Voltage Optimisation

Voltage Optimisation  is the name given to an electrical energy saving technique, whereby a specialist optimisation device is installed in series with the mains electricity supply to site to give an optimum supply voltage for the site’s equipment, and improve power quality by balancing phase voltages, and filtering harmonics and transients from the supply. The type of device used determines whether the power supply is being ‘optimised’ or merely reduced (voltage reduction can be achieved using a transformer, or by tapping down the HV supply transformer.) Voltage optimisation technology gives the end-user the ability to optimise their supply locally, correcting power quality problems from the grid, and is designed to do so very efficiently. In the UK and Europe, voltage optimisation units fitted have achieved average energy savings of around 13% over the last five years, making this one of the fastest-growing energy saving techniques on the market. Major businesses (including Tesco, Asda, RBS and Hilton Hotels, and Public Sector organisations such as Defra and the Land Registry) have adopted Voltage Optimisation as a front-line energy saving measure.