Market report shows increasing demand for data centre power equipment

The global data centre power market is expected to reach USD 10.77 billionby 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The global...

Measuring partial discharge for increased uptime

Prysmian Group's PRY-CAM is designed for condition assessment and asset management of electrical systems and equipment from 3 kV to 600 kV. The technology allows fast,...

Megger expands into HV diagnostics sector with Power Diagnostix acquisition

Global electrical test equipment expert Megger has acquired Power Diagnostix of Aachen, Germany, a leader in the development and manufacture of high voltage diagnostic...

New IoT system to prevent manhole cover explosions and fires

UK engineering and design consultancy, Plextek has been working with US-based CNIguard to develop a new IoT-based system to prevent manhole explosions, primarily caused...

New standby power system at Greggs PLC’s

The 1,650kVA generator is being installed in a new plant room complete with attenuation, exhaust silencer and fuel tank, as part of Gregg’s strategic...

Nexans wins €190 million cabling contract

Nexans has achieved a major success in a global tender process carried out by a one of the biggest utility companies in the world,...

Nidec to install microgrid for tropical island

Nidec ASI has won the tender for the creation of a microgrid on a tropical island in the Bahamas. The aim of the project, worth...

Panduit awarded approved supplier status by Kao Data

Panduit EMEA, the physical infrastructure and connectivity company, has achieved approved supplier status to the Kao Data Campus, for its Universal Containment, hot aisle...

Panduit wins industry award for contribution to data centre industry

At the recent 2018 DCS industry awards, Panduit won the Industry Award, for its outstanding contribution to some of the industry’s most significant breakthroughs...

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....

Powerful intelligence: the role of smart PDUs

The increased sophistication of PDUs is in line with expectations for increasingly granular data. Panduit’s Sander Kaempfer provides an insight into the role of...

Prysmian launches eco-friendly cabling technology

Prysmian Group claims to have made a significant step in advancing cable technology to enable more efficient, reliable and eco-friendly power transmission over long...

Prysmian provides smart solution for upgrade of US power transmission system

Prysmian Group will carry out a project aimed at upgrading the US Capital area’s power transmission system. The multi-phased project is expected to be...

Rapid assembly PDU systems for secure distribution

Rittal has developed four compact PDU (Power Distribution Units) systems for professional power distribution in IT racks which are claimed to halve the time...

RTE selects Saft for lithium-ion backup battery systems in innovative Smart Grid Substation installations

Saft has supplied two battery systems to French transmission grid operator RTE to provide vital backup power for its innovative Smart Substations Project. The...

Saft and Socomec deliver backup power system for Total’s supercomputer environment

Battery leader Saft and industrial group Socomec have delivered a high-performance UPS featuring lithium-ion data batteries for Total’s HPC data centre which hosts one...

Schneider Electric Advances Management of Hybrid IT Infrastructure with New EcoStruxure IT Innovation

Schneider Electric have announced it is advancing the remote management and monitoring of data centres and edge computing deployments with a trifecta of innovations...

Schneider: Data overload means remote monitoring has to step up

Modern data centre power and cooling infrastructure has three times the data points and notifications than ten years ago. Remote monitoring systems were never...

Smartgrid transition: Virtual power plants and how large firms will have to work with...

Sponsored: ABB technology strategy manager Peter Jones outlines how the power grid is changing and what that means for large companies in terms of...

Sudlows contract win for University of York projects

The service involves minor works related to the design, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and proving of electrical services. Any minor works across all campuses...