Products on Show
POWER ANYWHERE
Leading Edge Power
First-time exhibitor Leading Edge Power will demonstrate its new off-grid power system, the PowerBox. Designed for operating low-power AC or DC equipment, the PowerBox provides everything needed from a remote power source, neatly fitted into a single, pallet-sized box. Easy to transport and quick to deploy, the user can setup a complete solar-wind hybrid power supply in less than an hour, with the option of an auto-start backup generator, or even a methanol fuel cell.
Customers include the UK Met Office, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Austria, Met Eireann, Meteorological Service of Canada, Icelandic Meteorological Office and British Antarctic Survey.
Off-grid power systems are essential in remote locations, where no grid connections are available, or where the cost of connecting to the national grid is simply too expensive. Common applications typically include off-site telemetry equipment, such as remote meteorological monitoring, seismological surveys and environmental monitoring.
Leading Edge Power uses British-made wind turbines and combines these with solar panels, DC battery banks, inverter-chargers and even backup generators, which can be programmed to start and stop automatically if battery levels should get too low.
As well as horizontal axis wind turbines, the company manufactures two vertical wind turbines, the LE-v50 and LE-v150, which can withstand storm force winds that would otherwise destroy a traditional wind turbine. These are ideal for powering equipment sited in mountainous areas, by the coastline or offshore. The Extreme version of the LE-v50 and LE-v150 are proven in the severest environment, the Antarctic, and have been designed to withstand winds up to 45m/s (100mph).
Leading Edge Power
Stand 8062