Electric vehicles, infrastructure power 2009 Beyond Oil conference
Shiny new electric vehicles, emitting only low-whirring sounds, glistened as they darted among the few sun breaks in Seattle outside a Cascadia Center conference titled Beyond Oil: The Sustainable Communities Initiative. The all-electric Ford Focus made its debut at the late-October event, co-sponsored by Idaho National Laboratory. Ford’s Focus...
Flux Power to Provide Life Extending Lithium Technology to High Power Energy Storage Market
LHV Power (formerly known as HiTek Power Corporation) spins off Flux Power, to be led by Aptera Cofounder Chris Anthony. This new company will provide life extending Lithium Battery technology including battery management and monitoring, advanced display and diagnostics, and smart charging systems. “I’ve heard the same message repeatedly from numerous...
Military Licensee Advent Power Systems Delivers Final License Fee to Cyclone Power
Cyclone Power Technologies announced that Advent Power Systems has made its final base payment to Cyclone under its Technology License Agreement. The timely delivery of this license fee secures for Advent the continuing rights to pursue power and motive applications for the Cyclone Engine with the U.S., European and Israeli military establishments,...
Boston-Power Adds $55 Million in Growth Capital
Boston-Power, Inc., the rapidly growing provider of next-generation Lithium-ion batteries, announced $55 million in new funding. Boston-Power will use the new growth capital to scale manufacturing, sales, marketing, and research and development to meet strong global demand for Sonata Lithium-ion batteries. Initially targeting notebook computers, Sonata...
Vanner Selects Maxwell Technologies Ultracapacitor Modules for Retrofit Cold Starting System for Chicago Transit Buses
Vanner Inc., a manufacturer of electrical power conversion products, has selected Maxwell Technologies’ BOOSTCAP® ultracapacitor modules to provide burst power for a retrofit diesel engine starter system that Vanner has won a contract to install in Chicago transit buses. David Schramm, Maxwell’s president and chief executive officer, said...
China BAK Funded by National 863 Program for its Electric Vehicles Battery Project
China BAK Battery, Inc., one of the largest lithium-ion battery cell manufacturers in the world, as measured by production output, today announced its Electric Vehicles Lithium-phosphate Power Battery Industrialization Project has been selected as a key project of the PRC’s National High Technology Research and Development Program, or “863...
Imara Corporation Introduces Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery Technology for High-Power Applications
Imara Corporation, a research, design and manufacturing company that has developed next generation lithium-ion battery technology, today officially launched and announced its plan to deliver U.S.-based energy storage solutions. Imara’s patented and proprietary battery technology breaks through current barriers of performance and energy capability,...
Ultralife Corporation Receives $6.9 Million in Military Battery Orders
Ultralife Corporation has received orders valued at approximately $6.9 million from the U.S. Defense Department for its BA-5390 and BA-5347 batteries. The orders represent releases under 5-year contracts awarded to Ultralife in 2004 and 2005. Deliveries are expected to begin in January and be completed in July 2009. Ultralife Corporation, which began...
Plug Power to Supply More Than 200 GenDrive(tm) Fuel Cell Power Units to Central Grocers
Plug Power Inc. announced that Central Grocers, Inc. has purchased 220 GenDrive(tm) fuel cell units to power the entire lift truck fleet at their new distribution center. The center is currently under construction in Joliet, Illinois, and is expected to be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2009. Central Grocers chose the hydrogen fuel cell...
GreenSmith Launches Intelligent Distributed Energy Storage System (DESS)
GreenSmith Energy Management Systems, Inc., a leading innovator of intelligent Distributed Energy Storage Systems (DESS), unveiled its proprietary battery unit which shifts electricity load from peak-to off-peak. The storage system allows utilities to realize measurable reliability and cost benefits by recognizing immediate advantages of the peak versus...
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