CleanSource DC and Liebert UPS to Provide fly wheel reliability
The CleanSource DC is a compact, reliable, non-toxic replacement for lead-acid batteries used with uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. The combination of CleanSource DC energy storage units and Liebert's UPS systems will provide a key customer with a power protection solution for one of its advanced data center facilities. Delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2001.
"The CleanSource DC solution is ideal because it can increase revenue-generating floor space in Internet hosting facilities while providing highly reliable back-up protection," said Joe Pinkerton, CEO and founder of Active Power. "We are equally excited about Liebert's commitment and support for Active Power's battery-free technology in the Internet data center market."
Six CleanSource DC flywheel units will be integrated with each of six 750kVA Liebert UPS systems to provide redundant energy storage that will back-up an advanced colocation facility. This configuration, when installed, will be an industry-leading, double N+1 redundant, battery-free power protection solution.
Active Power designs, manufactures and markets power quality products that provide the consistent, reliable electric power required by today's digital economy. Targeting a large segment of the $11 billion power quality market, Active Power's battery-free power quality solutions eliminate power disturbances, which cost U.S. industry $30 billion annually in lost data and productivity. (Source: Electric Power Research Institute, 1999).
Active Power is the first company to commercialize a flywheel energy storage system that provides a highly reliable, low-cost and non-toxic replacement for lead-acid batteries used in conventional power quality installations.
Edited by Stephen Heiser