Energy storage and flexibility: key to resilience in uncertain times?
While a UPS is sufficient to deal with short-term power failures, the installation of a behind-meter-battery could deliver far greater value to mission critical...
Load banks to provide UPS testing for BT
Creschic Loadbanks has supplied a fleet of 30 transportable and 27 state-of-the-art loadbank trailer sets to telecommunications giant, BT. Ranging in size from 60kW to...
Power outage threat posed by hackers
Hackers could pose a significant threat to smart grid security unless the challenges are better understood and addressed, researchers have warned. A team of...
Saft and Socomec deliver backup power system for Total’s supercomputer environment
Battery leader Saft and industrial group Socomec have delivered a high-performance UPS featuring lithium-ion data batteries for Total’s HPC data centre which hosts one...
Saft’s lithium-ion technology provides vital backup power for Total’s trading platform
Saft has supplied its Flex’ion battery systems to provide backup power for the data centre at energy operator Total’s new country headquarters in Singapore’s...
Schneider Electric and HPE collaborate on solution for micro data centres
Schneider Electric has announced it has collaborated with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on HPE Micro Datacenter. The collaboratively engineered converged infrastructure solution provides end-to-end...
UK interest in microgrids builds momentum
Concerns continue to grow as to how our networks can address the power supply capacity, stability and resilience issues vital to ensure ‘business as...
UPS systems need to be Li-ion ready
Centiel UK’s Mike Elms addresses some of the misconceptions surrounding Li-ion and explains why it may well be the battery technology of the future...
Younicos awards battery-based energy storage project to Morrison
Morrison Utility Connections, a major projects Independent Connection Provider (ICP) and part of Morrison Utility Services, has been commissioned to build and connect one...
Yuasa to showcase new wireless battery monitoring solution at Data Centre World
Yuasa will be launching a new UPS battery temperature monitoring solution at this year’s Data Centre World (stand D1025), at Excel, London on 12/13...
Data Centre World: could dual chemistry battery technology open the door for demand-side response?
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There is increasing interest in participating in grid balancing services (demand-side response) according to Yuasa’s Stephen Wheeler. Speaking at Data Centre World, he...
Energy storage at the forefront of DSR change
Powerstar CEO Alex Mardapittas discusses how demand-side response through energy storage is set to develop as the energy transition progresses
An effective way of participating...
EUDCA releases white paper on battery opportunities for data centres
The European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) has announced the publication of a new white paper entitled “Battery Opportunities for Data Centres.” Authored on behalf...
Li-ion offers new opportunities for data centres
A new white paper says that the falling cost of lithium-ion batteries is enabling data centre operators to review their electrical distribution topology and...
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...
Virtual Power Systems and Natron Energy announce strategic partnership
Virtual Power Systems (VPS), a creator of 'Software Defined Power' (SDP), has announced a strategic technology partnership with Natron Energy, a developer of disruptive battery...
Yuasa dual chemical battery system set for UK debut at Data Centre World
Yuasa will put on a powerful display at this year’s Data Centre World by displaying a state-of-the-art dual chemical battery system. The exhibition at...
Aceleron launches what it claims is the World’s first totally renewable lithium-ion battery
Aceleron has launched a reusable, repairable and fully recyclable lithium-ion battery. Each individual part of the battery can be accessed using Aceleron's own compression...
Zenobe plugs Santander’s £60 million into Europe’s biggest battery near Chester
Fast growing storage operator Zenobe has flagged its intention to build Europe’s biggest storage device at Capenhurst, near Chester.
The 107MWh battery will be the...
Green Lithium secures £1.6 million in Seed round funding
Green Lithium, the mineral processing company, has secured £1.6 million in Seed round funding as it progresses plans to build and operate the UK’s...