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iconNFPA 110: Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems to be updated
During 2009, NFPA will conduct a full revision of NFPA 110: Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems. The current version was written in 2005.
Date: 19th August 2008• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: Power management
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iconUS power grid still vulnerable
Five year anniversary of 2003 blackout should serve as wake-up call for grid modernization...
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Date: 15th August 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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iconUS small businesses are unprepared for power outages
If the power goes out, will America’s small businesses be prepared? Not really, according to the results of a recent survey commissioned by Emerson Network Power
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Date: 14th August 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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icon Positive report given for European electricity supply
No disturbances expected for electricity supply this summer under usual weather conditions.
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Date: 18th July 2008• Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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icon Mobile phone service provider trials fuel cell based power protection system
System uses liquid methanol as an alternative backup power source.
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Date: 18th July 2008• Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Chloride expands its UPS technology options
Now offering flywheel and fuel cell alternatives to traditional lead-acid batteries.
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Date: 17th June 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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New Zealand businesses and consumers urged to save power to prevent future black-outs
An advertising campaign has been launched in New Zealand to encourage power consumers to take all available actions to reduce power consumption. This is necessary to reduce the risk of future rolling power outages. Low water levels are threatening the ability to produce power from hydro-electric sources. http://www.powersavers.co.nz/
Date: 17th June 2008• Region: NZ •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Power supply: South Africa government declares a national emergency
Unprecedented unplanned power outages have seriously impacted many businesses in South Africa over recent weeks and months and the situation has reached such a serious position that the government has declared that the situation ‘must now be treated as a national electricity emergency’.
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Date: 31st January 2008• Region: S.Africa •Type: Briefing •Topic: Power man.
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FERC approves new reliability standards for cyber security
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved eight new mandatory critical infrastructure protection reliability standards to protect the US’s bulk power system against potential disruptions from cyber security breaches.
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Date: 29th January 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Chloride to provide ‘greener’ UPS solutions
Using advanced flywheel energy storage technologies.
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Date: 25th January 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Drought report confirms that Queensland electricity supply is secure
“We have contingency plans to deal with whatever nature throws at our electricity network,” says Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson.
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Date: 14th Dec 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Low risk of wide-area power disruption in UK this winter
Winter gas and electricity supplies are secure, according to energy minister Malcolm Wicks.
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Date: 2nd Nov 2007• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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The ‘green’ business continuity manager
Business continuity management and green strategies should be integrated, says Steve Beck.
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Date: 5th October 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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The impact of power outages on data center cooling systems and server equipment
A typical data center will experience an automatic and thermal shutdown within three minutes and nine seconds during a power outage: study.
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Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Marriage of UPS and fuel cell technologies delivers enhanced power protection
Investec banking group installs an innovative power protection system.
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Date: 18th Sept 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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European Commission hails success of electricity suppliers surveillance system
System aimed at preventing wide-area power outages.
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Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: W.Europe/UK Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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365 Main reports on root cause of generator failure during power outage
Company makes information available to help others avoid the same problem.
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Date: 3rd August 2007• Region: US/World Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Are Solid Oxide Fuel Cells the future for power protection?
Businesses operating in Pakistan are regularly impacted by power outages and low quality supplies. In a statement Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz outlined measures being taken to address this issue.
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Date: 15th June 2007 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Pakistan Prime Minister promises an end to power shortages
Businesses operating in Pakistan are regularly impacted by power outages and low quality supplies. In a statement Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz outlined measures being taken to address this issue.
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Date: 15th June 2007 • Region: Asia Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Fuel cells as a business continuity measure
Details of the UK’s first commercial implementation of fuel cells as a power protection measure.
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Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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New Zealand government consults on power resilience
A proposed National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission has been agreed by the New Zealand government for public notification by a Board of Inquiry.
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Date: 3rd May 2007 • Region: New Zealand Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Power disruption is fastest growing downtime threat to UK organisations
SunGard Availability Services has revealed the major causes of business disruption in 2006, according to its invocation statistics.
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Date: 2nd May 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Many European businesses are not planning for future data centre power requirements
According to a Global Switch survey.
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Date: 22nd March 2007 • Region: W.Europe/UK Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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World's first zinc air fuel cell powered indoor generator demonstrated at Fuel Cell Expo 2007
‘ZAFC based generators have the potential to revolutionize the back-up power industry’.
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Date: 16th Feb 2007 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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European blackout of November 2006: important lessons to be drawn
Urgent action required to prevent future similar incidents.
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Date: 1st February 2007 • Region: W.Europe Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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GridWeek 2007
The GridWise Alliance has announced that it is working with the US Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability on a major, national conference, ‘GridWeek 2007, [April 23-26] as part of its efforts to develop a smart grid in the United States.
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Date: 30th January 2007 • Region: US Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Active Power wins SearchDataCenter.com Product of the Year for CoolAir UPS
CoolAir UPS is the only UPS system on the market today which produces cool air during system discharge to help mitigate heat build-up in data centers when air conditioning systems become unavailable due to power disruptions.
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Date: 25th January 2007 • Region: US Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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New guide to managing power protection for critical systems
Riello’s new ‘Power Protection Guide’ provides detailed information on how to design and implement business continuity plans for power supplies.
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Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: UK/World Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Widespread power outages in Victoria
Many parts of Melbourne, Geelong and eastern Victoria without power following bushfire damage.
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Date: 16th January 2007 • Region: Australia Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Interim report into widespread European blackout blames network operators
Increased cooperation between TSOs required to help prevent future incidents.
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Date: 20th Dec 2006• Region: W.Europe Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Half of data centers will have insufficient power and cooling capacity by 2008: Gartner
However, a flurry of innovation is under way to mitigate the issue.
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Date: 1st Dec 2006• Region: N.America/World Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Fuel cell designed specifically for business continuity market
Provides a high-tech alternative for power protection.
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Date: 1st Dec 2006• Region: W.Europe Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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New Zealand government publishes updated policy statement on protecting the power distribution network
Energy Minister David Parker has released an updated New Zealand government Policy Statement on Electricity Governance designed to improve the quality and timeliness of decision-making on transmission. "A reliable grid is critical in achieving the government's goal of transforming the economy," David Parker said. "This policy statement is about reinforcing the need for security of supply, alongside environmental and price objectives." Read the document
Date: 26th October 2006• Region: New Zealand •Type: Briefing •Topic: Pow. man
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Wake up to IT's energy crisis, urges Gartner
IT's insatiable and growing appetite for power is creating new risks.
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Date: 29th Sept 2006• Region: UK•Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Australia's data centre professionals discuss power supply and other risks
‘The relentless rise in the power density of IT equipment coupled with a looming power problem and the implications of four-year drought, is driving change...'
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Date: 6th September 2006• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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New Zealand government working on ways to improve power supply in the country
The New Zealand government has launched work on a nationally consistent framework to support and protect electricity transmission across New Zealand under the Resource Management Act 1991. The work being undertaken recognises the need to safeguard the country’s security of electricity supply. More details
Date: 17th August 2006• Region: New Zealand •Type: Briefing •Topic: Power man.
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‘Plan for power’, says Datacentre Networking Group
UK businesses should be taking steps to help protect their long term energy supplies, concluded industry experts speaking at a recent meeting of the UK Datacentre Networking group.
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Date: 29th June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Ensuring the availability of America 's power grid
A network of wireless sensors is being developed that could monitor the country's electricity transmission system, aiding in disaster recovery.
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Date: 27th June 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Auckland major power outage: the business continuity impacts
On 12th June 2006 a fault on the Transpower network meant that businesses in the New Zealand city of Auckland were without power for most of the day. John Worthington, MBCI, highlights the effects of the incident.
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Date: 21st June 2006• Region: New Zealand • Type: Article •Topic: Power
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Auckland businesses suffer wide-area power outage
The New Zealand city of Auckland experienced a day of chaos yesterday due to a massive power outage.
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Date: 13th June 2006• Region: New Zealand Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Standardization for enterprise power security and continuity
The ANSI Homeland Security Standards Panel has published the final report of a workshop which has been exploring the above subject.
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Date: 8th June 2006• Region: US Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Caterpillar launches ‘SpecSizer’ for simplified generator set specifying
Caterpillar Inc. has launched its new Electric Power SpecSizer tool for generator set sizing and specifying. Considering factors such as site conditions, load characteristics and required performance, SpecSizer provides accurate and timely technical data, robust load models and optimized algorithms to assist in the selection of a competitively sized generator set that best suits a customer's needs. http://go.cateps.com/pr
Date: 7th June 2006• Region: US Type: Briefing •Topic: Power management
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Emerson survey looks at power outage costs to US businesses
38 percent of large businesses estimate that one full business day of downtime would result in at least $500,000 in lost revenue, and 15 percent forecast one-day losses of $2 million or more.
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Date: 23rd May 2006• Region: US Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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UK government starts making contingency plans for potential energy shortages in 2006/2007 winter
Lessons learned from last winter reviewed and ‘Business Energy Forum’ established to help plan ahead.
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Date: 17th May 2006• Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Telstra Europe successfully completes ‘black building’ power failure simulation test
Telstra Europe switches off London Docklands hosting centre and resilient business continuity provisions ensure that customers experience no service downtime.
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Date: 26th April 2006• Region: UKType: Article •Topic: Testing & exercising
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Power4 launches emergency power service for UK market
Within four hours of an organisation experiencing a power outage, Power4 will have a back-up power solution up and running to ensure business continuity.
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Date: 4th April 2006• Region: UKType: Article •Topic: Power management
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Drought causing New Zealand power supply fears
New Zealand spot power prices stayed high over the past week as water inflows into hydro-electricity catchments remained well below average, cementing fears of winter power shortages. Read the story
Date: 10th March 2006• Region: Australasia Type: Briefing •Topic: Power man.
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Sunspots will be an increasing threat to communications and power supplies
The next sunspot cycle will be 30 to 50 percent stronger than the last one, says the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
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Date: 7th March 2006• Region: US/World Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Cape Town businesses suffer week of blackouts
Businesses in South Africa’s Cape Town's have struggled through a week of blackouts. However, this could just be a sign of things to come unless South Africa can avert a critical energy crisis. Read the story
Date: 1st March 2006• Region: Africa Type: Briefing •Topic: Power managenent
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Five day power outage cripples businesses in Ionian islands
The Ionian islands of Cephalonia and Ithaca experienced five-days without power after storms late last week. Power was restored to most of the two islands yesterday after the Greek navy and air force delivered 26 electricity generators. Another 104 are on the way. Source: Kathimerini-en / MIC Daily
Date: 1st Feb 2006• Region: W.Europe Type: Briefing •Topic: Power management
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UK government launches Energy Review
Three-month public consultation will explore future supply and security risks.
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Date: 24th Jan 2006• Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Extreme weather in Russia may result in European energy shortages
EuroNews has reported that Russia is currently experiencing its coldest January for ten years and that this disrupting gas supplies to Europe, with the potential of associated future energy shortages. Hungary and Romania are among those reporting a drop in gas deliveries and Italy has had to use its reserves to top up supplies.
Date: 19th Jan 2006• Region: Various Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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IEEE-USA warns of urgent need to upgrade the US’s power infrastructure
An article in the IEEE-USA publication ‘Today's Engineer’ has warned that significant upgrades are needed to repair the United States' “crumbling infrastructure”, including $50 billion to improve the national power grid over the next five years. "As power demand increases by 50 percent in 20 years so will the problem of getting it to the user, as well as the prospect for further blackouts, if reliability is not improved," states the article.
Date: 18th Jan 2006• Region: USType: Article •Topic: Power management
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