Next gen battery materials project exceeding expectations Nexeon has reached the halfway stage in its £10m Sunrise project, and has already produced silicon battery materials that have performed better than expected. Samples are now with potential customers for evaluation, and initial feedback has been very positive. Sunrise is on target to develop… 08/01/2020Tags: Batteries & ChargersTopics: Power, Batteries & Chargers
CENTIEL’s PremiumTower nominated for FM Award Leading UPS manufacturer, CENTIEL UK, has announced its stand-alone UPS solution PremiumTower has been nominated for a Tomorrow’s FM product innovation award. PremiumTower is a standalone three-phase, online double-conversion, transformerless UPS, designed to maximise efficiency within a… 02/12/2019Tags: UPS & Standby PowerTopics: Power, UPS & Standby Power
Companies urged to re-evaluate contingency plans due to increasing outages Many companies are in danger of experiencing significant downtime during a power failure, as it’s revealed that one quarter of UK energy decision makers do not have a contingency plan in place. The research of 200 UK energy decision makers, which was commissioned by Aggreko, found that although… 16/10/2019Tags: UPS & Standby PowerTopics: Power, UPS & Standby Power
IET Distributed Generation Course At present the national power system is still led by conventional big power plants that inject large amounts of power into the high voltage transmission networks. For end consumers to access the powers the high voltage must be transformed to medium voltages by local distribution networks. 08/10/2019Tags: Energy EfficiencyTopics: Power, Energy Efficiency
University of St Andrews to slash carbon footprint The University of St Andrews has embarked on a £3. 75m energy conservation overhaul to reduce its carbon footprint by 950 tonnes a year and save £650, 000, a year in operating costs. Among the energy saving measures being deployed is a new district heating network to supply heat and power to… 22/08/2019Tags: Energy EfficiencyTopics: Power, Energy Efficiency
Compliant Electrical Safety for Electric Vehicles and Charge Stations at Cenex LCV 2019 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle insulation monitoring and charge control technology will dominate Bender UK’s stand C3-406 at Cenex LCV Low Carbon Vehicle event at Millbrook Proving Ground. Bender is setting the standard in the development of safe, compliant electrical safety technology for the… 15/08/2019Tags: Energy EfficiencyTopics: Power, Energy Efficiency
Substation battery testing & monitoring Batteries are crucial components in the overall reliability of powerplants, substations, telecommunication systems, generator excitation systems and protection & control systems. The inability of a battery string to provide sufficient voltage/power to protection circuits may lead to… 01/08/2019Tags: Batteries & ChargersTopics: Power, Batteries & Chargers
Maintenance-free DC UPS modules for DIN rail mounting protect against power failure, brownout and flicker Two new DC UPS compact modules from Bicker Elektronik ( Donauwoerth / Germany) ensure the uninterruptible power supply of DC loads such as low-power embedded IPCs, gateways, motors, sensors, actuators or cameras in the field of industrial control, process and automation technology, medical… 28/06/2019Tags: UPS & Standby PowerTopics: Power, UPS & Standby Power
Rolec EV launches new solar EV charging unit Rolec EV, one of the UK’s leading EV charge point manufacturers, has announced the launch of a new solar powered electric vehicle charging unit, WallPod: EV SolarCharge. WallPod: EV SolarCharge is a cost-efficient EV charging solution specially designed to benefit homeowners who have, or have… 14/05/2019Tags: Batteries & ChargersTopics: Power, Batteries & Chargers
UK goes coal free The United Kingdom has broken its record by going coal free for a whole week - the first time since the original coal power station launched in 1882. National Grid ESO confirmed that the coal generator came off the system between 1-8 May, which made it the first ever week of coal free operation of… 09/05/2019Tags: Energy EfficiencyTopics: Power, Energy Efficiency