Data Centres to See Eight Year Cut to Electricity Connection Times

Data centres to see eight year cut to electricity connection times

Energy-From-Waste (EfW) could cut electricity connection times from a decade to just two years by using private wire connections. The new grid connections could improve long-term price certainty for businesses across the country, according to research by Resource Recovery UK (RRUK). More than 500MW of power is needed to support industries in the UK’s most off-grid areas to build on the 350MW of reliable power that is currently available. Convent…

Energy-from-Waste could unlock faster access to power for UK data centres and industry

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities could play a significant role in supporting UK industrial growth across regions by providing reliable electricity directly to industrial users and data centres through connections via private wire, according to new research commissioned by Resource Recovery UK (RRUK) and undertaken by global sustainability consultancy ERM. EfW infrastructure recovers energy as a valuable by-product of managing the nation’s non-…

Data centres could pay hundreds of millions in deposits for power demands

Ofgem has proposed new measures which could see developers of data centres made to pay hundreds of millions of pounds up front. The British energy regulator said a refundable fee should be charged for projects that want to connect to the network, amid mounting demand for connections to the electricity grid. It is proposing developers pay a deposit between £237,500 to £712,500 per megawatt – meaning data centres seeking 1 gigawatt (GW) of power w…