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specific news items, as well as market trends, may be found in our NewsLetter.
| Power Protection & UPS News May 2011 |
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European Modular UPS Market to grow 15.4% per annum to $ 404.7 Million in 2017.
Frost& Sullivan research concerning scalable and modular European UPS market indicates that the
growth of datacenters, still phenomenal in Europe, provides huge scope for modular UPS
installations. This market, driven by diminished costs of ownership, reduced carbon emissions,
superior flexibility and high availability, is expected to grow at an annual rate of 15.4 %to reach $
404.7 Million in 2017. New entrants to the European market and the consequent price wars will
compel participants to compete on price, quality, reliability and availability. Wooeb-19, May 2011
APC Symmetra® PX 250/ 500kW Now Supports up to 2 Megawatt Installations.
APC announces that up to four modules of its Symmetra® PX250/500kW three-phase modular
UPS systems, can now be paralleled to deliver up to 2MW of power protection, or 1.5MW in N+1
redundancy configuration. Each UPS comprises 25kW modules, which feature verified efficiency
in normal operation of above 96% down to 35% loading, high density space saving design, hot-
scalable with mean time to repair (MTTR) of less than 10 minutes, and near silent operation.
Sourcewire- 19, May, 2011
Stationary Fuel Cells to Reach 1.2 Million units annually by 2017.
Pike Research reports that stationary fuel cell shipments experienced 60% year-over-year growth
between 2009 and 2010, and will continue to expand at a surpassing 1.2 million units annually by
2017. Fuel cell applications include combined heat and power for residential and commercial
markets, electricity generators for homes and commercial buildings, backup and prime power for
mobile telecommunications networks, and UPS applications. EON- 18, May , 2011
Global UPS System Strategic Business Report
Research and markets publishes worldwide market report for UPS Systems by Product Segments
from Less than 5 KVA, up to Above 500 KVA. The report provides analytics for US, Canada,
Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of World and forecasts from 2007 through
2015. The report profiles 257 companies including key and niche players like Active Power,
Chloride, DB Power Electronics (Pvt), Eaton, Eaton Phoenixtec., Liebert ,Schneider Electric,
Piller, Power Systems, Riello UPS Ltd and Tripp Lite. Researchandmarkets – 16,May, 2011
Emerson Reports Cost of Data Center Power Outage US $ 258,000 to $ 680,000
Emerson's report,based on a recent Ponemon Institute study, "Calculating the Cost of Data Center
Outages,". Highlightst that for a total data center outage, which had an average recovery time of
134 minutes, average costs were approximately $680,000. For a partial data center outage, which
averaged 59 minutes in length, average costs were approximately $258,000. Emerson cites also
highlights results of 2010 Panamon study, indicating that respondents experienced 2.5 complete
data center outages during the past two years, data center outages, or those limited to certain
racks, occurred 6.8 times. Reporters cited UPS battery failure (65 percent), as the main cause of
unplanned data server outages, exceeding UPS capacity (53 percent), accidental emergency power
off/human error (51 percent), and UPS equipment failure (49 percent). EWeek- 13, May, 2011
Poneman Study: The Cost of Data Center Outages
Ponemon Institute study "Calculating the Cost of Data Center Outages," sponsored by Emerson ,
at 41 data centers in USA, reveals that cost of downtime in a data center averages $ 5,600 per
minute. On average, total outages occurred once a year and device-level outages occurred every
two months, resulting in 90 minutes average data center downtime, and average $505,500 cost
per incident. Primary causes for unplanned outages were UPS Failure (29%); accidental/human
error (24%); water, heat, or cooling failure (15%); weather issues (12%); generator failure (10%);
IT equipment failure (5%); and other issues (5%). Only a third of the IT staffs said they had
adequate resources in order to recover from a failure. Emerson – 12, May , 2011
Semikron presents New IGBT module for 3-level inverters
Semikron presents its newest MiniSKiiP IGBT power module, 3-level topology, enabling the
development of up to 85 kVA. Revers voltage of the IGBTs and diodes has been increased to
650 V, enabling DC link voltages of 900 V for 480 V three-phase power applications typical in
commercial or industrial settings in the United States. Thermal and electrical connection to heat
sink and driver board is established with a single or two screws for module currents of up to
150 A or 200 A, respectively. ECN-Europe – 12, May 2011
New APC Efficiency Booster Mode for Its MGE Galaxy 7000 UPS Offers 30% Energy Saving.
APC releases high Efficiency Booster Mode (EBM) operation for MGE Galaxy 7000 UPS systems
connected in parallel. According to APC, the new EBM features offers to realize up to 30%
energy savings by enabling UPS systems to be right-sized to meet load conditions or redundancy
requirements, by automatically placing underutilised UPS power modules into sleep (standby)
mode when system load is much lower than the installed capacity. The solution is implemented
without any compromise to system protection quality or redundancy, such as associated with Eco
mode operation. Sourcewire- 11, May 2011
Power Outages are the Principal Cause of Alabama Storm High Death Toll
Expert's Analysis of April 27, 2011 Alabama Tornado, indicates that absence of Electric Power ,
which caused lack of television and internet and other communication services, is the principal
reason for total death toll off of 337 people. Most could save their life, by moving to a more
protected shelter, by having the average National Weather Service 24 minutes lead time storm
warning. Washingtonpost- 5, may 2011.
ENERGY STAR Publishes Uninterruptible Power Supply Draft 1 Specification Requirements.
Energy Star publishes first draft of UPS specifications detailing requirements and eligibility criteria.
The spec defines relevant terms including: Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), Static UPS,
Rotary UPS, Modular UPS, Multi Mode UPS, UPS Redundancy types, and UPS operational
modes. UPS Energy Star qualification requires meeting the specified efficiency values calculated
according to the presented method. Energy Star – 5, May 2011.
C&D wins $28 Million Contract to supply UPS systems in China and India
C&D Technologies announced the award of an exclusive $ 28 million contract from China
Agricultural Bank to supply within three years batteries for UPS systems for nearly 24, 000
branches and over 320 million retail customers in China and India. This order according to C&D,
which is one of the largest in company's 105 year history, reflects the success of company's new
product technology, developed for UPS and Telecom Asian market. PR Newswire- 2, May 2011
Emerson Warns that Growing Competition is Hurting Chinese UPS market.
Emerson Electric in its quarterly report warns that commodity and labor cost inflation was hurting
the China results of its network power business that makes UPS systems for large computer
networks and the company had to walk away from some customers as local rivals aggressively
cut prices. Emerson informs that Network power was single of Emerson's five businesses to post
lower quarterly earnings, even as its sales jumped 20 percent, and that China telecommunications
market has become "very challenging" after strong years in 2009 and 2010 amid increasing
inflation. Marketwatch - 3, May, 2011.
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