Thanks to my contacts at Data Power Protection who gave me a link to a Daily Mail website article the other day about the state of the UK’s electrical supply network. The newspaper article discusses the state of UK power generation and lack of investment which will see us facing regular blackouts and rising electricity costs over the next few years. The basic problem is that our existing power stations are coming to the end of their working lives and our government has not initiated new-build programmes as quickly as required. For Riello UPS and UPS suppliers like Data Power Protection, this means continued market expansion and opportunities but not just for UPS. We would also expect to see a huge demand for standby generators. Personally, I just wonder if local, on-site power generation will be as common a feature of the modern home as a satellite dish and Nintendo WII.

Wednesday saw the final event in our 2008 Power Protection and Business Continuity roadshow. We closed the season at Old Trafford which remains a favourite venue for Riello UPS for a number of reasons. Our seminars are always well received and this is in no part thanks to the partners we work with who include some of the leading companies within the power protection field – UPS Systems, Vycon, Cummins, PFC Engineering, Furse, Secure IT, Denco and Sinetica. Thank you to everyone who attended. We will be posting podcasts of the various presentations to a new TEC website during 2008 and announcing details of next year’s programme in due course. In the mean time if you have any specific questions on UPS, power factor correction, generators, fly wheels, lightning protection, secure data environments, air conditioning or remote monitoring please contact us direct or visit our partner page.