Vertiv expands rack PDU offering with acquisition of Geist

Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, has acquired Geist, a privately owned manufacturer of Rack Power Distribution Units (PDUs) and associated data centre power products....

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...

White paper outlines key factors for specifying IT Pods

  For centralised data centres, including the latest hyperscale facilities, there is a need to develop larger increments of IT resource, known as Pods, comprising...

Why a poor power factor is brewing business trouble

Power factor should interest anyone seeking a profitable and reliable business with growth potential, writes Stephen Joyce, power quality business manager at ABB’s Power...

Why make the switch to DC power?

Socomec’s Jean–Yves Chaboute argues that data centres can improve effiency by moving to DC distribution As power densities increase, colocation and hyperscale data centre operators...

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...

Wirelessly monitor power and environmental parameters

A wire-free power monitoring solution from Daxten is allowing Fujitsu’s London data centre to centrally control and manage both environmental sensors and energy parameters...

Younicos awards battery-based energy storage project to Morrison

Morrison Utility Connections, a major projects Independent Connection Provider (ICP) and part of Morrison Utility Services, has been commissioned to build and connect one...

How can self-service empower utilities customers?

Using the self-service features of a field service portal enables you to drive field service customer satisfaction; helping customers, technicians, and operations alike. It’s no...

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...

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...

National Grid half year results:  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...

Inspired to cut power usage in data server barns

Believed to be guzzling as much as 2% of the entire planet’s electricity now -  and already at 11% in Ireland, - data centres...

National Grid to pocket £4.2 bn in cash and financing, as its exit proceeds...

National Grid has found a buyer for Britain’s gas pipes and meters, as it continues its retreat from the energy source en route to...

Thanks a thousand: WPD trials ‘kilo-quick’ fault limiter on CHP campus

Britain’s biggest DNO Western Power Distribution is trialling a new hyper-fast current breaker, assessing its potential to play a crucial role in evolving bi-directional...

Octopus’ Kraken awakes, stretches beyond energy into water & broadband

Energy transaction platform Kraken is venturing beyond administering energy accounts, reaching today into other utilities such as telecoms, water & broadband. Described as ‘cloud-native’, Kraken...

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...

SMITN poleaxes DNO into deeper love for users’ data

Britain’s biggest regional gridco Western Power Distribution is seeking new ways to crunch data from its smart meters, readying its switches and wires for...

Tech skills challenge accelerated by pace of digital transformation in the UK

A lack of candidates with IT, cloud computing and AI skills is further compounding recruitment issues as digital demands continue to grow, causing businesses...

Teachers strike in Scotland, eh?: Canucks pile on to a quarter of SSE’s pylons

Snowy-booted visitors from northern America today descended once again on the snowy-booted electricity engineers of north Britain, as a big Canadian public-sector pension fund...