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Let we listen to Carr’s own words: “In The Big Switch, I draw a parallel to what happened with the invention of electric utilities a hundred years ago. Before the electric utility, people had to generate their own power to run their machines - with waterwheels or steam engines or just their own muscles. But […]

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In 1882 Edison switched on the world’s first large-scale electrical supply network that provided 110 volts direct current to fifty-nine customers in Manhattan; in 1883 in Milan, between Santa Radegonda and Agnello streets, started the production the 1st power station among Continental Europe.
The birth of the first power stations was a crucial junction in the […]

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The need to guarantee an ever greater continuity of service has led to an increase in the use of emergency supply generators, either as an alternative to, or in parallel with the public utility supply network. Typical configurations include:

“Island supply” (independent functioning) of the priority loads in the case of a lack of energy supply through […]

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The first live conference will be held in Milan the 6th May 2008. Thanks to the great interest demonstrated on the Datacenter-Link by operators and players in the industry, Socomec UPS, Alluser, Uniflair and ABB decided to join the initiative and offer a live session for the italian public.
The conference, will take place at the Laboratorio […]

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