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Storage & Resilience

On-hand to help

BCL Power Ltd explains why it’s vital to guard against downtime due to faulty power systems – and how the company helps to keep businesses protected.

19 August, 2019
Storage & Resilience

The efficiency trade off

Want to improve the efficiency of your UPS system without having to sacrifice on availability? Giovanni Zanei, senior director, global large power offering at Vertiv, discusses how you can improve the efficiency of your UPS – without having to rely on ECO Mode.

19 August, 2019
Storage & Resilience

Super-efficient UPS in a low carbon world

In an increasingly environmentally-aware age where efficiency is almost as important as availability, Chris Cutler of Riello UPS examines the consequences for the next generation of uninterruptible power supplies.

19 August, 2019
Storage & Resilience

The hybrid approach

The basic configuration of electrical power systems for industrial and commercial applications has altered little for decades. But now a disruptive new technology – hybridisation – is about to bring big changes. And there will be significant benefits for those who adopt it, says Steve Moore of Danfoss Drives.

14 August, 2019
Storage & Resilience

Powering the future

Power management specialist Riello UPS has teamed up with energy trading experts RWE Supply & Trading to offer data centre operators the opportunity to turn their UPS systems into a ‘virtual power plant’ capable of demand side response – providing a lower upfront and operational cost for a more reliable UPS system.

17 June, 2019
Storage & Resilience

The burning questions

Energy stored in batteries, especially energy generated from renewable sources, could ease our move away from fossil fuels and towards the low-to-no carbon future prescribed by the recent CCC Net Zero Report, writes ECA energy and emerging technologies solutions advisor Luke Osborne.

11 June, 2019
Storage & Resilience

Room for manoeuvre?

Vincent de Rul, director of energy solutions at EDF Energy, explains why when it comes to our energy consumption, flexibility is the foundation of the future.

14 May, 2019
Storage & Resilience

Them’s the brakes

From diesel to electric locomotives, the railway industry has seen numerous advancements since the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the dawn of steam-powered rail travel. Simone Bruckner, managing director of Cressall Resistors, discusses how braking resistors have helped revolutionise the railway industry.

14 May, 2019
Storage & Resilience

“The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell”

16 April, 2019
Storage & Resilience

To maintain or makeover?

Riello UPS data centre efficiency expert Chris Cutler weighs up whether operators should maintain an ageing uninterruptible power supply (UPS) or take the plunge and invest in a completely new system.

4 April, 2019