In-house
Manufacturing
Resistive elements, control systems and enclosures engineered and assembled under one roof in the UK.
Our works →The worldwide
load bank
supplier.
Ashford Energy UK designs and manufactures resistive, reactive, DC and liquid-cooled load banks — from portable test sets to multi-megawatt data-centre systems. Engineered in Britain. Deployed worldwide.
Who we are
A load bank
for every
proof of power.
Every generator, UPS, battery bank and data hall must be proven before it carries a real load. For four decades that proof has been our single discipline — precision load banks, built to the exact electrical and thermal envelope of the system under test, and supported through commissioning anywhere in the world.
In-house
Precision
Control
Fine-step loading, PLC & remote control, data logging and protocol integration for repeatable, auditable testing.
Control systems →Global
Commissioning
Factory acceptance, site delivery and on-site commissioning support across more than forty countries.
Field service →The range
Six families.
One standard.
From a single-phase portable set to a containerised megawatt array, every Ashford load bank is built on the same control architecture and the same quality system. Select a family to view its full product range and ratings.
01 / AR
AC Resistive
Real-power (kW) testing of generators, UPS and prime power. Forced-air cooled, portable to containerised, LV through medium voltage.
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02 / RR
Resistive + Reactive
Combined kW + kVAR loading at lagging power factor for true full-system and alternator capability testing.
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03 / DC
DC Load Banks
Constant-current and constant-power testing of battery strings, UPS, telecom, traction and BESS systems.
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04 / LC
Liquid-Cooled
High power density in a compact, low-noise footprint — heat rejected to facility water for MW-class testing.
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05 / DX
Data Centre
Purpose-built for white-space and power-train commissioning — BMS integration, A/B feed and continuous duty.
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06 / SE
Server Emulator
Rack-mounted units that replicate the electrical and thermal signature of live IT equipment, per rack.
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40+
Years in
load bank design
load bank design
6MW
Single-system
capacity
capacity
40+
Countries
delivered to
delivered to
11kV
Medium-voltage
capability
capability
2 MW UnitResistive · Reactive
Engineering standard
Built to the
standard the
test demands.
A load bank is a measuring instrument as much as it is a heat machine. Ours are designed around stable, repeatable resistance, clean step resolution and protection that holds under sustained full load.
Stainless-steel resistive elements, generously rated power circuitry, temperature and airflow interlocks, and a control platform that logs every test — engineered to IEC and IEEE testing practice, CE and UKCA marked, and manufactured under an ISO 9001 quality system.
Where they work
Trusted across critical-power industries.
Data Centres
Power Generation
Oil & Gas
Marine & Offshore
Rail & Traction
Utilities & Grid
UPS & Battery
Renewables & BESS
Defence
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Rental Fleets
Tell us the
system under
test.
Send us your generator, UPS or facility rating and we will specify the exact load bank — or range of units — to prove it. Quotations typically returned within one working day.