NorthStar Proudly Supports World Environment Day

Our mission is to deliver reliable and sustainable power to the world. Our commitment to environmental responsibility is a fundamental element of the NorthStar Group business philosophy, and that's why we are supporting World Environment Day on June 5.

We understand that damaging our ecosystem is not good for the future of our children or our business. We will host an event in our offices in Stockholm, Sweden, to celebrate the day. We will educate and raise awareness amongst our employees about global environmental challenges and what we can do to make a difference. This will be done through several multi media stations located around our offices.

We have also encouraged our suppliers and customers to embrace this day. We will of course serve our employees vegetarian food and ecological drinks. All our employees will be given their own eco bag encouraging them to use this bag over and over again instead of a plastic bag when they go shopping.

For more information about World Environment Day, visit the website www.unep。。ｏｒｇ/wed/

對于數據中心來說，在電力系統的運行過程中，不可避免地會出現故障。盡管故障出現的幾率很小，持續的時間也不長，但產生的后果卻往往十分嚴重。電力系統發生故障時，運行狀態將經歷急劇變化。所以UPS系統的應用對于機房電力系統不間斷運行來說尤為重要。對UPS系統日常檢測、維護也更是重中之重。

UPS檢測與維護

機房定期巡檢和維護是降低事故發生的較有效方式，降低事故發生的重要環節是對于機房蓄電池，UPS電源，機柜PDU配電柜等溫度檢測的合適專業的測試工具，其中包括蓄電池測試儀，紅外溫度測試儀，內阻測試儀等，利用專業的機房測試儀可以提供專業的數據參考，從而及時更新蓄電池UPS配電柜和開關等，才能有效的降低事故的發生率。

UPS蓄電池的重要性

UPS電源是許多機房的動力保證，保證了供電的連續性，保證了供電系統的安全性，UPS電源時刻發揮著重要的安全保障作用，蓄電池是UPS重要組成部分，蓄電池作為動力提供的后保障，無疑是UPS電源中的后一道保險，其質量的好壞直接關系到UPS是否正常工作。根據調查統計，UPS電源無法正常供電所引發的事故分析發現，其中有50%以上事故是由于蓄電池故障引發的，蓄電池是UPS電源事故發生率居高不下的一個環節，由此可見提高蓄電池運行安全可靠的必要性和迫切性。

UPS蓄電池安全隱患

1.蓄電池壽命無法達到設計要求，在實際應用中，蓄電池往往在使用1年后就開始出現劣化，使用超過3年的蓄電池劣化程度非常嚴重，幾乎很少能夠達到標稱容量。這其中存在兩個方面的問題，其一，蓄電池廠家對于蓄電池的使用壽命年限是在較為理想的狀態下預測的;其二，在使用中對于蓄電池的管理以及維護，沒有有效的進行，造成蓄電池在劣化早期，沒有及時發現，致使劣化積累、加劇，容量累積虧損導致蓄電池過早報廢。

2.對于蓄電池的充放電缺乏記錄及監控，蓄電池運行情況不明。

3.由于沒有良好的手段以及管理，蓄電池的使用者對于蓄電池運行情況缺乏足夠的了解，特別是對于蓄電池歷史數據的整理以及分析。而這些數據的整理與分析需要較強的專業知識。

4.對于蓄電池性能狀況不明，特別是UPS蓄電池是否具備瞬間大電流供電能力不了解。

5.對于蓄電池性能狀況，如蓄電池的電壓均衡性、當前容量，無法清楚實時了解。

6.缺乏溫度補償及環境溫度的監測。

7.UPS蓄電池缺乏檢測手段和維護儀表，重視程度不足。
 

NorthStar 2015 Exhibition Schedule

It's another busy year on the road for NorthStar Battery. We'll be at more than 25 exhibitions big and small all around the world. From Automechanika in Chicago, TowerXchange in Singapore, IBEX in Louiseville, Electronica in Munich and SEMA in Las Vegas, our team will be out and about showing off our new products and innovative solutions.

Check back here for upcoming show info and more details. Current upcoming shows include:

- Unlimited Off-Road Expo, June 7-9, Louiseville  

- Datacenter Dynamics Converged, June 11-13, Shanghai

- CANTO Broadband Conference, June 25-29, Miami

NorthStar Battery and Eternity Technologies Announce OPzV Battery Collaboration

NorthStar Battery and Eternity Technologies join forces to launch a new tubular 2V OPzV battery range with capacities from 300-3000 Ah, to be sold exclusively by NorthStar for the ecom market. For more than a decade, NorthStar have designed and manufactured high performance AGM batteries in the USA for ecom Power Systems, Uninterruptible Power Supplies and Engine Start applications in more than 120 countries.

Eternity Technologies is a leader in the 2V motive market, with a brand new state-of-the-art facility in the UAE, and a global customer base that includes several worldwide material handling equipment suppliers. With the latest robotic processing technology, and advanced environmental control systems, NorthStar and Eternity deliver the most reliable and consistent products in the industry.

NorthStar CEO Hans Liden says the modern approach and strong customer focus of both companies will breathe new life into the standby power market. "We're very excited about the possibilities of this partnership - it's a natural fit," says Liden.

"Both companies take pride in putting customers first, meeting their high demands with our advanced manufacturing and innovative solutions, as well as our commitment to environmental responsibility."

Last year, the Missouri Water Environment Association presented NorthStar Battery with the Gold Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Award at MWEA's Annual meeting. In 2012 Eternity was awarded the prestigious Gold Environmental Performance Certificate by the UAE's Ministry of Environment and Water.

Eternity CEO Dr. James Mark Stevenson sees the collaboration as a strategic expansion of their product range that will drive new business opportunities. "We've had a lot of success in the global motive power market and together with NorthStar we now will deliver our high quality products to a new range of customers," says Stevenson. "With our combined expertise and manufacturing excellence we will have a very attractive offer for the market place."

The new OPzV range will be built in the UAE based on collaborative designs between the NorthStar and Eternity engineering teams, with deliveries starting Q1/Q2 2015 depending on model.

Cameron Lawrence Wins Another Trans-Am Title

Cameron Lawrence has done it again, winning another Trans-Am Championship Title, this time in his new Dodge Challenger, with the help of the new NorthStar DIN Batteries. The Miller Racing Team wrapped up the SCCA Trans Am Series in the final race of the season at the Daytona International Speedway. Lawrence, the 22-year-old Trans Am Series’ TA2 class points leader heading into the finale, led from the pole position and for the entire 29-lap, 103-mile race, capturing his second and back-to-back TA2 titles.

“It’s awesome to be back home and have a little home field advantage for the last race of the season and the championship,” said Lawrence, of Windermere, Florida. “Definiy having all my friends and family here helped on race day and calmed my nerves down a little bit. The crew is awesome and worked so hard since we made the switch to the Dodge Challenger SRTs. We had a few setbacks along the way but everyone worked hard until we won the championship. It’s been a great year!”

The tightly contested battle for the championship saw Lawrence entering the Daytona race in his  1 CTEK/NorthStar Battery Dodge Challenger SRT just one point shy of his top contender, Adam Andretti. His record setting pole time of 1:51.319 now stands as a new track record and it broke his own qualifying record set last year, as well as adding one point to his championship points margin.

Saturday’s victory was Lawrence’s seventh of the year, ending the 2015 season with 310 points, 21 more than runner up Andretti. The 50-car entry was the largest in Trans Am history at Daytona and was an appropriate end to a great year of growth for the Trans Am Series. Congratulations to Cameron and the team!