PEi visits the headquarters of Energetix, a UK firm specializing in low cost energy efficiency products, to find out more about Pnu Power - a pneumatic battery that is set to challenge lead acid batteries as the energy storage medium of choice for uninterruptible power supplies for high ambient temperatures. Adrian Hutchings thinks his company's technology is old hat. He is happy to tell you that his new products do not utilize the latest cutting-edge, state-of-the-art technology. That they are more Ford than Ferrari. In fact, he is rather proud of it. Energetix, a UK manufacturer of energy efficiency products, specializes in the ingenious modification of existing, technologies to create low-cost energy efficiency products. Pnu Power, pronounced 'new power', is one such product. Pnu Power is a pneumatic battery that provides an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) solution and back-up power using compressed air.
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