Power Quality Protection

Power Quality Protection

Second of Two Ameren Energy Power Plants Begins Commercial Operation

The second of two 117MW units at Ameren Energy's (St. Louis) Gibson City, IL plant began commercial operation on July 31, adding additional generation for late summer into the Mid-America Interconnected Network (MAIN). The plant's Unit One went online June 30. Reliant Energy (Houston) has begun construction on in mid-June on an 870MW plant in […]

Batteries and Portable Power

Active Power Announces Distribution Agreement with Caterpillar Inc.

Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) has announced a worldwide distribution agreement with Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL) to market the Cat UPS, which represents Caterpillar's initial entry into the burgeoning power quality market. Caterpillar announced the battery-free system as the latest addition to its Electric Power product line-up. The two companies signed an agreement in 1999 […]

Batteries and Portable Power

H Power Corp. Announces IPO of 7,000,000 Shares

H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ), a developer and distributor of proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems, has announced the initial public offering of the company's 7,000,000 shares of common stock. The company plans to offer these shares on the Nasdaq symbol HPOW at a price of $11 to $13.H Power Corp.'s PEM fuel cells are […]

Batteries and Portable Power

Active Power Announces that IPO Shares Prices

Active Power Inc. (New York) announced that shares have been priced at $17 per share in an initial public offering on August 7. According to the lead underwriters, this was above the company's estimated price range.Active Power has sold eight million shares and raised $136.0 million. The company intends to use this money for working […]

Communications Power

Transistor Devices Introduces the LCE Series of Modular Inverters

The Advanced Conversion Products division of Transistor Devices Inc. (Cedar Knolls, NJ) has announced that the LCE Series of 1.5kVA modular inverters officially carries the CE mark and is compliant with the EMC directive (Class A) for both radiated and conducted emissions. The LCE Series is a 1.5kVA dc/ac sinewave inverter that is scaleable to […]

Communications Power

American Power Conversion Introduces Symmetra RM Power-Protection Solution

American Power Conversion (West Kingston, RI) announced a new fully scaleable and redundant rack-mount power-protection solution, specifically designed to protect both data and rack-based equipment. The Symmetra RM, available in sizes ranging from 2kVA to 6kVA, will protect on average 5 to 20 servers from power anomalies and outages and can be fully managed and […]

Power Quality Protection

DTE Energy Technologies Enters Into Distribution Agreements

DTE Energy Technologies, an unregulated subsidiary of DTE Energy Co. (Farmington Hills, MI), has entered into two distribution agreements. First, DTE signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Canada) and The Turbo Genset Co. Ltd. (United Kingdom) for the development of a 400kW turbine generator. This agreement is founded upon the Memorandum of […]

Power Quality Protection

IBM UPS Systems from Tripp Lite to be Distributed by Ingram Macroton Distribution

Ingram Macrotron Distribution (Germany), a distributor of computer peripherals, has been named as an authorized distributor of new IBM UPS Systems from Tripp Lite (Chicago).IBM UPS Systems, manufactured under a brand-licensing agreement by Tripp Lite, became available through Ingram Macrotron Distribution last month. The product line will be launched with 8 models in the 300VA-700VA […]

Batteries and Portable Power

Manhattan Scientifics Delivers Fuel Cell Power Supply to US Army

Manhattan Scientifics Inc. (MHTX, Los Alamos, NM) announced that it has successfully tested and delivered a fuel cell power supply to the US Army last week. The system was delivered on schedule with four times the power performance and half the weight required in the army specification. The effort was in fulfillment of a contract […]

Power Quality Protection

American Superconductor's Solution for Power Grid

American Superconductor (Westbororough, MA) and Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPS, Green Bay, WI) has announced the successful operation of what they claim is the world's first commercial superconductor-based solution for power grid reliability. The solution consists of multiple, Distributed Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (D-SMES) units deployed at electrical substations in WPS' 200-mile Northern Transmission Loop. […]

Power Quality Protection

HVDC Technology Allows Global AC/DC Conversion

American Electric Power Central Power and Light (AEP, Eagle Pass, TX) and Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE, Mexico) joined with ABB Power Systems (Switzerland) and Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI, Palo Alto, CA) to dedicate a first-of-its-kind electrical tie using a new high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) technology. The electric tie links the transmission system of AEP […]

Batteries and Portable Power

Annual Battery Conference on Applications and Advances Announces Technical Sessions

The 16th Annual Battery Conference on Applications and Advances (Long Beach, CA) has announced it will feature two parallel tracks of sixteen technical sessions providing an opportunity for an in-depth examination of issues associated with the analysis, design and selection of batteries and power conditioners. Performance and cost goals of various applications will be discussed. […]

Batteries and Portable Power

SatCon Welcomes Dr. Wilson to Board of Directors

SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) has announced that Dr. Gerald Wilson has agreed to serve on SatCon's board of directors.Dr. Wilson is the chairman of the science advisory boards of General Motors (Detroit) and Pratt and Whitney (East Hartford, CT) and a member of the science advisory board for Cummins Engine (Columbus, IN).

Batteries and Portable Power

AEG SVS Power Introduces the SVS 20kVA UPS

AEG SVS Power Supply Systems GmbH (Furth, Germany) presented their new UPS at the Hanover Trade Fair 2000. According to AEG SVS, this new UPS is the first to make exclusive use of UltraCaps from EPCOS AG as the storage medium instead of lead-acid accumulators. The new UPS uses a total of 115 UltraCaps with […]

Communications Power

Invensys Power Systems Unveils the Powerware 9330 UPS

Invensys Power Systems' Secure Power (Raleigh, NC) has announced the latest UPS in its Series 9 product family, the Powerware 9330. The Powerware is designed specifically to meet the high-availability needs of critical 24" x 7" applications and, according to Invensys Power, can enhance reliability and deliver one of the highest efficiency ratings compared to […]