double-conversion technology suitable for use in data center and telecom environments where continuous availability is required even in the most demanding situations. The 30 to 130kVA Npower uses double-conversion technology for complete isolation from all incoming utility and generator-related power […]
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Communications Power
Active Power, Caterpillar Announce Alliance to Distribute UPS Systems
Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) and Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL) recently announced an alliance to develop and distribute new, higher-power battery-free UPS systems. The two companies signed an agreement in 1999 to develop and market a fully-integrated flywheel UPS system designed and manufactured to Caterpillar specifications and based on Active Power's patented flywheel technology. The […]
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Automotive Electronics
DCH Technology Reports 77-Percent Increase in Revenues
DCH Technology Inc. (DCH, Valencia, CA) announced that revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, were up 77 percent to $961, 551, compared to $543,199 for the same period 1999. During the last quarter of 2000, DCH focused on the final development of the H2SCAN hydrogen-specific sensing systems, which integrate the company's Robust […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
H Power Endorses Johnson-McNulty Federal Alternative Energy Bill
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) and Energy Co-Opportunity Inc. (ECO, Herndon, VA) have endorsed the Johnson-McNulty federal alternative energy bill, which proposes a $1,000 per kilowatt tax credit for purchasers of stationary fuel-cell systems that supply home electricity. The bill, sponsored by Representatives Nancy l. Johnson and Michael R. McNulty, was introduced in the House […]
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Power Quality
Teccor Launches SIDACtor Series of TVS Components
Teccor Electronics (Irving, TX) recently launched a new line of TVS components, the SIDACtor Series. Teccor claims that these components are transparent to the circuits they protect in stand-by mode, exhibiting a high off-state impedance and eliminating excessive leakage currents. Once triggered by voltages in excess of the switching voltage, the SIDACtor component simulates a […]
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Communications Power
Liebert Introduces the Interceptor II Surge-Supression Line
Liebert Corp. (Columbus, OH) introduced the Interceptor II, the newest of its surge-suppression (TVSS) lines. The Interceptor is suitable for application in telecom, wireless and broadband systems including sensitive equipment housed in remote or unmanned shelters. It may also be used in commercial, industrial and institutional facilities. Liebert reports that the Interceptor II offers highly […]
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Communications Power
American Power Conversion Achieves Solaris Ready Certification
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced that it has achieved Sun Microsystems' (Palo Alto, CA) first Solaris Ready certification of an uninterruptible power supply solution. APC's combination of its Smart-UPS 2200 and PowerChute plus software for the Solaris platform has been certified for Sun Enterprise 450 four-way servers. "The Solaris Ready certification ensures […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Beacon Power Stocks Dip After Fourth-Quarter Results Are Announced
Beacon Power Corp.'s (Wilmington, MA) stocks dipped down to an all-time low of $5-3/16 after the company reported losses in its announcement of its financial results. For the fourth quarter of 2000, Beacon reported a net loss, before preferred stock dividends, of $7.6 million, or $0.39 per share on revenues of $50,000. For the 12 […]
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Power Quality Protection
SatCon Technology Introduces PowerGate 100, GridLink 8 and CellPack 48
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced the introduction of three new standard power-conversion products for the distributed power market. The systems convert dc electricity to ac electricity to enable distributed power generation using fuel cells, microturbines and wind generators. The first of the new products, the PowerGate 100, is a combination of power chip switches […]
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711Power Quality ProtectionChroma ATE Launches 61600 Programmable AC Source
Chroma ATE (Irvine, CA) introduced the 61600 Programmable AC Source, a new ac and ac+dc source electronics testing series of 12 models...
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Communications Power
American Power Conversion Announces Smart-UPS 3kVA XL
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced it has added a 3kVA extended-run (XL) model to its Smart-UPS line of uninterruptible power supplies. Designed to support the needs of rack-optimized servers, the new rack-mount Smart-UPS 3kVA XL provides a centrally-managed and scalable power protection solution capable of supporting a fully-loaded rack. Features include user-replaceable […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
GNB to Supply NTT Facilities with $10 Million Worth of Batteries
GNB Industrial Power (Atlanta, GA), a division of Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ), announced an agreement with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Facilities Inc. (NTT, Japan), covering the next 12 months. During this period, GNB will be responsible for supplying large-valve regulated lead-acid batteries (LVRLA) to NTT, for a total estimated value of more than $10 million. […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
American Electric Power Tests New Stationary Battery
Engineers at American Electric Power's (AEP, Columbus, OH) research laboratory are testing a new stationary battery which may be capable of storing large amounts of electrical energy for use during peak energy demand and for power quality applications. The battery, a sodium-sulfur (NAS) unit, was developed by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO, Japan) and NGK […]
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Communications Power
ABB Electricity Metering Wins $8.0 Million Contract
ABB Electricity Metering (Raleigh, NC) reports that it has won an $8.0 million sales contract from the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE, Mexico) for its ION 8400 billing and power-quality meters. CFE will install the meters throughout its distribution system, in over 1,000 substations and 600 key customer sites. The ION 8400 meters will support […]
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Automotive Electronics
Invensys Slims Down Workforce by Six Percent
Invensys plc (UK) announced that it will be eliminating 5,000 jobs, or six percent of its total workforce, by the end of fiscal 2001. This is in addition to the restructuring and cost-reduction programs initiated in the second quarter of this fiscal year. CEO Allen Yurko stated, "Like every company in our industry, we are […]
