PeakGen and Zenobe land nine year reactive power contracts
PeakGen and Zenobe have won £8.7m in contracts to provide reactive power, which helps keep voltage stable, in Mersey.
National Grid said it had picked...
Sunday demand to drop to 13.8GW, National Grid seeks more footroom
National Grid ESO expects demand on the transmission system to hit a new low this weekend and will likely need to call on its...
DSR can bid for 15-year capacity market agreements
Demand-side response will be able to bid for 15-year capacity market agreements under changes to government’s flagship policy intended to keep the lights on...
Arrival looks beyond electric vans to transport as a service and hydrogen lorries
UK technology company Arrival is planning to do way more than just make electric vans.
It’s looking at “the whole vehicle ecosystem,” according to chief...
Tesla applies for UK power generation licence in VPP play
Tesla Motors has applied for a UK power generation licence.
The company’s application, signed off by Tesla energy products sales director, Evan Rice, was published by...
Short-depth smart-UPS with Li-ion
Schneider Electric has announced the availability of 230V models of its short-depth APC Smart-UPS line interactive UPS Lithium-ion battery technology models for European markets....
What to expect at Data Centre World 2020
Data centres are the beating heart of companies and our digital age. Companies cannot deliver functional, reliable and agile IT without their on-premises infrastructure,...
Resilience vs energy: today’s dilemma
Gary Marshall, operations director at engineering consultancy Sweco, stresses the importance of innovative techniques that provide additional resilience, while reducing data centre operational costs
In...
The pros and cons of eco-mode UPS: what does the future hold?
Ian Bitterlin discusses the potential risks and benefits of adopting eco-mode UPS technology, and considers the future impact of silicon carbide IGBTs.
In the early...
Designing for uptime: technology advancing at a rapid pace
Sudlows technical director Andy Hirst offers Louise Frampton his views on the important factors that
contribute to a successful critical infrastructure project and provides an...
Ian Bitterlin: Artificial intelligence in the data centre?
There's talk of artificial intelligence revolutionising data centres. Ian Bitterlin suggests some human intelligence would be a good place to start.
This month I have...
Ian Bitterlin: I voted Brexit, here’s why
Before I get to the data centre reasons I might as well fess-up as to all of the other reasons that I voted to...
Aggregator targets firms with UPS who want to make money from better maintenance
A new aggregator targeting small businesses and households has secured £545,000 to scale its operations. Rather than target the largest firms, Upside Energy is...
Data centres and hospitals warned changes to capacity market could hit back-up generators
Organisations with diesel back-up generators have been warned that changes the government is making to energy market policies could add significant costs to their...
Deepwater data: Microsoft trials undersea data centre
Microsoft thinks the future of data centres could be subsea. The firm said it has successfully deployed an underwater data centre off the coast...
Facebook to build new Ireland data centre
The internet giant uses the country as its global headquarters and announced the move this week. The facility will reportedly cost around £150 million.
Facebook...
Equinix completes Telecity acquisition
Equinix has completed its £2.6bn acquisition of Telecity. The move doubles its capacity in Europe and adds over 1,000 new customers to its books.
Both...
Sky’s Edinburgh data centre recognised for energy efficiency
Sky’s data centre energy demand reduction drive has been recognised with the inclusion of its Edinburgh DC as a participant to the EU Code of Conduct...
Power only half the story as volatility hits energy bills in 2016
Wholesale power prices declined for 2015 with anticipated softening into 2016. Yet bills are expected to rise and the market to become increasingly volatile....
Schneider cool on raising data centre temperatures
Raising temperatures in data centres may be a hot topic but it is not necessarily a good idea, according to Schneider Electric’s global data...