ENERGY ARTICLES

As energy costs continue to surge and sustainability pressures mount, healthcare estates are looking at on-site solar power to stabilise budgets and support Net Zero goals. Damian Baker, founder and Managing director at RenEnergy, explores how solar PV can help healthcare providers cut emissions, reduce operating costs, and navigate complex regulatory landscapes.

The Carbon and Energy Fund’s (CEF) Steven Heape argues that while the NHS’s Net Zero ambitions are achievable, progress now hinges on pragmatic financing, tariff reform, and the courage to embrace transitional technologies that make decarbonisation both technically and economically viable.

Nigel Thomas, National Specification and Projects Sales manager at ABB, discusses the importance of hospitals and other healthcare facilities having the most resilient possible power infrastructure.

The electrical infrastructure of many major healthcare sites was designed in a different era, and has evolved over decades in reaction to changing circumstances and advances in technology. Ed McNaught, Healthcare specialist at TGA Consulting Engineers, discusses some of the key steps to take to ensure that such infrastructure can provide resilient standby power supply to 100% of clinical facilities, and, increasingly, can also accommodate embedded renewable generation.

Reliable, modern electrical infrastructure is key to the optimal running of modern hospitals, but with technological advancements demanding more resources, and reliance on ageing utility systems and IT networks, many NHS Estates and Facilities teams face an increasing challenge to balance existing effectiveness using limited budgets, and the need to effectively plan for future upgrades. Chris Rose, Business manager with Quartzelec, the electrical engineering service-provider, explains how it is helping a number of Trusts plan and cost-effectively implement ‘future-ready’ infrastructure solutions.

Apex Wiring Solutions Sales director, Paul Hopps, outlines how the leading modular wiring manufacturer is – as he puts it – ‘helping to revolutionise construction of healthcare facilities’, and champions the many benefits that the company says modular wiring offers the sector.