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Flood, heat, storm? No matter. Electric utilities can keep power flowing

August 16, 2018 admin ADMS, blackout, electrical safety, Energy Management/Energy Efficiency, extreme weather, floods, heatwaves, OMS, power outage, Power supply, SCADA, Smart Grid, storms, Utilities, winds

Credit to Author: Simon Mouat| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:26:50 +0000

Electric utilities provide vital continuous and critical electricity supply to billions of people across the globe. But some areas face extreme weather: floods, high winds, storms, fires, hurricanes or heat waves. These conditions create exceptional challenges for power supply continuity and can result in widespread damage… Read more »

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Self-healing capabilities of smart grid solutions minimize blackouts

August 3, 2018 admin Electric Utilities, electric utility, Energy Management/Energy Efficiency, FLISR, power outage, self-healing, Smart Grid, Utilities

Credit to Author: Julio Cesar Martins| Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:56:57 +0000

Until recently, electric utilities were heavily dependent on customers for notifications of an outage. Now, using smart grid solutions and self-healing capabilities, utilities can remotely monitor power equipment to: quickly… Read more »

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How to Help Customers Choose and Cost-Justify a UPS Design

December 21, 2017 admin Business Continuity, Critical Power, Electrical Contractors, Power Management, power outage, Secure Power, UPS, UPS architecture

Credit to Author: Gael Souchet| Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:10:45 +0000

No company likes downtime, but some have far less tolerance for it than others – and are more than willing to pay to mitigate their downtime risk. The job for… Read more »

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Lesson Learned from 2017: Digitization Helps Boost Business Continuity

December 18, 2017 admin Battery back up, Business Continuity, Critical Power, digitization, extreme weather, healthcare, LifeIsOn, Oil and Gas, Power Management, power outage, Secure Power, UPS, uptime

Credit to Author: Vincenzo Salmeri| Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:22 +0000

For many people across the globe, the year 2017 will be viewed as a memorable one. Highlights included sweeping changes in the political landscape, a near record year for severe… Read more »

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An Alternate “Stranger Things” Ending Thanks to a Reliable UPS System

December 6, 2017 admin back-up power, Critical Power, NETFLIX, Power Management, power outage, Secure Power, stranger things, uninterruptible power supply, UPS

Credit to Author: Don Strickland| Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 20:11:58 +0000

By now hopefully anyone who’s interested has already seen “Stranger Things 2,” season two of the hit Netflix sci-fi thriller. If not, consider this a spoiler alert, stop reading and… Read more »

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Proceed with Caution: How to Safely Recover a Building from a Power Outage

November 28, 2017 admin Battery back up, Critical Power, extreme weather, industrial business continuity, industrial power, Power Management, power outage, Secure Power, UPS, uptime

Credit to Author: Patrick Bois| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 20:35:37 +0000

Extreme weather appears to be all too common of late, with multiple devastating hurricanes and major storms hitting the Caribbean, southeastern U.S. and even Ireland over the last couple of… Read more »

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No Room for Risk: A Sound Business Continuity Plan Is a Must for Healthcare Facilities

October 4, 2017 admin backup generators, Disaster Recovery, emergency power supply systems, EPSS, healthcare, healthcare facility management, hurricane irma, LifeIsOn, Power Management, power outage

Credit to Author: Hans Luppens| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:36:52 +0000

Of all the tragic stories that came out of the recent string of hurricanes that hit the southeastern U.S. and Caribbean, one of the worst was the Florida nursing home… Read more »

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