Will the backup stack up?
Finning UK & Ireland’s Jason Harryman provides some valuable advice on how to ensure your backup generation kicks in when it is needed, and...
MAST’s 9 MW Derbyshire back-up plant now serving Statkraft
Reserve power operator MAST Energy Developments has greenlit its first UK plant, the 9 MW gas-fired generator at Pyebridge, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, ready to...
Fleetsolve partners to accelerate industrial decarbonisation
Fleetsolve has confirmed its status as a UK Solution Partner to the Engine Business of Siemens Energy (this business has been recently sold to...
AFC leases hydrogen-based mega-generator to Spanish partner
A three month trial in Spain of fuel cell pioneer AFC Energy's H-Power clean hydrogen-based generator has convinced the firm to extend its product...
Plant hire partners puff hydrogen gensets for building sites
Surrey-based AFC Energy last year launched its H-Power Generators, designed to offer zero emissions electricity to run drills, lifts and tools on building sites.
Later...
Accelerated remote connectivity for critical sites during COVID-19 crisis
ABB is accelerating the rollout of and access to remote service tools and digital solutions across critical industry. “During the COVID-19 crisis, governments and companies are...
Morrison Utility Connections selected for University of Sheffield power uprade project
Morrison Utility Connections, a major projects Independent Connection Provider (ICP) and part of Morrison Utility Services, has been awarded a £2m power upgrade project...
Prysmian enters floating offshore wind farm sector
Prysmian Group, a leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract by Cobra Wind International to provide...
UK colocation startup deploys hybrid cabling system
IP House, a UK-based startup and supplier of high-performance data centre colocation services, has partnered with leading UK cabling company HellermannTyton to deploy their...
What lies beneath the sheath?
Julie Banks, UK sales manager at Nexans, discusses how it is everyone’s responsibility to establish if the cables they are using really are fit...
Morocco unbound: £16 billion green power pipe mooted to Devon giga-battery
British energy entrepreneurs Xlinks have unveiled ambitious plans to link solar and wind power generated in the Moroccan desert with UK power consumers via...
National Grid half year results:Â Pre-tax up 75%, op profit up 47%, capex up...
Britain’s privatised backbone system operator pleased investors today with strong results for the six months to September.
Against a steady-state base of continuing activities, National...
Lobsters magnetised by power cables? Scientists wave their meters
The effects on sealife of magnetic fields caused by electricity cables running on or under the seabed are probed in a new scientific study...
Ofgem shortlists 4 connection competitors to link offshore wind
Ofgem has shortlisted four potential operators for its next OFTO (Offshore Transmission Owner) bidding round for three offshore transmission links worth an estimated £2billion.
In...
Pylons, to a T: all of Hinkley C’s new Ts R now in place
National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project has reached another milestone, with the linking up of all 116 of its new T-pylons, designed to replace the...
Aquind directors’ past re-emerges, as Portmouth deal confirmed
Campaigners fear a deal made this week by Portsmouth City Council is reviving plans from a development firm linked to a prominent Conservative donor...
Bringing big data and IoT to data centres
Schneider Electric reports that it has launched the first Data Centre Management as a Service architecture - EcoStruxure IT. According to the company, this latest...
Deeper insight key to uptime
Data centre automation technologies are transforming the sector, according to ABB’s Paul Johnson. He says data centres can increase resilience and tackle spiralling energy...
Does AI hold the key to reducing cost?
Schneider Electric’s Patrick Donovan discusses the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in increasing reliability and efficiency
Schneider Electric’s Data Centre Science Centre recently...
Empowering the dream makers
Schneider Electric has helped Animal Logic grow its movie-making capabilities with a prefabricated data centre.
With more than 25 years’ experience, independent Australian company Animal...