Faced with slimmer profit margins in a shrinking economy, today’s leaders of manufacturing businesses find themselves scrutinizing every aspect of their business model to find ways to shave costs.
A new voltage optimisation system, purpose-built for small and medium-sized business, can make significant energy and cost savings, paving the way for bigger profits, says Geoff Clifton.
The construction of the photovoltaic power industry since 2000 has required an enormous amount of energy, mostly from fossil fuels.
New and improved technology for measuring power quality in smart grids could save 839,000 tonnes of carbon and bring £250m annually in economic benefit. The technology has been developed by scientists working at the Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory.
A large proportion of the energy we produce disappears unused into thin air via waste heat. Tiny thermoelectric generators can tap some of this waste energy, using nothing more than a temperature gradient to produce electricity. Les Hunt reports.