Latest Clean Technology News
Balqon Introduces New Battery Management System
Balqon, a developer and manufacturer of zero emissions heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications, has introduced a new Battery Management System (BMS) designed to prolong battery cycle life of large format lithium-ion batteries used in heavy-duty electric trucks and tractors.
Published: 03-Mar-2010
Kemet Bags Contract From DOE For Electrolytic Capacitors
Kemet, a manufacturer of electrolytic capacitors, has bagged a $31.7m contract from the US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory. As a part of the contract Kemet will produce film and aluminum electrolytic capacitors within the US to support alternative energy products and emerging green technologies such as hybrid electric drive vehicles.
Published: 03-Mar-2010
Voith Selects Maxwell Ultracapacitor Modules For Hybrid Transit Bus Drive Systems
Maxwell Technologies (Maxwell) has said that Voith Turbo (Voith), a producer of heavy vehicle drive systems, has selected Maxwell's 125-volt Boostcap ultracapacitor modules for braking energy recuperation and torque assist in low-emission hybrid-electric transit bus drive systems.
Published: 03-Mar-2010
Discover Energy, Optimum Partner On Lithium Battery Technologies
Discover Energy, a clean and green stored energy solutions, has formalized its eight year partnership with Optimum Battery in the commercialization of advance battery technologies including Lithium technologies.
Published: 02-Mar-2010
GM Partners With Apriso, HP For Chevrolet Volt Battery Assembly Operations
Apriso and HP have said that General Motors has selected and is implementing an Apriso product to expand visibility into and control over battery manufacturing and supply chain operations.
Published: 02-Mar-2010
Energy Storage & Power Names Robert Kraft As New President, CEO
Energy Storage & Power (ES&P) has appointed Robert Kraft as its new president and CEO, effective March 8, 2010. He replaces Stephen Byrd, who left the company in January.
Published: 26-Feb-2010
Maxwell Technologies Unveils K2 Series Large Cell Boostcap Ultracapacitors
Maxwell Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of energy storage and power delivery systems, has introduced its new K2 Series large cell Boostcap ultracapacitors.
Published: 26-Feb-2010
New Legislation In California Mandates Utilities To Incorporate Energy Storage Capacity
Nancy Skinner, a California assembly member and chair of committee on natural resources, working in partnership with Edmund Brown Jr, a California attorney general, has introduced a new legislation AB 2514.
Published: 26-Feb-2010
Satcon Bags Contract To Deliver PowerGate Plus Inverters To Energy 21
Satcon Technology, a provider of utility scale power systems for the renewable Energy market, has bagged a contract to supply 30.5MW of its PowerGate Plus solar PV inverters to Energy 21, a private power utility in Europe. The systems will power fifteen solar power plants in the Czech Republic.
Published: 24-Feb-2010
Valence Technology Signs Multi-Year Battery Supply Agreement With BJ Technologie
Valence Technology, an international energy system manufacturer, has signed a multi-year supply agreement with BJ Technologie, a subsidiary of Beneteau Group, to serve as the exclusive battery supplier for new BeneteauGroup hybrid-electric vessels that incorporate ZF Marine hybrid drive systems.
Published: 19-Feb-2010
