'Onsite Power is Answer to Beleaguered Electricity Grid,' Sure Power Corp. Exec. to Tell Silicon Valley Business Leaders.Business/Technology Editors DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESSS WIRE)--April 18, 2001 - Whit Allen to Join Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group Expert Panel at Upcoming "Energy Tools" Conference - Calling onsite power a realistic and essential alternative to the beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. electricity grid, Whit Allen of Sure Power Corp. will detail the benefits of private, grid-independent power during a panel discussion at the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group's "Energy Tools For Silicon Valley" conference, April 20, 1:20 p.m. (PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT ) at the Oracle Conference Center Auditorium in Redwood Shores, Calif. At the day-long event, Allen, a Sure Power vice president, will join presenters from some of the nation's biggest technology and energy businesses, including Oracle, General Electric, PG&E, Cisco, and Exodus Communications Exodus Communications was a high-flying internet hosting and service provider to dot-com businesses that went broke along with their customers. Exodus inception Exodus was founded in 1992 as Fouress, Inc., and reincorporated in 1994 to Exodus Communications. , as well as key members of the Calif. state legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: "According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Electric Power Research Institute, high-technology firms in California's Silicon Valley can lose up to $1 million per minute during power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
"Failure-Proof" Power For Silicon Valley and other technology hubs, onsite power, also known as distributed generation Distributed generation generates electricity from many small energy sources. It has also been called also called on-site generation, dispersed generation, embedded generation, decentralized generation, decentralized energy or , "represents one of the best long-term solutions available because it relieves stress on the electricity grid by generating large amounts of power directly where it is needed and eliminating the threat of blackouts and brownouts," Allen said. A Sure Power system at the First National Bank of Omaha, the nation's seventh largest credit card transaction processor and largest privately owned bank, operates its 200,000-square-foot technology center with a constant supply of computer-grade power. The bank's system runs independently of the power grid and attains 99.9999% uptime, or "six 9s" of availability, according to MTECHNOLOGY, a Boston-based probabilistic (probability) probabilistic - Relating to, or governed by, probability. The behaviour of a probabilistic system cannot be predicted exactly but the probability of certain behaviours is known. Such systems may be simulated using pseudorandom numbers. risk analysis firm. "Six 9s uptime is about as close as you can get to failure-proof, making grid independent systems such as the one we installed in Omaha a highly attractive solution for both California power companies and businesses," Allen added. About Whit Allen Whit Allen serves as vice president of sales for the Sure Power Corporation. Before joining the company, Allen was global sales vice president for the Power Systems Unit at Lucent Technologies. There he developed a $121 million Latin American business from scratch and was recognized among the top two percent of the total Lucent sales force. Prior to his tenure at Lucent, he directed high-tech sales across the globe for AT&T's Microelectronics Group - Power Systems Unit. Allen holds a B.S. in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from Texas A&M University and a Master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird thunderbird In North American Indian mythology, a powerful spirit in the form of a bird that watered the earth and made vegetation grow. Lightning was believed to flash from its eyes or beak, and the beating of its wings was thought to represent rolling thunder. ) in Glendale, Ariz., where he graduated with distinction. His career has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal. A native English speaker, Allen is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. About Sure Power Corporation Sure Power Corporation, a privately-held company located in Danbury, Conn., delivers computer-grade electricity at "six 9s" availability and better, exceeding the highest availability levels required for mainframe computers and high-end servers. Its distributed generation systems are at the forefront of the onsite power industry. Spencer Trask, a New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. venture capital firm, owns a minority stake in the company. With Sure Power's high availability power systems, users realize substantially increased uptime, allowing for higher revenues and fewer unexpected losses. Sure Power has partnerships with both High-Point Rendel and R.W. Beck in the construction, planning and design of its systems. More information about Sure Power Corporation can be found at www.surepowersystem.com. EDITOR'S NOTE: For more information about the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group's "Energy Tools For Silicon Valley" conference go to www.svmg.org. |
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