VALENCIA, CA--(Marketwire - June 3, 2010) - Enable IPC Corporation (
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Ultracapacitors and Solar Energy Storage
What are ultracapacitors?
Ultracapacitors (also called supercapacitors or EDL capacitors) are similar to batteries, but with higher power and lower energy storage. Enable IPC, through its SolRayo subsidiary, is commercializing a technology that improves performance in ultracapacitors. For more about Enable's technology, see a presentation on the Company's capacitor technology here: http://www.enableipc.com/files/nanoTX_leonard_presentation.pdf
Enable's Solar Energy Storage Units and Applications
In residential solar applications, which is within Enable's focus area, batteries are used for energy storage where there is no connection to the electric grid. This is done so that when the sun isn't shining, energy stored in the batteries (which is collected from the excess that is not used when the sun is up) can still provide power to the home.
In grid-connected applications, the homeowner may use batteries to store excess energy, or he may choose to return the excess back to the grid. Batteries are seen as an option for use during a blackout or other emergency.
However, many consider batteries undesirable for two major reasons: (1) some may require maintenance for the homeowner, (2) they may need to be replaced anywhere from once every six months to five years (depending on the battery and usage) and, most importantly, (3) they are very expensive and could add anywhere from 15% to as much as 40% (after tax credits, rebates, etc.) to the cost of the entire solar energy system.
So, to make batteries worth the extra expense, they need to be maintenance-free, last many times longer and priced much lower than commercially-available units today.
One of Enable's ultracapacitor solutions is aimed at this solar energy storage market. Enable's ultracapacitor energy storage unit would be maintenance-free, could outlast the solar energy system itself and could sell at about a third the price of comparable units.
With the worldwide sales for solar energy systems reported to be over $25 billion last year, and with a compound annual growth rate expected to be over 25% over the next five years, the opportunity for an energy storage system like ours is tremendous.
Expect to hear more about this opportunity and how Enable is addressing it in the coming days and weeks.
Enable's Potentiostat Systems and Sales Update
As Enable works to deliver another potentiostat system, this time to an East Coast university, the Company continues to receive interest in its systems from a number of universities, corporations and labs.
The users of the system delivered in Europe earlier this year have reported they are thrilled with the system's performance and have compared it very favorably with similar competing systems.
As the word continues to spread, Enable expects its sales to grow. For more information on the Company's potentiostat models, click here: http://www.solrayo.com/SolRayo/Instruments.html. Enable IPC's subsidiary, SolRayo, also offers competitively-priced potentiostat systems for sale in the following configurations:
| Model # | # ch | Output V range | Max current range | EIS max | |||||||||||||||||
| 10XX | 1 to 16 | +/-20V | +/-2A continuous | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
| Optional: | 1 to 16 | +/-100V | +/-10pA | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
| 20XX | 1 to 13 | +/-20V | +/-2A continuous | 100kHz | |||||||||||||||||
| Optional: | 1 to 13 | +/-100V | +/-10pA | 100kHz | |||||||||||||||||
| 3000 series to be announced | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cell connections = 2, 3 or 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy and resolution: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Voltage output accuracy: +/-(0.034% of output + 1.8mV) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Voltage output resolution: 0.33mV | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Voltage measurement accuracy: +/-(0.03% of reading + 1.5mV) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Voltage measurement resolution: 0.10mV | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current output accuracy: +/-(0.03% of output + 0.1µA) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current output resolution: 10nA (upgradeable to 500pA with low current option) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current measurement accuracy: +/-(0.03% of reading + 0.02µA) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current measurement resolution: 1.0nA (upgradeable to 10pA with low current option) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Software features: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cyclic voltammetry | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chronopotentiometry | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chronoamperometry | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (... more to come) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E-mail/text alerts | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Misc. hardware specifications: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 current ranges: 200µA to 2A | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 bit resolution | |||||||||||||||||||||
Enable IPC Headquarters has Moved!
Enable IPC's new headquarters is at 4005 Felland Road, Suite 107 in Madison, Wisconsin, in the same building as our subsidiary, SolRayo, Inc. The move will allow the Company to work more effectively with SolRayo while saving tens of thousands of dollars a year.
Enable's new, toll free telephone number is (888) 391-1196.
About SolRayo, Inc.
SolRayo, Inc. (http://www.solrayo.com) is a Madison, Wisconsin-based company set up to commercialize an ultracapacitor technology licensed from the University of Wisconsin. In addition, the Company introduced its potentiostat/galvanostat equipment products in January 2010. SolRayo is a subsidiary of Enable IPC Corporation.
About Enable IPC Corp. (Intellectual Property Commercialization)
Enable IPC (http://www.enableipc.com) provides efficient, streamlined strategies for turning technologies into products and bringing them to market. Though not limited to nanotechnology or the energy industries, Enable IPC's growing portfolio currently includes the exclusive rights to two break-through energy technologies -- a microbattery and an ultracapacitor. The company seeks to turn technologies into products and is a transparent, fair turnkey partner for sub-licensing and joint development with other companies.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Contact Information:
Investor relations:
Rich Kaiser
(888) 391-1196, ext. 106
or (800) 631-8127
ir@enableipc.com