Micro mission
March 5, 2020
E+I Engineering explores the role of microgrids in critical power management.
Tag: Smart grids
Old grid, new tricks
December 16, 2019
With today’s unprecedented demand for energy, needless to say our current grid isn’t coping all that well. With our appetite for power only set to grow, Luke Osborne, energy and emerging technologies solutions advisor, ECA, explores what it would take to build
Are microgrids the future of UK energy?
December 2, 2019
Britain experienced its biggest blackout in more than a decade this summer due to two power plant outages, leaving almost a million homes across the country in the dark. Because of this, the energy watchdog and the government have raised concerns about
Hashtag no filter
November 4, 2019
Dave Armitage of Schaffner Group discusses the critical role EMI (electromagnetic interference) filtering has to play in electrical energy facilities.
Digitising power
June 13, 2019
Dave Roberts, director at EA Technology, explains how the OpenLV project is meeting the challenge of keeping the lights on whilst decarbonising the future.
A strong backbone
June 11, 2019
Livia Rosu, marketing chair at HomeGrid Forum, explains how G.hn technology could hold the key to unlocking the future of the power grid.
Siemens introduces virtual power plant service platform
May 15, 2019
Siemens Finland has created a new business to expand its virtual power plant activity: Vibeco (Virtual Buildings Ecosystem).
Busbar trunking system market to exceed $3 bn by 2025
March 18, 2019
The busbar trunking system market size is set to surpass 3 billion USD by 2025, according to Global Market Insights.
Intelligent grid connections
March 13, 2019
Stephen Jones, ABB Power Grid’s head of business development for the Distributed Energy Sector, explains what makes a grid connection intelligent – and how this can help data centre operators.
Renewable revolution: Rethinking the role of a UPS
March 12, 2019
Riello UPS general manager Leo Craig explains why our increased reliance on renewable energy offers mission-critical sites the perfect opportunity to rethink the role of their uninterruptible power supplies. It’s time to turn a reactive, underutilised asset into a proactive, carbon-cutting money-maker.