Regulator probes transcos’ and DNOs’ Storm Arwen response
Ofgem today announced a review of transmission and distribution networks’ responses to Storm Arwen, as thousands of homes awaited reconnection after seven days of...
Ofgem to consult in November on Price Cap reform
Britain’s energy regulator will consult in November on reform to the Price Cap mechanism regulating energy sales to 15 million UK domestic consumers.
Ofgem wrote...
Heat & Buildings Strategy: Johnson disappoints again
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s long awaited Heat & Buildings Strategy was this afternoon greeted with similar disappointment from energy campaigners and industry as the...
Kwarteng seeks to calm energy chiefs, as Price Cap’s architect calls for its overhaul
Beleaguered energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng won the support of Britain’s power bosses today, reassuring them that vulnerable consumers would be continue to be protected,...
Al Gore’s fund buys 13% of Octopus Energy
An investment fund founded by former US vice president Al Gore has paid the equivalent of £483 million to take a 13% stake in...
EDF’s 12% hike leads suppliers’ response to Ofgem lifting price cap
EDF has leapt first at the starting gun fired for energy retailers two weeks ago, when Ofgem lifted its cap on regulated home tariffs..
The...
Gazprom launches online tool for firms to track homeworkers’ power use
Falls in workplace energy consumption during Covid-19 lockdowns were almost completely offset by hiked home use, business supplier Gazprom Energy has calculated.
Last year, average...
SIMEC Atlantis finds new chairman
SIMEC Atlantis, marine energy innovators worldwide as well as converters of a Welsh coal power station, have chosen their probable new chairman.
Subject to shareholders’...
Engineers’ concerns ignored, puts energy infrastructure at risk
Only 44% of recommendations to improve the safety and performance of critical energy infrastructure are fully implemented, new research reveals.
A survey, conducted with transformer...
Continuous power – triple guaranteed
Socomec has released a new generation of transfer switching controller – ATyS C55/65 – engineered to protect critical loads including emergency systems, healthcare devices,...
What do specifiers frequently get wrong when implementing a UPS solution?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBa-AsiREc
When specifying UPS, the type of load being supported is often overlooked and there are many issues that can have an impact on...
What needs to be done to ensure resilience and efficiency of UPS technologies?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ7J6TUJIdI
As data centres comprise a high proportion of an organisation’s power consumption, and UPSs are major components within them, optimising UPS efficiency can...
Wind power crucial to growth of Ireland’s data centre sector
The Data Centres Ireland conference has highlighted the key role that wind power will have for the data centre sector in Ireland - driving down...
Cyxtera collaborates with Fujitsu
 Cyxtera Technologies, the secure infrastructure company, has announced that it has collaborated with Fujitsu to offer PRIMERGY servers with Nutanix Enterprise Cloud on its...
Partnership will leverage AI to deliver power efficiencies to data centres
Virtual Power Systems (VPS), creator of Software Defined Power (SDP) has announced that its Intelligent Control of Energy (ICE) platform with phase balancing has...
Schneider partners with Scale Computing on micro data centre solution
Schneider Electric has announced its partnership with Scale Computing to deliver the Scale Computing HC3 Edge for retail solution in Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Micro Data...
Protecting patients at Musgrove Hospital
SNICU is situated in the maternity building of the hospital and divided into two different areas: intensive and special care. There are 18 cots...
Maincubes plans new ‘carbon-neutral’ data centre in Frankfurt, Germany
Maincubes is expanding its European network of data centres with a new data centre for the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area (FRA02), which will focus on...
The show must go on: keeping the lights on at Wyndham’s Theatre
Wyndham’s Theatre first opened its doors in 1899, designed by architect William Sprague for the leading actor-manager of his day, Charles Wyndham. The Louis...
Finning launches new guide on power density
Finning UK & Ireland (Finning) has launched a free new guide to help plant owners and operators achieve a balance between greater power output...