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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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Five year anniversary of 2003 blackout should serve as wake-up call for grid modernization...
Read article•Date: 15th August 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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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
Read article•Date: 14th August 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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No disturbances expected for electricity supply this summer under usual weather conditions.
Read article•Date: 18th July 2008• Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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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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Now offering flywheel and fuel cell alternatives to traditional lead-acid batteries.
Read article•Date: 17th June 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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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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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’.
Read South Africa government statement•Date: 31st January 2008• Region: S.Africa •Type: Briefing •Topic: Power man.
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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.
Read article•Date: 29th January 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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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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“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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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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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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A typical data center will experience an automatic and thermal shutdown within three minutes and nine seconds during a power outage: study.
Read article•Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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Riello’s new ‘Power Protection Guide’ provides detailed information on how to design and implement business continuity plans for power supplies.
Read article •Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Many parts of Melbourne, Geelong and eastern Victoria without power following bushfire damage.
Read article •Date: 16th January 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Increased cooperation between TSOs required to help prevent future incidents.
Read article •Date: 20th Dec 2006• Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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However, a flurry of innovation is under way to mitigate the issue.
Read article •Date: 1st Dec 2006• Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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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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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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IT's insatiable and growing appetite for power is creating new risks.
More details•Date: 29th Sept 2006• Region: UK•Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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‘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...'
More details •Date: 6th September 2006• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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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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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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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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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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