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Data Centre Power

One of Electrical Review’s special projects for 2013 is a special supplement – Data Centre Power – which will be published with the January/February edition of the magazine. The supplement will cover topics including energy storage, UPS systems, infrastructure and planning and

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Happy new year!

The Electrical Review team would like to wish all its readers a very happy and prosperous new year. 2013 will bring a number of new projects including a series of special supplements and webinars. 17 January will see Electrical Review and Wilson

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Electrical Review enewsletter

Welcome to this week’s newsletter from Electrical Review, including the usual mix of features, news and product information. This will be the final newsletter before the Christmas break, normal service will resume in the new year! Next year will bring a number

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Rise of the Energy Bill

John Cridland, CBI director general, has spoken out on last week’s publication of the Energy Bill, in which the government announced by 2020 energy companies can add a total of £7.6bn to household bills to help pay for new power plants and

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Reality not concept?

In last week’s newsletter we reported on the governments announcements regarding the long-awaited Energy Bill. The Energy Bill, expected this week, will allow energy providers to charge households for the extra costs of moving towards a low carbon electricity infrastructure, including renewables.

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Deal struck

Details of the government’s long-awaited Energy Bill have now been published. The Energy Bill, expected next week, will allow energy providers to charge households for the extra costs of moving towards a low carbon electricity infrastructure, including renewables. The Climate Change Committee

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Bucking the trend

On the day British Gas customers will be hit by above-inflation price hikes for gas and electricity, Co-operative Energy has announced it will cut its electricity prices by 2% on 21 December. In the last month, five of the ‘big six’ energy

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£330bn investment by 2030 – a realistic target?

A report published yesterday by the London School of Economics (LSE) said the UK’s energy sector must invest £330bn by 2030 for government to achieve carbon emission targets. The figure in the report, commissioned by Npower, is a significant step up from

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Conflict of interest?

In last week’s newsletter we reported on the appointment of Peter Lilley, “a climate change sceptic and oil company director” to the House of Commons energy and climate change select committee. Lilley had previously said a change in temperature of 1 or

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Clashes and confusion

Only a day after David Cameron PM shocked fellow politicians and the energy sector by announcing a plan to compel suppliers to offer customers their lowest tariff, secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, yesterday told

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