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- Intelligent Transportation Solutions (ITS)
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Why UPS is an Essential Backup Component for Smart Cities
ITS and other “Smart Cities” technologies require a dependable backup power source to ensure uptime during power outages and emergency events. Throughout the world, cities and towns are adopting “Smart Cities” technologies as a way to improve the quality of life in their districts, neighborhoods, and communities. In…
September 19, 2022
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
5 Benefits of ZincFive Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Our electrified world demands safe, sustainable battery storage to maintain mission-critical applications like data centers and aviation. Zinc battery chemistry is a game changer for the energy space. Nickel-zinc (NiZn) batteries are the powerful, reliable, and safe choice for the future. In addition, as sustainability becomes a top priority across…
September 7, 2022
- Battery Industry Trends
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Why microgrids increasingly require multiple battery chemistries
Alternatives to lead-acid and lithium batteries are gaining market share because they provide the growing number of energy storage reliant systems with new opportunities to reduce costs, increase performance, and improve environmental sustainability. These emerging battery chemistries offer advantages like high power and energy density, improved safety and reliability, better…
August 24, 2022
- Intelligent Transportation Solutions (ITS)
- Nickel-Zinc Batteries
Reliability & Safety for Fort Worth, Texas with Multiple UPStealth 2 Integrations
ZincFive’s UPStealth® 2 battery backup systems keep Fort Worth’s citizens safe at signalized intersections with busy railroad crossings by ensuring they never go dark. 19 of the city’s signalized intersections with railroad crossings are now backed up with a safe, fast, reliable, and green battery backup system. Challenge The railroad arrived…
July 25, 2022

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Highlights in Sustainability
A New Initiative Celebrates Performance, Safety and Sustainability of Zinc Batteries
It’s not often an industry throws a party, but the Zinc Battery Initiative (ZBI) sure feels like one to us. The fun started last year when the International Zinc Association formed ZBI to promote rechargeable zinc batteries’ remarkable story and promote their advantages across many applications. While each participating member…
April 28, 2021
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Highlights in Sustainability
Comparing the Climate Impact of Batteries on Data Center Sustainability
To make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, data center operators need to take a look at the bigger picture. In a prior blog post, we pointed out how lead-acid batteries are a data center sustainability challenge hiding in plain sight. Lead-acid batteries contain significant amounts of…
March 9, 2021
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Highlights in Sustainability
The Hidden Sustainability Challenge in your Data Center
Data centers make a big impact in our world. The number of data centers across the globe rose to roughly 9,100 in 2019 from 7,500 in 2018.[1] As a result, data center electricity consumption is projected to increase to roughly 140 billion kilowatt-hours in 2020 in the U.S. alone,…
February 9, 2021
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