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November 13th, 2009 | 
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powerPerfector wins new contract with the Environment Agency
The Environment Agency has become the latest government agency to install voltage power optimisation (VPO) and has today signed a contract to install powerPerfector units across 33 of its sites. The estimated effect to these buildings will be a 12 % reduction in carbon emissions per year and energy savings totaling up to £200,000 – meaning the initiative will have paid for itself within three to four years.
powerPerfector’s guaranteed delivery of carbon savings and return on investment has seen a number of leading Blue Chip organisations install VPO units throughout the UK, and in the public sector DECC, DEFRA, Ofgem and DFID, are already receiving the benefit of huge savings in both carbon and costs.
“We are delighted to have been chosen by the Environment Agency as a partner in their energy efficiency programme,” says Angus Robertson CEO of powerPerfector.
“Energy management has to be a core element of any organisational strategy addressing the need to meet the CRC. This decision demonstrates the EA’s commitment to take a lead in reducing costs, and more importantly carbon, on a positive investment basis.”
Commenting on the contribution powerPerfector will make to the Environment Agency’s energy management strategy, Graham Ledward, Director of Resources at the Environment Agency said:
“The UK has a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. This is a difficult but vital task if we are to prevent severe climate change. However, improved environmental performance does not have to mean increased costs. In fact, good environmental performance makes business sense because it can cut costs.
From April 2010 many large businesses and public sector organisations including the Environment Agency will need to register under the Government’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, which is designed to reduce carbon emissions. I would encourage businesses to see this as an opportunity, to build environmental credibility and save money.”
Environmentalist Jonathon Porritt says: “I had an interesting example the other day where I went to visit a small company marketing something called powerPerfector which is essentially a voltage optimisation technology. [It] can be made to work for any organisation with large electricity bills and this is a relatively simple system, it’s not particularly complicated to install, the savings are substantial on both total energy consumption and the carbon footprint. You look at that and you say – why would anyone not want to make an investment with such a quick payback period to ratchet down their consumption and CO2 emissions?”
Fiona Harvey of the Financial Times has described powerPerfector as a ‘company to watch’ and that the ‘ethical choice’ complements cost reduction principles – ‘businesses are likely to be just as drawn by the savings they can make’ (October 2009)
Energy Solutions
Since the climate change agenda really began to heat up, many organisations have started promoting products and services as solutions to reducing energy and solve the problem of carbon emissions. The answers to energy reduction are all there from hi-technology to low energy lighting.
In fact “Energy Consultants” are queuing up to tell you exactly what your problem is and what energy reduction solutions you should implement. “Global Warming is becoming a Global Industry in itself”.
But just who is going to deliver practical advice on carbon emissions? For good advice on reducing carbon emissions visit www.theenergysavingco.co.uk. The Energy Saving Company has a sensible provision in that if they cannot deliver savings they return the costs of having an Energy Audit done in the first place.
A win – win situation for any business spending under £10,000 a year on energy!
Delight Over Carbon Capture Success
Scottish Power are delighted with their success after testing a small carbon capture coal fired power plant that is expected to herald in a new era of “Clean Energy”. The Government is making carbon capture a priority in its’ battle to reduce harmful greenhouses gases.
How emissions are transformed.
1. Coal burned in boilers
2. Drives turbines
3. Power fed to National Grid via a transformer
4. Precipatators remove dust particles
5. Gases pass through a desulphurisation plant
6. Then through a cooler column
7. 90% of Carbon Dioxide is removed
8. Residue solvent is heated in a stripper column
9. Released Carbon Dioxide is compressed
10. Strored and shipped away
The Days of Cheap Energy are Over
This could be any city in the world (It is in fact Tokyo) but is a graphic representation of the amount of energy that is being used on diminishing amounts of fossil fuel. Add to this the effect that greenhouse gases are having on the environment and it is plain that governments are using increased taxation to curb the amounts of energy wasted. People have to get real and realize that the days of cheap energy are over and if they do not take steps to reduce their carbon emissions the government will do it for them using taxation as the big stick to force energy conservation in the home and in your business. To help in the fight against global warming contact “The Energy Saving Company”.
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