Power Quality Protection

Batteries and Portable Power

NiSource to Install First Residential Fuel Cell Energy Package

NiSource Inc. (Merrillville, IN) announced plans to install the first full-scale test unit of its residential fuel cell energy package in a new housing development in Chesterson, IN. The home's energy-generating system will be a fuel-cell-based package developed by EnergyUSA through its joint venture with the Institute of Gas Technology called MOSAIC Energy LLC. Plans […]

Batteries and Portable Power

Ballard Subsidiary Ships Second Stationary Fuel Cell Power Generator for Field Testing

Ballard Power Systems (Vancouver, BC) has announced that its subsidiary, Ballard Generation Systems, shipped its second 250kW stationary fuel cell power generator for field testing through its associated company, Alstom Ballard, Bewag AG's Treptow heating plant in Berlin, Germany. This power generator, which uses Ballard fuel cells, will be tested by a consortium of European […]

Batteries and Portable Power

Enable Fuel Cell Acquires Exclusive Rights of PEM Fuel Cell Technology

The Enable Fuel Cell Corp. (Middleton, WI), a wholly owned subsidiary of DCH Technology Inc. (Valencia, CA), has acquired the exclusive rights and associated technology of a hydrogen PEM fuel cell that lends itself to high-volume manufacturing and assembly, and the use of a packaged solid fuel cell. Rights to the design by Ulf Bossel, […]

Power Quality Protection

IDACORP Assumes Ownership of Applied Power

IDACORP Inc. (Boise, ID) has assumed sole ownership of its solar photovoltaic subsidiary, Applied Power Corp., which has appointed Roger Breezley as president and CEO. Breezley is a retired chairman of the board of US Bancorp and a seven-year member of IDACORP's board of directors. He has also served as president of IDACORP Technologies, a […]

Batteries and Portable Power

Plug Power Signs Joint Agreement with Axiva to Develop Membrane Electrode Unit

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, NY) has signed a joint agreement with Axiva GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) to develop a high-temperature membrane electrode unit (MEU), which is expected to simplify Plug Power's residential fuel cell systems and decrease their costs. Under the agreement, Plug Power and Axiva will work together exclusively on the development of high-temperature MEUs […]

Automotive Electronics

Micrel Acquires Electronic Technology

Micrel Inc. (Rock Taven, NY) has acquired Electronic Technology Corp. (Huxley, Iowa), a privately held developer of power management and mixed signal products. Due to ETC's product portfolio of power supply supervisor products and custom ICs for the automotive market, Micrel expects the acquisition will strengthen its market value as a supplier of mixed signal […]

Power Quality Protection

American Electric Power Installs Energy-Management Website for Wind Technology

American Electric Power (AEP, Columbus, OH) will help customers learn more about wind technology by installing five 10kW wind turbines and sharing real-time information about their operation and performance on its website. The website will monitor the output of the turbines in weak and strong wind areas and is designed as an information aid for […]

Batteries and Portable Power

FuelCell Energy Announces Close of Public Offering of Common Stock Shares

FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) announced the closing of the public offering of 1,300,000 shares of its common stock at $47 per share for gross proceeds of $61.1 million. FuelCell Energy intends to use the net proceeds for immediate expansion of their Torrington manufacturing capacity to support commercialization activities and for general corporate purposes, including […]

Communications Power

Power Integrations Appoints Nicholas Brathwaite to Board of Directors; Reports First-Quarter Results

Power Integrations Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) has appointed Nicholas Brathwaite to its board of directors as senior vice president and CTO of Flextronics International. In this position, Brathwaite is responsible for integrating engineering and technology solutions across global operations. Brathwaite has worked in global engineering and technology management at Power Integrations for over 15 years. Prior […]

Communications Power

Artesyn Technologies Reports First-Quarter Financial Results for 2000

Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca, Raton, FL) reported net income for the first quarter, ending March 31, 2000, as $10.6 million, or $0.28 per diluted share on record sales of $159.6 million. Net income increased 45 percent from the same quarter last year, as well as an 18-percent growth in sales. Cash earnings, defined as net […]

Automotive Electronics

Siemens Westinghouse Power and Southern California Edison Test Fuel Cell/Gas Turbine Hybrid

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. (Orlando, FL) and Southern California Edison successfully completed factory testing for the world's first fuel cell/gas turbine hybrid power system. The 220kW proof-of-concept system will be readied for shipment, installation and operation next month at the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine. During the testing, the […]

Automotive Electronics

IMPCO Technologies Receives Patent for Fuel Cell and Natural Gas Vehicles

IMPCO Technologies Inc.'s (Irvine, CA) Advanced Technology Center has been awarded a patent for its new and innovative in-tank pressure regulator technology for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and natural gas vehicles. Combined with the company's proprietary TriShield ultra-lightweight, advanced-composite, fuel-storage tanks, IMPCO's new in-tank regulator offers a great reduction in fuel system cost while increasing […]

Communications Power

H Power Files Registration for Initial Public Offering of Common Stock

H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) has filed a registration to have shares of its initial public offering of common stock listed on the Nasdaq National Market as HPOW.

Batteries and Portable Power

Astris Energi Tests and Delivers the Model E4B Home Fuel Cell System

Astris Energy Inc. (Toronto, Canada) announced that its European subsidiary has completed, tested and delivered a 4kW AFC generator to the Technical University of Mines, Ostrava, Czech Republic. The generator was built and tested by Astris' laboratory in Benesov, Czech Republic. The system is the first of a future line of fuel cell cogeneration units. […]

Communications Power

Strategic Research Institute to Host Distributed Generation Conference

Strategic Research Institute (New York, NY) will host an energy conference entitled Innovation and Transformation through Distributed Generation in Boston on June 8-9, 2000. The latest developments of photovoltaic, microturbine, fuel cell and solar technology will be discussed. Needs of residential, commercial and industrial energy consumers will be discussed. The keynote address will be presented […]