You might be testing your back-up generator incorrectly
February 9, 2024
Andrew Keith, Director of load bank manufacturer Power Prove, outlines some of the risks that arise if generators aren’t regularly tested correctly.
Tag: Generator
How standby power is evolving in step with carbon reductions
September 6, 2022
Kelly Cole from Finning UK & Ireland provides an insight into how standby power has been evolving to help reduce carbon emissions.
MCPD: Your questions answered
May 21, 2020
The medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) is a means of improving air quality. It controls SO2, NOx, CO and particulate emissions from plant equipment, by regulating medium sized equipment that performs combustion. The MCPD became law in December 2018, but there is
Generator sets: Evolving for a new generation
March 13, 2019
Paul Creighton, managing director of FG Wilson outlines the benefits of generator sets and although a tried and tested technology, explores how and why they have developed into what they are today.
Cummins is one of the first manufacturers to receive the 2018 IBC Seismic Certification for its power generator sets
February 28, 2019
Cummins became the first power generator manufacturer to obtain the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) seismic certification. The IBC code provides minimum requirements to safeguard the public health, safety and general welfare of the occupants of new and existing buildings and structures.
Military deployment of generators following ‘no-deal’ Brexit
July 13, 2018
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit could result in serious issues in electricity supply to Northern Ireland. With a current shared market between Northern Ireland and the Republic, leaving the EU could essentially exclude Britain from Europe’s electricity market.
Westfield Generators appointed new sales and service centre for Scotland
November 5, 2015
Finning Power Systems (Finning), the sole supplier of Cat equipment in the UK and Ireland, has appointed Westfield Generators as its new electric power (EP) Authorised Sales & Service Centre (ASSC) for Scotland.
FG Wilson powering data centres
February 8, 2013
For a data centre, power failure can equate to the loss of millions of pounds per hour. A reliable power supply is therefore crucial to ensure a data centre’s success. Increasingly, data centre providers are turning to FG Wilson Engineering Ltd, as
Power back-up protecting emergency services
April 19, 2012
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust (SCAS) has turned to uninterruptible power supply (UPS) specialist, Borri, to provide a one-stop back-up power solution. After a detailed review of the SCAS headquarters in Bicester, Oxfordshire, Borri installed two high efficiency B9000 160kVA UPS
Power supplies survive lightning strike test
March 1, 2012
DIN-rail power supply manufacturer PULS has carried out extreme testing of its QT40 3-phase units by subjecting them to simulated lightning strikes.