Greentech Lead America: GE’s 225-750 kVA SG series
uninterrupted power supply (UPS) has received ecomagination qualification.
GE claims that its ecomagination-qualified eBoost
software has the ability to increase efficiency from 92-94 percent to 98-99 percent.
The eBoost software enables datacenters and IT
organizations to reduce energy consumption and cost without sacrificing
reliability.
Data centers are estimated to consume 2 percent of the
U.S. electrical grid’s capacity resulting in $2 billion per month in utility
bills.
Research firms estimate that carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions from data centers will quadruple and exceed emissions from the
airline industry by 2020 due to the rapid growth in global demand for computing
power.
The U.S. Department of Energy is focused on green
initiatives to improve energy efficiency and has set a target of creating
energy savings of 10 percent overall in U.S. data centers, the equivalent of
electricity consumed by 1 million typical U.S. households.
Uninterruptible
power supplies to provide a key element in Green IT efforts
The global market for UPS systems will expand from $8.2
billion in 2011 to $9.4 billion in 2012, a year-on-year growth rate of 14
percent. Going forward, the market will grow to $13.2 billion by 2015.
The eBoost software continuously monitors utility power
quality and activates double conversion mode only when utility power quality
falls outside of data center power quality requirements, reducing the amount of
time spent in a less efficient traditional “double conversion” mode.
The transfer from the high-efficiency mode to inverter
can be completed within 2 milliseconds of eBoost recognizing a system failure
to meet power requirements. This “multi-mode” energy efficient operating mode
for UPS is included in the Green Grid Data Center Maturity Model as a
recommendation for improving data center energy efficiency.
The eBoost software also increases reliability and redundancy
by enabling up to six UPS modules in parallel operation and by eliminating
single points of failure.
By replacing the existing installed base of legacy double
conversion UPS with those operating in high-efficiency multi-mode would
generate at least 4,000 megawatts of energy savings or annual energy cost
savings of more than $3 billion per year.
GE unveils enhancements and additions to home energy solutions
Recently, GE said it is launching new products and
solutions to its suite of Brillion home energy solutions. This is part of GE’s
vision to laying the foundation for an energy-saving connected home.