The CBI (Confederation of Business and Industry) is up in arms about the Government’s proposed Carbon Tax and claims that energy-intensive manufacturers should be exempt from it, or the Government will risk making the UK an uncompetitive market where heads of heavy industry and manufacturing will no longer wish to base their businesses.

In a report (Protecting the UK’s Foundations: a blueprint for energy-intensive industries) published at the end of August, the CBI stressed that the Government must ensure energy-intensive manufacturers are not undermined by rising costs and climate change energy policies. These companies form a crucial part of the manufacturing and supply chain alongside employing a quarter of a million people and accounting for £15bn of UK GDP. As such, so says the CBI, they need protection from laws like the carbon floor price, which would penalise many of them in their manufacturing processes.

Such companies make a diverse range of products such as steel and chemicals required for wind turbines and low-rolling resistance tyres.

The CBI wants the Government to find a way of moving businesses to a low carbon economy while exempting certain ‘carbon-heavy’ companies from so doing. How can that be possible?

Thanks to our Master Plus Industrial range of rugged and energy efficient UPS, at least energy-intensive manufacturers can enjoy efficient and cost-effective power protection. Based on our leading Master Plus UPS range, the Master Plus Industrial is designed for tough installation environments, such as petrochemical manufacturing sites, where operating conditions (levels of vibration, mechanical stress, ambient temperatures and dust ingress) require a more robust and industrialised UPS design. We’ve incorporated a number of design features to make it applicable to this market, such as:

• HIGH Icc
Master Plus Industrial has a higher short-circuit current (Icc = 3In) making it suitable for loads with high current peaks, during switch-on or a load step-change.
• 220V DC VOLTAGE
- the UPS has a 220Vdc bus bar (from 108 to 114 blocks) – a common standard for industrial applications.
• REDUNDANT VENTILATION
- Master Plus Industrial has 100% redundant ventilation with 50% fan loading at nominal load. Each fan is monitored for failure to ensure optimum temperatures are maintained.
• IP (Ingress Protection) Rating Various IP protection levels are available on request.

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Riello Galatrek is a LinkUP certified UPS supplier and has delivered a number of standard and bespoke systems, including Relocatable Equipment Buildings (REBs) for applications on Network Rail infrastructure. The lastest rail industry showcase- Infrarail 2005 takes place at the G-MEX CENTRE, MANCHESTER 14-16 SEPTEMBER 2005. Our main systems for rail applications are the Dialog Plus – used principally on telecoms systems and Master Dialog – used principally for N+1 configurations on critical points signalling applications.