‘Too many data centres operate in reactive mode’ warns consulting firm
Nils Gerstle from Collaboretix Enterprise Consulting warns that failures are all too often due to a reactive approach to data centre management.Â
Data centre failure can...
Energy in industry 4.0: harnessing the connected site
Advances in Industry 4.0 can enhance energy strategies and improve the resilience of critical sites. DSR is often seen as a risk to critical sites,...
Microsoft’s Dublin data centre forced to build own power station
Microsoft is being forced to build its own powerstation in Dublin for its data centres because the local electricity grid is unable to cope,...
Renewables will be key to Ireland’s data centre growth
Host in Ireland, a strategic global initiative created to increase awareness of the benefits of hosting digital assets in Ireland, has released a report...
Smart grid evolution: potential of a dynamic capacity market
Gareth Spinner at Noveus offers an insight into the smart grid and explores some of the key issues and considerations for data centres that...
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...
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...
Northern Powergrid’s communications ‘completely unacceptable’ after Storm Arwen, says minister
Communications with its customers by Northern Powergrid, the DNO with at least 1,600 homes left still unconnected ten days after Storm Arwen devastated northern...
Carlton Power and Stag Energy merge to deliver infrastructure wizardry
Two of Britain’s longest established developers of energy infrastructure are joining up. Ending three decades of independence, Carlton Power and Stag Energy today plight...
Offshore wind wafts jobs home, as Britain out-Chinas China
Britain’s offshore wind pipeline of intended but unbuilt turbine projects now tops 86GW, or eight times the nation’s current installed capacity and bigger even...
Sunshine on Leith – and up to 6 GW of new PV arrays –...
Scotland could be in for an imminent bonanza in skilled jobs, care of clean, quickly deployed and popular solar power.
In his novel ‘Blandings Castle’,...
For ‘windfall tax’, read ‘profits levy’: Sunak doubles fuel help, as £15bn package offers...
After weeks of denying he’d impose a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas extractors, Chancellor Rishi Sunak today bowed to Ofgem’s fears...
New green jobs surging at four times standard vacancy creation, say PwC
Global accountants PwC calculate that Britain’s creation of green jobs is running at four times the creation rate for other vacancies.
The consultancy firm’s “Green...
Doggone wind! Octopus shells out for offtake from world’s biggest offshore farm
Integrated generator-investor-retailer of low-carbon renewable electricity Octopus Energy has squirted marine ink over a deal to source nearly a quarter of its needs from...
Reliance on China for battery metals ‘leaves UK vulnerable’, MPs declare
Britain’s supply chains importing key minerals including for batteries and low carbon energy render the UK exposed to blackmail and pressure by autocracies, particularly...
NG fires up Viking cable to Denmark, world’s longest at 475 miles
National Grid has turned on its £1.7 billion Viking subsea power link to Denmark, claiming the 475 miles of the 1.4GW project makes it...
JCB wins £10m contract for gas powered generators
JCB has secured a deal worth £10 million which will see the company’s first major entry into the gas powered generator sector. The company’s Power...
Battery-free UPS system wins iF Design Award
HITEC Power Protection, a manufacturer of Diesel Rotary UPS (DRUPS), has announced that its PowerPRO2700 product has won this year's iF Design Award. Each...
Bridging the energy gap: industry leaders reveal concerns
A new report finds that energy security and rising costs are impacting competitiveness for UK industry, so how could decentralised energy be made more...
Broadcast news: the importance of reliable power
Timeline’s broadcast facility in west London has increased the reliability of its operations through the installation of a new UPSÂ
Power is everything in the...