Big things often come in small packages. That’s certainly the case with the potential created by recent successes in hydrogen research at Idaho National Laboratory. Steve Herring, technical director of the High Temperature Electrolysis Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative, holds in his hand a solid-oxide electrolysis cell no larger than a standard CD....
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...
Sinoenergy Corporation, developer and operator of retail Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling stations in the People’s Republic of China, and a manufacturer of CNG transport truck trailers, CNG filling station equipment and CNG conversion kits for automobiles, today announced the opening of three new retail CNG filling stations that started operations...
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 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...
The Alternative Energy Association, Inc., a Florida-based non-profit organization has announced its Three Point Plan to stimulate the American economy, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and create millions of new jobs. The Three Point Plan focuses on three solutions which relate to fuel efficient vehicles, solar power and wind energy. Highlights...
Ingen Technologies, Inc. (ITEC), manufacturer of various types of gas flow meters, announced that in a recent NEWSUSA® article Ingen’s Oxyview® flow meter, developed to help lung patients, is now ready to help car engines. The Oxyview® flow meter was developed to help patients afflicted with COPD, a market that exceeds $10 billion. In the meanwhile,...
Ener1, Inc. maker of advanced lithium-ion battery solutions to power the next generation of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Kyushu Electric Power, the fourth largest publicly traded power and utility company in Japan. The MOU marks an understanding that Ener1 and KEPCO...
Increasing oil price and growing concerns over energy security are helping accelerate the development and commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Federal and local governments have been proactively funding fuel cell technology and in the medium term, there would be rigorous developments in fuel cell technology, standardization of production...
Despatch Industries, the leading process technology provider for the clean technology and thermal processing industries, announces that it has organized its business into three units: Despatch Solar, Despatch Carbon Fiber and Despatch Thermal Technology. The company has seen unparalleled growth in these markets and is now suitably aligned to focus on...