PHASING OUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 2050 T
H
ello and welcome to the May issue of Electrical Engineering. In
April, fire ripped through the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral. Although, at the time of going to press, the cause had not been identified, reports suggest that an electrical short circuit may be responsible. If proven to be the cause, this highlights the importance of electrical and fire safety. This issue is full of safety
information to help keep you and your business safe – from security doors, to using personality assessments to improve workplace safety, to the latest in surge protection products. In more positive news, the
United Kingdom has broken its record by producing coal free energy for a whole week - the first time since the original coal power station was launched in 1882. According to Fintan Slye, director of National Grid ESO, such coal free runs will become a regular occurrence. Keeping you up to date with the
latest developments in the industry, additional features in this issue include Enclosures, Panel Building and Test & Measurement. If you have any news to share, or
if your company is launching a new product, please get in touch on 01622 699194 or by emailing me at
cwills@datateam.co.uk.
Carly Wills, Editor T
he UK can end its contribution to global warming within 30 years by setting an
ambitious new target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). Ten years after the Climate Change Act became
law, CCC says that now is the right moment to set a more ambitious goal. Achieving a ‘net-zero’ target by the middle of the century is in line with the UK’s commitment under the Paris Agreement. The committee says that Scotland has greater
potential to remove pollution from its economy than the UK overall, and can credibly adopt a more ambitious target of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. Wales has slightly lower opportunities than the UK
as a whole, and should adopt a target for a 95 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, compared to 1990 levels. The CCC says that this is a crucial time in the
global effort to tackle climate change. Global average temperature has already risen by one degree Celsius from pre-industrial levels, driving changes in our climate that are increasingly apparent. In the last ten years, pledges to reduce emissions by the countries of the world have reduced the forecast of global warming from above four degrees Celsius by the end of the century to around three degrees Celsius.
WEBSITE FOR COMMERCIAL METERING UPDATES
he Association of Independent Meter and Data Agents (AIMDA) has launched a website to provide
the industry with updates on its work to lobby BEIS and OFGEM to preserve effective competition for non-domestic metering businesses in the UK. AIMDA is made up of seven of the UK’s largest and
competing, independent non-domestic customer metering and data collection businesses. It is actively lobbying OFGEM and BEIS to influence government policy making, and so preserve effective competition for the benefit of the customer in the markets for energy metering and data for business users. AIMDA is calling for open access to the Data
Communications Company (DCC) to ensure that independent UK businesses can continue to offer settlement services and preserve the ability to keep competition and choice for energy customers; not a single provider but multiple service providers to choose from. The purpose of the new website is to keep the
industry abreast of the lobbying AIMDA is undertaking on behalf of the independent, non-domestic energy metering and data businesses in the UK.
JIM PRIDHAM BECOMES NEW ECA PRESIDENT
J
im Pridham of JR Pridham Services Limited, has become the new ECA president. Pridham began his electrical training in the Royal
Navy, where he held various roles as an electrical mechanic on ships and submarines between 1971 and 1978. He finished his time in the Navy as a leading ordnance electrical mechanic and went on to work for Thames Water Utilities before forming his own company, JR Pridham Services Ltd in 1988. The company now has more than 90 employees. “It is a great honour to become ECA president,”
said Pridham. “I am grateful for the opportunity to champion the electrotechnical and engineering services industry.” Pridham takes over the presidency from Malcolm Crofts of DH Crofts Limited.
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