SatCon's Ling Electronics Division Introduces New StarSine MegaPower UPS Line

SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that its Ling Electronics division (Anaheim, CA) introduced a new family of UPS products at the Los Angeles Power Association Winter Conference, which was held on January 31, 2001. The new product line is designed to provide up to 2.0MW of power during power outages.

The StarSine MegaPower UPS will combine Ling Electronics' StarSine power converters and controls with commercially-available battery banks or flywheels to provide uninterruptible power during brownouts or blackouts. The line is modular, allowing for a number of UPS power levels that can accommodate a variety of businesses from hotels and hospitals to offices and manufacturing facilities. The UPS products will be manufactured at Ling Electronics and sold, distributed and serviced by Ling Electronics' worldwide sales and service network.

"Maintaining power during power outages has become a major issue for businesses throughout the world," said David Eisenhaure, SatCon's president and CEO. "Today, everything in the facility is critical, not just the data center. Globally, businesses are becoming more dependent on electricity to manage everything from data processing to automated manufacturing. When the power goes down it's often a disaster. We're introducing this new family of UPS products to handle such emergencies."