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Batteries and Portable Power
Inverpower Controls Reports Success with Alternative Energy Power Electronics and Control Products
Inverpower Controls Ltd. (Toronto, ON) has recently made a number of announcements on repositioning the company to take advantage of its achievements in several power electronics and control products. Inverpower has made recent achievements in conversion systems for alternative energy applications, such as fuel cells, photovoltaic cells and advanced battery-storage systems, and frequency conversion systems […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Mark Ascolese Joins Active Power as Senior VP of New Business Development
Active Power Inc. (Austin, TX) has announced that Mark A. Ascolese, a well-known UPS industry veteran, has joined the company as senior vice president of new business development. Ascolese will focus on advanced technologies, be responsible for establishing further strategic partnerships and developing additional new OEM sales channels. Since 1985, Ascolese has held executive-level positions […]
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Power Quality Protection
ALSTOM ESCA Receives Contract from Ontario Hydro Services for Network Management System
ALSTOM ESCA (Bellevue, WA) was awarded a contract from Ontario Hydro Services Company (OHSC, Toronto, ON) to provide a transmission network management system. The first phase focuses on the implementation of the network analysis functions and will allow OHSC to be ready for the start of Ontario's open-access electricity market scheduled for November 7, 2000. […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
FuelCell Energy Signs with King County for Direct FuelCell Energy Project
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) and King County, WA, jointly announced the signing of an agreement to install a Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant using municipal waste-water digester gas as the fuel. FuelCell Energy was selected for the project through a competitive process last July to install and operate a 1MW DFC power plant at […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
Texaco and Energy Conversion Devices Execute a Share Purchase Agreement
Texaco Inc. (Detroit, MI) and Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Troy, MI) have executed a share purchase agreement for Texaco to purchase a 20-percent equity stake in ECD for $67.3 million. The companies have agreed to establish joint ventures for the continued development and commercialization of advanced energy technologies, initially in the fields of ECD's […]
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Communications Power
Unipower Telecom Introduces New DPU1U Series
The new DPU1U Series from Unipower Telecom Corp. (Coral Springs, FL) is claimed to provide the ultimate flexibility in combining fuses, circuit breakers and low-voltage disconnects in a dual A/B panel. The panels are only mounting plate (1.75") high and are equipped with universal brackets that permit mounting in either a 19" or 23" relay […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
International Fuel Cells Delivers 200th PC25 Fuel Cell System
International Fuel Cells (IFC, South Windsor, CT), a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., delivered its 200th PC25 fuel cell system on April 26, 2000, in a ceremony at the company's headquarters. The 200th fuel cell system was formally turned over to Toshiba Corp. (Tokyo), which will use the unit in Japan. Toshiba has also assisted […]
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Communications Power
MicroTel and XCEL Power Systems Complete Acquisition of BELIX
MicroTel International Inc. (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) has announced that XCEL Power Systems Ltd. (UK) has completed the acquisition of the BELIX (UK) group of companies, a specialist electronic power-conversion company. The acquisition will provide greater financial resources to expand into the larger North American market. "The combined entity will have initial annualized revenue in excess […]
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Automotive Electronics
Ballard Power Systems Issues First-Quarter Report for 2000
Ballard Power Systems (Vancouver, BC) issued its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000. All amounts reported are in Canadian dollars. Revenues for the first three months of 2000 were $4.0 million compared to $6.5 million in the same period in 1999. Ballard's cash position was $835.6 million at the end of […]
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Batteries and Portable Power
US Fuel Cell Council Releases New Edition of the Fuel Cell Glossary
The US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC; Washington) released the second edition of the Fuel Cell Glossary, a comprehensive glossary of fuel cell terms. The glossary is designed to help standardize discussion and evaluation of fuel cells and their components. "This glossary provides a standard set of definitions so that when we are talking about bipolar […]
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Communications Power
Lucent Technologies Announces Plans to Sell Power Systems Business
Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) announced it is seeking a buyer for its Power Systems business, a leading supplier of power products for the telecommunications and computer industries. Lucent will begin discussions with potential buyers shortly and expects the sale to move quickly with a buyer identified within six months. "The decision to sell our […]
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Communications Power
Ault Closes Maryland Facility and Consolidates Operations at Corporate Headquarters
Ault Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) has announced that it is closing its Gaithersberg, MD, facility and consolidating the sales and engineering functions located there into the company's Minneapolis headquarters operation. The consolidation will be completed in June. Acquired in 1998, the Gaithersberg operation was involved with the company's low-volume, fast turnaround Ault Express line of external […]
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Communications Power
Wescon 2000 to Present at the Anaheim Convention Center in California
Wescon and HighVoltageProducts.Com are joining forces to present the High Voltage Pavilion at WESCON 2000, September 19-21, 2000, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. A variety of high-voltage equipment manufacturers will be in attendance.
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Communications Power
APC Announces Quarterly Earnings and Acquisition of ABL Electronics
American Power Conversion Corp. (APC, West Kingston, RI) has exceeded consensus quarterly earnings per share by 35 percent for the quarter ending April 2, 2000. The firm also announced the acquisition of privately held ABL Electronics Corp. (Hunt Valley, MD). APC's net income for the first quarter increased to $7.1 million, or $0.24 per share, […]
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Communications Power
American Power Conversion Improves the Smart-UPS Line
American Power Conversion Corp. (West Kingston, RI) has improved its award-winning Smart-UPS line with the introduction of its auto-sensing rack-mount and tower UPSs. The new UPSs provide global power protection, which can be implemented in domestic or international applications regardless of the local country supply voltage. The company's new auto-sensing Smart-UPS units, available in 3U, […]
