World UPS Markets: Alternative Energy Storage Solutions Inconsistent Power Supply Drives the Need for Power Quality Pro

1. World UPS Markets: Alternative Energy Storage Solutions Inconsistent Power Supply Drives the Need for Power Quality Products “With 72 percent of businesses in the United States affected by power cuts that interrupt critical operations, the need for continuous, reliable power becomes increasingly important.” Power Supplies and Batteries Analyst Team Frost & Sullivan

2. Industry Trends • Majority of commercial UPSs today use lead acid batteries as the DC source. However, there are some risk associated with the usage of lead acid batteries. Lead is a toxic material and there is a growing concern about the direct handling of lead, lead emission, and the exposure of lead in water. • The biggest hassle with battery operated UPSs is the maintenance of batteries. Lead Acid batteries if maintained well can last as long as 10-15 years. Maintenance includes temperature controlled environment and battery monitoring. • North America continues to face problems with power supply and power quality. Quick solution to improving power quality is not expected in the near future, however, the power quality equipment and services market is able to provide solutions to counteract these power supply problems. • UPS sales in the industrial market will heavily depend on installation of new microprocessor-based applications and adoption of new technology.

3. Key Features • Frost & Sullivan provides: • Detailed insights into recent developments and trends • Opportunities, challenges, and strategic demand • recommendations • Analyst insights on ‘hot topics’ and emerging end-user • applications in the World UPS Market: Alternative Energy • Storage Solutions • Market sizing and in-depth end-user analysis • Market forecasts and opportunity analysis

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6. What’s Included In-depth analysis of the following energy storage solutions: • Flywheel • Ultracapacitors • Fuel cells Revenue analysis by the following geographic regions: • North America • Europe • Asia • Rest of World

7. Key Market Participants Ness Capacitor Co., Ltd Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc. Panasonic (passive component group) Pentadyne Power Corp. Piller, Inc. Plug Power, Inc. PolyStor Corp. Precise Power Corp. SAFT T/J Technologies, Inc. United Power Corp. Urenco Power Technologies Ltd. US Flywheel Systems UTC Fuel Cells/ United Technologies Corp. Vanteck (VRB) Technology Corp. Ztek Corp. Active Power, Inc. Acumetrics, Inc. AFS Trinity Power Corp. Atlas Energy Systems, Inc. Avista Laboratories, Inc. Avk-SEG Controls Ltd. Ballard Power Systems, Inc. batScap/ Bollore Technologies Beacon Power Corp. Calnetix Epcos, Inc. eVionyx, Inc. HiTec Power Protection Hitzinger GmbH Hydrogenics Corp. International Computer Power Maxwell Technologies, Inc. McKenzie Bay International Ltd. Metallic Power, Inc.

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