#ShowYourStripes

On 21st June 2019, the #ShowYourStripes initiative was launched, providing ‘warming stripe’ graphics for virtually every country at showyourstripes.info. The data was provided by Berkeley Earth and several national meteorological agencies, and the stripe graphics are available for 1901-2018 for most locations, but extended further backwards where the national data was easily available. The US States and UK regions have

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Can hot water tanks help balance the National Grid?

Researchers at Oxford University have teamed up with energy industry partners Upside, Powervault, Mixergy and the Eden Project in a pioneering trial funded by BEIS and Innovate UK. Called the PETE Project (Power, Energy, Technology, Efficiency), it explores how smart, efficient, hot water tanks can help balance the National Grid. Providing electricity for everyone, whenever it is

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All You Need to Know About Switchgear – What Is It, How Does It Work and Types

The combination of circuit or fuses, electrical disconnects switches or breakers used to isolate, protect and control electrical equipment or gears from the defective condition are usually called switchgear. Listed below are some examples of switchgear: Fuses, Switches Relays Isolator Circuit Breaker Potential and Current Transformer Indicating Device Lightning Arresters Let us discuss what switchgear

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