Read news and announcements designed to help you better protect your infrastructure, ensure operational resilience and deliver financial returns with gold-standard H2scan® solutions.
The regulatory landscape for BESS is expanding on multiple fronts and evolving faster than many organizations can track. UL Solutions’ compliance guide, “Your Guide to Battery Energy Storage Regulatory Compliance” details ways to stay ahead of the curve. This requires proactive engagement with standards development, continuous monitoring of regulatory changes, and documented safety strategies covering everything from fire prevention to end-of-life planning. Gas detection is a key element of any defensible hazard mitigation plan.
The global data center UPS market is projected to reach USD 9.2 billion by 2030 at a 7.1% CAGR, driven by AI workloads and hyperscale expansion that are elevating UPS systems from backup accessories to core infrastructure. The battery rooms and containers that house them require the same reliability. H2scan gas monitoring systems are built for exactly these environments.
A new Argonne National Laboratory study frames AI’s relationship with the electric grid as two-sided: AI tools can improve grid forecasting, operations and resilience, but AI-driven data centers are simultaneously straining generation, transmission and wholesale markets. With the right market design, those large loads could also provide grid flexibility. For the battery storage systems at the heart of that infrastructure, reliable hydrogen gas monitoring is essential.
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Why Battery Rooms Need Hydrogen Monitoring — Risks, Codes, and Sensors Explained
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Hydrogen Horror Stories
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Hydrogen Detection Systems: Cross Sensitivity Could Shut Down Your Process
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Stationary vs Portable Hydrogen Detectors: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
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Managing Hydrogen Risk in Battery-Powered Forklift Systems
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We have been having good conversations at industry events around the globe. Thank you to everyone who connected with us to advance hydrogen safety, transformer monitoring and battery protection.
Attended — May 12–14 Dtech Data Center and AI
Scottsdale, Arizona
We felt right at home at the intersection of data centers and the grid during this conference. Reliability depends on safeguarding critical infrastructure, and we are proud of our role. Thanks for the engaging conversations.
Attended — April 23-25 China Power Equipment Monitoring Summit
Qingdao, China
We were proud to represent H2scan at this leading forum for power equipment monitoring professionals in China, one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for transformer fleet management and grid infrastructure. Our team engaged with utility leaders and asset managers on the critical role of hydrogen sensing in transformer protection, an application where H2scan’s Gen 5 solutions continue to set the standard for accuracy and reliability.
Attended — May 19–21 World Hydrogen Summit
Rotterdam AhoyRotterdam once again brought the global hydrogen community together in force. H2scan was proud to showcase our latest hydrogen monitoring innovations to an international audience of industry leaders, investors and policymakers. The momentum at this year’s summit reaffirmed both the trajectory of the hydrogen economy and the essential role of accurate, maintenance-free sensing at every stage of it.
Coming Up — September 28–October 1 SMRP Annual Conference
Raleigh, North Carolina | Booth #1131
Join us at SMRP, the premier event for maintenance and reliability professionals. Visit Booth 1131 to explore H2scan’s hydrogen sensing solutions for transformer monitoring and battery safety and discover how proactive gas detection supports long-term asset reliability.
Email us at [email protected] to make an appointment and schedule a conversation with our team.
HY-ALERTA® 5021 Solid-State Area Hydrogen Monitor
Battery backup rooms in data centers, utilities and telecom facilities face a real and under-managed risk: hydrogen buildup that can reach explosive concentrations if left undetected. The HY-ALERTA 5021 delivers maintenance-free, self-calibrating hydrogen monitoring for its entire 10+ year service life, with the selectivity to false alarms and communications for seamless integration with building management systems, SCADA and fire panels. Set it up with confidence for long-term hydrogen monitoring.
For operators responsible for vital infrastructure assets, H2scan is the hydrogen intelligence partner that transforms data into proactive situational insight, helping to identify risk early, protect and extend asset life, and enable confident decisions before failure forces action and or negatively impacts society. Learn more at www.h2scan.com.
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