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Loss of electrical utility: a short circuit to an accident!

16/05/2025

Today’s industrial world is dependent on electrical power, which is essential to business operations. Loss of this utility can lead to significant operating losses, as well as hazardous phenomena such as fires or the release of hazardous or polluting substances.…

Update on Electric Utility Losses: Pressure on electricity supplies

22/11/2022

The coming winter will be a time when the French electricity system is in transition and energy supply under pressure. Power outages are inevitable on very cold days if power consumption is not reduced. Power outages must be anticipated by…

Biomass boiler wood silos

21/10/2022

Wood, a noble and precious raw material, deserves attention at all levels of its life cycle : silviculture, transformation, storage, energy production… because, the fires to which it is frequently the object divert it from its final use. The current…

Facing the recurrence : bet on the feedback !

21/03/2022

The observation of a recurrence of certain events is too often realized. The case of fire-explosions of tanks equipped with heating devices illustrating this problem shows that it is important when faced with a given type of event to know…

Ageing: it happens to all facilities

09/03/2022

When the ageing of facilities is discussed, we often think of the PMII (i.e., French facility modernisation plan for classified facilities for environmental protection). The purpose of implementing this plan is to manage the integrity of production facilities in order[...]

Fire : the first essential measures to limit losses

25/01/2022

In the event of a fire, the very first measures implemented by the operator are essential and can reduce the loss, allowing to control the disaster more quickly. This flash aims to draw the main lessons learned from the feedback…

Non-Hazardous Waste Storage Facilities and High Temperatures

11/08/2021

Summer is on its way with its seasonal heat waves. These increase the risk of fires in classified facilities, and particularly Non-Hazardous Waste Storage Facilities. This flash highlights the lessons to be learned from feedback in this sector of activity,[...]

Methanation : Discharges of hazardous or polluting materials

14/04/2021

The increase in the number of methanation facilities has also resulted in an increase in accidents from which feedback must be gathered over the last few years. As illustrated by recent accidents, incidental or accidental events can occur at all[...]

Extreme cold: Anticipate possible load-shedding events and the loss of electrical utility

26/11/2020

Periods of cold weather are often synonymous with high electricity consumption and technical incidents. They can also cause power supply and telecommunication network outages. An imbalance between electricity supply and demand could happen this winter, generating power outages. Whatever their[...]

What are the effects of heavy rains and flooding on industrial facilities?

16/11/2020

Spells of scorching heat always give way to episodes of intense rainfall and what are known as Cévennes rain events. In recent years, France has experienced many rain events that have resulted in flooding of industrial facilities. Although well known,[...]