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2020 PEI Issue 1

Power Engineering International Issue 1 2020

  Read articles from Power Engineering International issue 1 here Read the full digimag here Data is the new water. It's everywhere, floods of the stuff: but it is only any good if you know which information...

The true cost of cyberattacks

Cyberattacks on electricity networks in the UK could cost à‚£111 million daily according to new research. The research has been carried out by Dr Edward Oughton from the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC) at...

Megger offers all-in-one testing for motors

Designed specifically to be fast and easy to use, the MTR105 incorporates a graphical display, and all major functions are selected with a single rotary dial. An internal memory with capacity to store 256...
energy data

What’s fuelling our data?

In 2018, Chinese data centres produced 99 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), generating the equivalent environmental footprint of around 21 million cars. Thisà‚ articleà‚ wasà‚ originallyà‚ publishedà‚ inà‚ Smart Energy International issue 1-2020à‚ and appeared in theà‚ PEI - Supplement. Read theà‚ fullà‚ digimag...

Flexible spring contact systems for high current connectors

The electric power supply and distribution industry rely on a large amount of switchgear, including transformers, circuit breakers, isolator switches and feed-throughs. Many of these have detachable connectors which contain multiple contact elements to...

Five smart ways to increase engine efficiency on AD plants

The UK's anaerobic digestion industry has experienced rapid growth over the past 10 years, with a total of 648 plants now in operation. Despite the recent increase in biomethane facilities, most of the biogas...
digitalisation

Ready for the digital tipping point

Pete Davies of Uniper Technologies tells Kelvin Ross how digital solutions are impacting the conventional power sector. In a digital energy space that is getting more crowded by the week, UniperTechnologies likes to think that...

Composite solutions for the wind energy industry

Dag Kirschke explains the demand for wind energy and why composite materials are the answer to producing powerful and efficient turbines. As the world tries to limit the use of fossil fuel energy, the demand...

New nuclear, new business model

Neil Cornelius makes the case for a nuclear power generator with regulated returns. The current contract for a differences-based business model for funding new nuclear power plants in the UK unnecessarily increases the cost of...

From refugee to senior engineer

Biniam Haddish is a former refugee from Eritrea in East Africa who now holds a senior position at National Grid Energy System Operator in the UK. He tells us his story. I was January 2006...