IMPCO Technologies Inc. (Cerritos, CA) reported record revenues for its first quarter ended July 31, 2000. For the first quarter of fiscal 2001, ended July 31, 2000, IMPCO reported a net loss of $608,000, or $0.07 per share, on revenues of $29.3 million, a three-percent revenue increase from the prior year's first-quarter results. This compared […]
Sanyo Electric Company Ltd. (Japan) is constructing a 3.4MW solar cell plant for its Gifu Plant for manufacturing semiconductor chips. The plant will annually generate an estimated 3,700MWh of power. The solar cell uses a proprietary cell structure featuring amorphous silicon film on a single crystal-silicon substrate, achieving a high cell-conversion efficiency of 18 percent […]
Avista Corp. (Spokane, WA) technology subsidiary, Avista Labs, announced the issuance of US Patent 6,096,449 covering 73 claims for the electronic-control system that significantly enhances the performance of its modular, cartridge-based, proton-exchange membrane fuel cell. The new patent covers the control schemes that maximize the output of each modular cartridge and has been under review […]
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) announced the election of Ranjit Singh to its board of directors. Singh is COO of ContentGuard, a spin-off of Xerox that is jointly owned with Microsoft. John D. Kavazanjian, president and CEO of Ultralife, stated, "We are thrilled that Ranjit has been elected a director of the company. With his […]
Members of the Exide Corp. (Reading, PA) board of directors have voted a corporate cash dividend for its first fiscal quarter of $0.02 per share of common stock, payable September 15, 2000, to shareholders of record on September 5, 2000.Exide Corp., following its planned acquisition of GNB Technologies, plans to have annual revenues of approximately […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (Danbury, CT) reported revenues of $4,112,000 for the third quarter ended July 31, 2000, compared with revenues of $4,416,000 in the same quarter of the previous year. Net loss for the period was $1,307,000, or $0.17 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $386,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, for […]
Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Rocky Hill, CT) announced the appointment of Thomas Maloney as Business Development Manager focusing on energy markets. Maloney brings 15 years experience in regenerative fuel cell systems development for commercial, aerospace and military applications with prior experience at Eltech Systems, Argonne National Laboratory and the NASA Glenn Research Center.Fred Mitlitsky also […]
The US General Services Administration (GSA) announced that it has selected a unit of Potomac Electric Power (PEPCO, Washington, DC) to help build one of the nation's largest solar-energy projects, outside of the nation's capital in Maryland. PEPCO Energy Services Inc., in partnership with Applied Power Corp. (Butler, WI), were chosen to construct a photovoltaic […]
Fuel Cell Technologies Corp. (FCT, Kingston, Ontario) has issued its report to shareholders, which includes a description of aspects of the operations of FCT and the financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2000. On May 5, 2000, FCT's corporate reorganization was completed and trading in common shares opened on May 19, 2000. […]
Ballard Power Systems (Vancouver, BC) announced that its subsidiary, Ballard Generation Systems, has delivered its third 250kW stationary fuel cell power generator for field testing through its associated company Alstom Ballard to Elektra Birseck (Basel, Switzerland). This power generator, which uses Ballard fuel cells, will be tested by Elektra Birseck at their corporate headquarters. "In […]
GE MicroGen (GEMG, Latham, NY) announced that it has added two new energy partners to its global fuel cell distribution network. "Soroof Trading Development Company (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia) will represent our fuel cell product line in Saudi Arabia, and RahimAfrooz Batteries Ltd. (Dhaka, India) will distribute our product in Bangladesh," said Barry Glickman, president of […]
Artesyn Technologies Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) introduced the BXF200/250 Series of high-density, full-brick, dc/dc converters. The single-output BXF200/250 is built in the industry-standard, full-brick footprint, and is initially available with output voltages of 3.3V, 2.5V, 2V, 1.8V and 1.5V, with a 48V (36V to 75V) input. Users can draw up to 40A from the BXF200, […]
Power Integrations Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) unveiled their latest design assistance software called PI Expert, which simplifies the process of designing a switching...
Interpoint Corp. (Redmond, WA) introduced the new MSA2805D to its MSA family of high-reliability dc/dc converters. This 5W, dual 5V output converter...
Using advanced hybrid technology and manufacturing techniques, component manufacturer BI Technologies (Fullerton, CA) has introduced the new 830 Series, a compact 6W, universal input, single output dc/dc switching power supply module. The 830 Series module is an isolated dc/dc converter that accepts an input range of 110Vdc to 375Vdc, allowing it to operate from any […]