Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme “scratching the surface” of efficiency transformation required
Just 3.3% of government grant funding set up to accelerate the decarbonisation of public sector buildings has been awarded to schools and academies so far,...
UK needs over 49 GW of flexibility to reach 100% renewables at lowest cost
Wärtsilä has highlighted the need to scale up flexibility in the UK, in the form of energy storage and flexible gas technology, to enable...
Electricity framework is undermining wholesale markets and creating a reliance on government decision-making
The UK electricity market is not functioning effectively and is progressively undermining wholesale electricity markets and creating a perpetual reliance on government decision-making according to...
British Lithium secures £2.9m for pilot extraction plant
The firm’s pilot plant will produce samples tailored to individual customers’ requirements and once tested and proven, the company aims to begin full-scale production...
Anesco secures planning permission for 50MW solar farm in Lincolnshire
A 50MW solar farm developed by Anesco has been given the green light by East Lindsey District Council, with the company gearing up for...
COVID-19 has caused a 14% increase in home daytime heating
A new study from tado° has found that UK homes had their daytime heating on 14% more this winter in comparison to the previous...
Eaton launches its Buildings as a Grid approach
Power management company Eaton is launching a suite of hardware, software and services that can transform buildings into energy hubs that extract maximum benefit...
Polestar in Swedish energy project to develop V2X technology
Polestar is part of a five-partner project in Sweden to accelerate the development of Vehicle-to-X (V2X) technology, including Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Vehicle-to-Home (V2H).
Supported by...
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...
New public API to simplify management at the edge
Schneider Electric has released a public API (application programming interface) for cloud-based software EcoStruxure IT Expert. The first public API for EcoStruxure IT Expert,...
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....
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....
Telecoms provider uses fuel cell for long-duration back-up
GenCell Energy, an Israel-based manufacturer of fuel cell energy solutions, announced that a Tier One telecom provider has deployed its first GenCell G5 hydrogen...
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...
100% uptime or a year for free: Volta claims world first with data centre...
Independent central London data centre operator Volta says its resilience is so good that it will give customers a year’s free service if racks...
Data centre temperatures to rise and London demand to fall?
Data centres will become warmer over the next five years as industry adopts Ashrae standards, according to Global With’s Derrick Allen. “Lukewarm aisles” could...
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...
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...
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...