SL Industries (Mt. Laurel, NJ) announced that net income for the year ended December 31, 2000 was $1,7000,000, or $0.30 per diluted share, meeting the company's previously announced expectations. Net income included a gain of $875,000, or $0.15 per diluted share, from the settlement of a class action suit with one of the company's life […]
Amplicon Liveline (UK) has added the King UPS Series to its catalogue line. Amplicon reports that the new series is a high-specification...
Fuel Cell Energy (Danbury, CT) reported revenues of $5.3 million for the first quarter ended January 31, 2001, compared with revenues of $3.6 million in the same quarter of 2000, an increase of 59 percent. Net loss for the period was $2.8 million, or $0,18 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $5,000 […]
PG&E Corp. (San Francisco, CA) announced that it will not declare the regular common stock dividend of $0.30 per share for the first quarter of 2001. Citing the severe financial impact of the ongoing California energy crisis, the company reported that future common stock dividends will not be declared or paid until their board of […]
Ballard Power Systems (Canada) announced that its associate company, Ebara Ballard, unveiled an engineering prototype 1kW PEM fuel cell stationary generator for the Japanese residential market. The natural gas-fuelled cogeneration unit is the product of a collaboration involving Ballard Generations Systems, Ebara Ballard, Ebara Corp., and Tokyo Gas. The unit is comprised of a Ballard […]
MCG Surge Protection Inc. (Deer Park, NY) has recently received certifications by both the Chinese Ministry of Security and the Chinese Ministry of Telecommunications. MCG executives recently traveled to China, and the company is currently doing a significant amount of business there. The company believes that this is an exploding market, and is optimistic about […]
Socomec UPS (UK) has expanded its Egys range of line-interactive systems to include a rack-mounted version. Suitable for small business servers, advanced workstations and professional equipment with medium power requirements, the unit is available in sizes 800VA to 2kVA. Socomec claims that the unit uses line-interactive technology and digital control to provide power factor correction […]
DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA) will be introducing a new fuel cell at the 12th Annual National Hydrogen Association in Washington DC on March 6, 2001. Attendees will preview the first public demonstration of DCH's new hydrogen fuel cell, which is form/fit compatible with a 6V battery. DCH reports that the fuel cell, which was […]
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) announced that Hewlett-Packard (HP, Palo Alto, CA) is now offering select MGE UPSs to its 9000 Enterprise Server customers. HP's new rack-mount Power Trust II-MR UPSs, provided by MGE, supply power protection for HP's enterprise solutions, including HP 9000, HP Workstations, HP Netservers and HP 3000 systems. They include […]
National Semiconductor (Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany) and Motorola Energy Systems Group (ESG, Lawrenceville, GA) are to design and develop new methods of protection and energy management for lithium-ion and lithium-ion polymer energy systems for portable electronics. These methods are hoped to reduce the part count and size of lithium energy systems and increase the functionality of lithium […]
Darnell.Com Inc. (Corona, CA) announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Shenzhen IC-Net Co., a leading Chinese e-commerce company specializing in integrated circuits, semiconductors and related electronic products under the auspices of the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce (CECC) and the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (MII). The terms of the strategic partnership […]
Solardyne Corp. (Portland, OR) recently announced the new Solar Power Pack, a portable solar power generation system. Solardyne claims that the Solar Power Pack, which weighs 22 pounds, fits in a backpack and provides users with the tools they need to provide 120Wh of power each day. The unit can be used to power electronics […]
Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc. (Cambridge, MA) and Air Liquide (France) announced their agreement to form a joint venture to be based in Sassenage, France, near Grenoble. The company, whose name has not yet been announced, will develop and market, on a global scale, complete power production systems based on fuel cell and fuel processor technology. […]
Metering Technology Corp. (MTC, San Diego, CA) and NexusData (Grapevine, TX) have announced an agreement to integrate NexusData's electric meter AMR transmitter modules with MTC's solid state electric meters. When integrated with NexusData's FixNet AMR System, the transmitter will read the consumption information from the MTC meter, transmit the information to a receiver site located […]
ABB Electricity Metering (Raleigh, NC) announced that it has been awarded a $2.2 million contract by the Egyptian Electricity Authority (EEA), a subsidiary of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Co., to provide its AIN ALPHA meters, software and hand-held equipment to support the EEA's Time of Day Metering Project. The AIN ALPHA meters are designed to […]