UK firm signs new trial for energy saving device


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VPhase Voltage Optimization reduces household energy use by regulating incoming voltage at the fuse box, supporting social housing efficiency goals under CESP and CERT, with trials alongside Drax, Eaga, British Gas, and SSE.

 

What's Happening

A fuse box voltage regulator that optimizes supply to cut home electricity use by 10% and lower carbon emissions.

  • Regulates incoming mains voltage to optimal level
  • Installs at household fuse box, no appliance changes
  • Typical savings: about 10% or £50/year

 

VPhase has signed a further trial deal for its energy-saving voltage product, highlighting how small energy efficiency firms could come to the fore as Britain enforces stringent emissions targets.

 

VPhase said a social housing group based in the North-West of England will trial VPhase's product, as UK vehicle-to-grid pilots gather pace, which is attached to a household fuse box and can reduce electricity consumption by 10 percent by regulating the level of voltage coming in.

Shares in the smallcap company, which started making commercial sales in September, rose 6 percent after the news to 4.5 pence.

The deal comes just after Drax, which runs the UK's largest coal-fired power station, amid a drive towards UK net zero targets, signed up energy efficiency specialist Eaga to provide services under the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP).

Government initiatives such as CESP and CERT (The Carbon Emissions Reduction target) force utilities and housing providers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from homes by offering insulation, renewable technology like a virtual power plant model and energy saving devices.

Drax is one of the first companies to develop CESP plans and said it was new ground for the firm.

"This is the first time that generators have had an obligation which links them directly with end consumers," CEO Dorothy Thompson said.

"Working with Eaga means our obligation can be managed in a very efficient way in what is very unfamiliar territory for us."

FTSE 250-listed Eaga is the UK's second largest installer of central heating systems and already delivers the government Warm Front program which aims to eliminate fuel poverty.

VPhase has already signed trial deals for its product, which it says can save the typical homeowner 50 pounds a year, with utilities Scottish & Southern Energy and British Gas, owned by Centrica, as EV charging infrastructure expands across the grid.

It said the social housing market was an important sector, covering an estimated 4 million homes in England, where resilient backup peak power systems can ease grid stress.

 

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