Business owners and managers need to keep a close eye on their expenditure these days, and with markets getting ever more competitive it makes sense to review every expenditure to see whether savings can be made. When it comes to electricity consumption, many organisations have an opportunity to make significant savings via power factor correction.
Far too many commercial and industrial properties are consuming – and paying for – electricity that they just don’t use in any effective way. Put simply, a distribution system generates active power, which performs the actual work, and reactive power, which can be seen effectively as a wasteful by-product. The combined total of these two factors is known as apparent power, and that’s what the end user actually pays for at the end of every month.
Power factor correction equipment will reduce energy consumption without compromising on the power you need to operate effectively. If your premises is currently using equipment fitted with motors, for example, the chances are those motors aren’t operating anywhere near their most efficient levels. The end result is that you’ll be paying more for electricity than you actually need to.
Here at VF Electrical Services, we supply and install a range of power factor correction capacitors designed to greatly reduce the gap between active and reactive power usage. As well as dramatically lowering your energy costs, you can also reduce both your CO2 emissions and the demand on your transformers and cables. The benefits when compared to the outlay can be extremely impressive.
There are so many ways to save money and cut the carbon footprint in large industrial locations these days, from commissioning a changeover to LED lighting to incorporating Passivenergy systems, and power factor correction represents another way to benefit both the environment and the bank balance. It’s reassuring to know that the business sector has so many effective options available now.
To find out more about the many benefits of power factor correction, all you have to do is get in touch with our knowledgeable specialists. We’re available right now on 01382 699 550, and we’re ready and waiting to set you on the path to lower energy bills.