Heavy Electrical Equipment

Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON) announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 8,008,804 for "Frequency Regulation Using Flywheels." The patent covers the use of flywheel energy storage systems to provide frequency regulation on an electrical grid, which is the primary application for...

-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. (NASDAQ: APWR) today announced that it was notified recently by the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that the SEC has initiated a formal, nonpublic investigation into whether the Company or any of its personnel violated the federal...

Active Power (NASDAQ: ACPW) has received an order from HP for two containerized continuous power systems which will be deployed to support the HP POD 240a at a datacenter facility in Texas. The two PowerHouseTM systems are part of a complete modular datacenter and infrastructure deployment and one...

Rodman & Renshaw is out with its report today on Active Power (NASDAQ: ACPW), initiating ACPW at Market Perform. In its report, Rodman & Renshaw writes, "We are initiating coverage on Active Power, Inc. with a Market Perform rating. ACPW ‘s flywheel based UPS has industry-leading...

Rodman & Renshaw has initiated coverage on Active Power (NASDAQ: ACPW) with a Market Perform rating.

Switzerland's central bank is considering further measures to keep the country's currency from appreciating any further. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has already increased liquidity and reduced interests over the last week but has warned speculators that it considers the Swiss currency to be "...

Beacon Power (NASDAQ: BCON) announced that it has been awarded a $5-million state grant toward construction of a 20-megawatt flywheel energy storage plant in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania. The Company received formal notice of the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant award from the office...

Rodman & Renshaw reiterated its Market Outperform rating on Capstone Turbine (NASDAQ: CPST). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $2.50. On Tuesday, CPST added 9.65% to its value to end the day at $1.25. Its shares continued to climb in...

Piper Jaffray has lowered the price target on Satcon Technology (NASDAQ: SATC) from $4.50 to $2 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Jefferies reiterated its Hold rating on Satcon Technology (NASDAQ: SATC). At the same time, the rating agency reduced its price target on the company's stock from $2 to $1.5. On Tuesday, SATC added 11.72% to its value to finish the day at $1.43.