Category: All News & Events
29 March, 2012 - by UPS Systems
My first appointment of the week was a planned maintenance visit, or “PMV”, to service a 330kVA generator. It was due for a thorough service and as it utilises industry standard engine and alternator, I made sure that I took a complete range of spares with me. As well as taking the generator spares, these days it’s important that our service engineers take the right documents with them, including a service visit sheet. Customers quite rightly ask for … Continue reading →
13 February, 2012 - by UPS Systems
Hungerford, February 13th 2012 – At Data Centre World, UPS Systems plc will focus on what is still one of the greatest challenges for data centre managers today – how to reduce the demand for power.
The UPS Systems team will be available on stand F50 to answer questions about data centre power efficiency using high efficiency and space-saving UPS, free cooling technologies, its new GENSmart (National Grid STOR) scheme as well as truly green fuel cell … Continue reading →
2 December, 2011 - by UPS Systems
UPS Systems has donated a fuel cell system to light Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree. The fuel cell will power the star on top of the tree throughout December and the New Year.
The iconic tree is a tradition that dates back to 1947 when the city of Oslo donated the first tree to the people of London. Oslo has since donated a tree every year to thank the UK for its support of Norway during the Second World … Continue reading →
18 November, 2011 - by UPS Systems
UPS Systems has supplied one of its new hydrogen fuel cells, the Mobixane, to documentary makers Renegade Pictures. The fuel cell gives Renegade Pictures a virtually silent portable power supply for its 3D camera equipment, which it is using to film a new Sky TV series about Woburn Safari Park.
Renegade Pictures will be filming on location around the safari park. Its 3D cameras require more power than conventional cameras, and the fuel cell will provide the … Continue reading →
8 November, 2011 - by UPS Systems
UPS Systems has supplied the Met Office with a Commpac 500 hydrogen fuel cell. The Met Office is trialling the unit at its weather monitoring station in Camborne, Cornwall to evaluate the fuel cell’s suitability for providing independent power to remote locations.
The Met Office is renting the Commpac 500 fuel cell for an initial one-month period. It will use the fuel cell in one of its palletised weather stations, which are deployed in remote locations, so the … Continue reading →
1 November, 2011 - by UPS Systems
UPS Systems has installed two generators at RAF Valley, the RAF’s fast jet pilot training facility on Anglesey in north Wales. The generators will form part of a new standby power system for the site’s new facilities; ensuring its training equipment and simulators continue to operate in the event of power failure.
Contracting the work under a PFI mechanism to Ascent, a joint venture between Babcock International and Lockheed Martin, the MoD recently upgraded its facilities at … Continue reading →
11 October, 2011 - by UPS Systems
What couldn’t you live without?
In a survey of 1,950 adults carried out by market research firm Zogby Interactive, 28% of respondents said they couldn’t live without high-speed internet while 15% said they can’t live without Facebook. And a survey of 330 IT professionals by communications software company OnRelay found that 88% of respondents couldn’t live without their laptops, whilst 74% needed mobile phones and 68% had to have VPN access.
Many of us could probably manage to … Continue reading →
27 September, 2011 - by UPS Systems
UPS Systems has installed a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) at the Environment Agency’s Woolston Weir fishery. The fuel cell will aid the Environment Agency’s conservation work by providing power to telemetry and CCTV equipment at an ‘eel pass’ to monitor the endangered species’ journey upstream to fresh water.
The number of young eels migrating into European rivers has fallen to less than 5% of 1980s levels, the exact causes of which are as yet unclear. Ease of … Continue reading →
20 September, 2011 - by UPS Systems
Could you run your business without any power?
Most businesses today are completely dependent on having a reliable source of electricity in order to function normally. But it’s not just complete power failure that can cause businesses to cease operating…
There are several types of power interruption and each affects electrical equipment differently. For example, a ‘sag’ is a reduction in power voltage that can cause IT systems to lock-up. In contrast, a ‘surge’ is an increase in … Continue reading →
6 September, 2011 - by UPS Systems
Independent fuel cell specialist UPS Systems has supplied an EFOY methanol fuel cell to a wildlife filming company to power its camera equipment. The unit will provide Wildlife-for-all with a secure, remote source of power that won’t disturb the animals in their natural habitats.
Wildlife-for-all provides remote, unmanned cameras to record animals, such as the white tailed eagle, osprey, red kite, hen harrier, and gannets, in their natural habitats. It’s important that the animals are filmed in their … Continue reading →
