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Batteries and Portable Power
H Power and SGL Carbon Sign Memorandum of Understanding
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) has signed a memorandum of understanding with SGL Carbon (Wiesbaden, Germany) to jointly develop cost-effective graphite plate components customized for use in H Power Corp.'s PEM fuel cells. H. Frank Gibbard, CEO of H Power Corp., commented, "Using molded graphite plates instead of machined plates will reduce the cost of […]
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Communications Power
Sustainable Energy Tests Power-Management Module
Sustainable Energy (Alberta, Canada) has successfully field-tested its power-management module for residential stationary fuel cell systems. The power-management module was designed to meet a need in the fuel cell industry for a power-conditioning system that would integrate variable voltage outputs of fuel cells with a transient power source, such as batteries or flywheels, to meet […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Matsushita Electric to Use Ballard Fuel Cells in Field Tests
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Toronto, Canada) reports that Matsushita Electric Works (Japan) has agreed to use its fuel cells for the field-testing of a 250W portable power generator. Matsushita Electric Works, which has been evaluating Ballard's fuel cells since 1996, will advance that relationship into a supply agreement, the terms of which were not disclosed. […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Metallic Power Secures $18.0 Million in Funding
Metallic Power (Carlsbad, CA) announced that it has closed its third round of venture capital funding, with $18.0 million in new investments and four new investors: Beacon Group Energy Funds, Cinergy Ventures LLC, Cominco Ltd. and Perseus LLC. This round of financing also saw the return of previous investors, including Nth Power, Arete Corporation, Hydro-Québec […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Catalytica Reports Third-Quarter Financial Results
Catalytica Inc. (Mountain View, CA) has reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2000. For the third quarter, total revenues were $77,224,000 compared with $98,465,000 reported in the same period of the prior year. The decline in revenues for the quarter was primarily related to the scheduled step-down in […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Enron North America Invests in Dais-Analytic
Fuel cell developer Dais-Analytic (Odessa, FL) announced an investment by Enron North America (Houston, TX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Corp. (Houston, TX). As part of the alliance, Enron has made an equity investment in Dais-Analytic and will support market development, distribution and other field services for Dais-Analytic's products. Financial details of the deal […]
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Power Quality Protection
ABB Electricity Metering Achieves CA ISO Certification
ABB Electricity Metering (Raleigh, NC) has achieved California Independent System Operator (ISO) certification for its new ION 8400 and ION 8500 revenue meters. This approval allows the meters to be used in California for ISO metering applications. Although this certification is California-specific, many other regions of the US use the California ISO-approved meter list as […]
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Power Quality Protection
Dranetz-BMI Unveils Power Platform 4300
Dranetz-BMI (Edison, NJ) has announced the release of its first-ever single-phase Power Platform 4300 power-monitoring instrument. The company claims that this addition to their line of hand-held analyzers will offer their customers the same features and benefits as the market-leading 4300 at an entry price of less than $5,000. The single-phase 4300 comes equipped with […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Maxim Announces Plans to Buy Dallas Semiconductor for $2.5 Billion
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) stated it will buy Dallas Semiconductor Corp. (Dallas, TX) for about $2.5 billion in stock, giving it control of a specialty semiconductor market. The deal values Dallas Semiconductor at about $39.13 a share, based on Maxim's closing stock price on Friday. The number of Maxim shares offered will vary […]
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Power Quality
Minuteman Announces New 1601 and 1609 Remote Power Managers
Minuteman (Carrollton, TX) introduced its new Minuteman Remote Power Manager designed to provide network administrators a tool to easily manage devices in remote locations via network or standard telephone. Built to be small enough to fit on the desktop or comfortably in less than 1U of equipment rack space, this unit allows an administrator to […]
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Power Quality Protection
Dennis Riebe Becomes CFO At Catalytica Energy Systems
Catalytica Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced that Dennis Riebe has joined Catalytica Energy Systems as its chief financial officer. Riebe joins Catalytica Energy Systems with over 34 years experience in the gas turbine and aircraft industries. Riebe spent ten years at Allied-Signal Engines, which has since merged with Honeywell, where he served as chief financial […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Catalytica Announces Name of New Spin-Off Company
Catalytica Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced a new name, Catalytica Energy Systems Inc., for its spin-off company. The new company was formed by the combination of two of Catalytica's subsidiaries, Catalytica Combustions Systems and Catalytica Advanced Technologies. Having a new name for the new company is intended to reflect a broadened focus on products and […]
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Power Quality Protection
Catalytica Creates Spin-Off Company – Catalytica Energy Systems
Catalytica Inc. (Mountain View, CA) announced a new name, Catalytica Energy Systems Inc., for its spin-off company. The new company was formed by the combination of two of Catalytica's subsidiaries, Catalytica Combustions Systems and Catalytica Advanced Technologies. Having a new name for the new company is intended to reflect a broadened focus on products and […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Dais-Analytic Receives Investment From Enron
Fuel-cell developer Dais-Analytic (Odessa, FL) announced investment by Enron North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Corp. (Houston, TX). As part of the alliance, Enron has made an equity investment in Dais-Analytic and will support market development, distribution and other field services for Dais-Analytic's products. Financial details of the deal have not been released."Our […]
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981Power QualityMGE UPS Systems Introduces the New Pulsar Esprit SLR
MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) introduced the Pulsar Esprit SLR, which the company claims to be the smallest server-grade UPS in...
