More than 600 North American power sector executives participated in Utility Dive’s 2017 industry survey, and 57 percent of them cited “aging workforce” as an important industry issue . Other vital concerns include aging infrastructure, renewables integration and stagnant load…
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Maximize Renewable Assets by Harnessing New Technology
Let’s imagine you operate a manufacturing facility producing 500 widgets an hour. Now imagine your facility experiences a power outage for two hours; you would be down 1000 widgets. What could you do to resolve the shortage? One option might…
Energy Awareness May Be Your Key to Savings
Many major operational costs follow a straightforward pricing model: Your company pays for the amount of product it uses. End of story. Makes sense – right? Unfortunately, energy consumption is one operational cost that follows a different model. Instead of…
Preventative Maintenance: When You Can’t Afford to Have Downtime Go Up
How much does it cost when electrons stop flowing in your facility? If you were a data centre, you would have lost more than $740,000 USD in 2016 due to outages. That’s the figure calculated by the Ponemon Institute, an…