EMC and EMF regulatory issues for the power industry

The EMC Directive 2004/108/EC [1] sets out ‘essential requirements’ for the electromagnetic compatibility of ‘fixed installations’. The delayed EMF Directive 2004/40/EC [2] sets out the exposure limits for ‘employees’. These requirements need to be addressed by the power industry and lead to the need for power station, sub-station, etc, sites to be characterised and managed from an EMC/EMF viewpoint.