The latest edition of AMPS Power Magazine is out now. This Summer edition takes you behind the scenes, featuring the appointment of Neil Smith as the new Director General of AMPS, and an important update on the development of a new industry-led training programme for power generation technicians.
In his first foreword as Director General, Neil Smith sets out his plans and aspirations for the association at a time of rapid growth and change for the power generation sector. His message appears alongside a farewell from outgoing Director General Alan Beech, who reflects on his time at the helm and the progress made by AMPS during his tenure.
The magazine includes full coverage of the 2026 AMPS AGM, Conference, which brought nearly 200 attendees to a sell-out event at One Great George Street, Westminster. Conference presentations included contributions from Fhaheen Khan of Make UK, Romain Mocaër of PowerGen Statistics and EUROPGEN, and Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research at Uptime Institute. Articles from all three feature in this issue, covering the outlook for UK manufacturing, the European data centre generator market, and the challenges facing the data centre sector as power demand continues to grow.
This edition also highlights AMPS’ growing collaboration with aligned trade bodies, including coverage of AMPS member JCB’s adoption of CESAR Emissions Compliance Verification (ECV) for its Stage V generator range. CESAR ECV works alongside the established CESAR security scheme, owned by the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) and delivered by Datatag.
Readers will find a story on the Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) win at the Trade Association Forum’s 2026 awards, where they received the Environmental/Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award for their Site Sustainability Showcase at PlantWorx.
The issue features the results from the EUROPGEN Generating Sets Awards, where outgoing Director General Alan Beech served on the judging panel for the awards.
Further contributions come from leading voices in the power generating industry, including an expert paper on standby diesel generation in UK healthcare and a case study on integrated fuel management. There are also expert articles on the next generation of engineers, hybrid power solutions, rapidly deployable systems, selective catalytic reduction and genset engine heating.
The issue also includes a summary of AMPS’ generating set exhaust emissions FAQs, which give background to the requirement for engine exhaust emissions regulation and control, and examine the differences between NRMM (Non-Road Mobile Machinery Regulation) and MCPD (Medium Combustion Plant Directive) requirements.
Read the full issue at: www.amps.org.uk/amps-magazine/
And don’t forget to check out the AMPS website for more member and industry stories impacting the power generation systems sector.
