Active Power Introduces a New Battery-Free, Generator Starting System; GenSTART Module and Starting System Eliminates Primary Reason For Gen Set Starting Failures.Business Editors & High Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2002 Active Power, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACPW ACPW Asymmetrical Coplanar Waveguide ACPW Advisory Committee of the Purity of Water (Australia) ), of Austin, a developer and manufacturer of battery-free power quality solutions, today announced two complementary products: GenSTART System, a new innovative battery-free starting system that increases starting reliability of up to 8MW of multiple standby engine generator systems, and GenSTART Module that supplies 1725 cold-cranking amps to the generator set starting motor Noun 1. starting motor - an electric motor for starting an engine starter, starter motor electrical system - equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater . Both products supply engine generators with assured starting power when it's most critical - at start-up. Now available to end-users, these new products will eliminate the number one reason generator sets fail to start - dead or weak lead-acid batteries. "The weakest link in the backup power train of all major 7x24 operations, from hospitals to casinos, is the generator set starter battery. With GenSTART, these enormously expensive facilities are no longer dependent on failure-prone batteries. We believe our patented GenSTART products are simply the lowest cost way to improve the electrical reliability of both new and existing 7x24 facilities," said Joe Pinkerton, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Active Power. Each GenSTART Module converts three-phase 480 VAC (Volts Alternating Current) See volt and AC. from an uninterrupted power source to 24 VDC VDC Volts Direct Current VDC Venture Development Corporation VDC Vehicle Dynamic Control VDC Village Development Committee (Nepal) VDC Virtual Data Center VdC Verband der Cigarettenindustrie to supply immediate gen set start power. GenSTART System utilizes the highly reliable CleanSource(R) energy storage flywheel to deliver 250 kW of power to the starting modules for additional reliability of the overall configuration. Optional battery paralleling capability allows configuration of redundant DC voltage sources. ABOUT ACTIVE POWER: Active Power, Inc. (www.activepower.com) designs, manufactures and markets battery-free power quality products that provide the consistent, reliable electric power required by today's digital economy. An ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified company, Active Power is the first to commercialize a flywheel energy storage Flywheel Energy Storage (FES) works by accelerating a rotor (flywheel) to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational energy. The energy is converted back by slowing down the flywheel. system, CleanSource(R) that provides a highly reliable, low-cost and non-toxic replacement for lead-acid batteries used in conventional power quality installations. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Provision Any forward looking statements and all other statements that may be made in this news release that are not historical facts are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. Specific risks include delays in new product development, product performance and quality issues and the acceptance of our current and new products by the power quality market. Please refer to Active Power filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more information on the risk factors that could cause actual results to differ. CleanSource is a registered trademark of Active Power, Inc. |
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