Sector
SOLUTION
Power Resilience
Reducing Energy Costs
Energy Efficiency
Net Zero
TECHNOLOGY
Voltage Optimisation
Transformers
Challenge
Gunstones Bakery was looking for ways to reduce energy consumption, costs, and CO2 emissions. Additionally, they were looking for technologies that could help futureproof their electrical infrastructure and protect on-site electrical equipment.
Solution
Power resilience is vital for food manufacturers that risk significant wastage and disruption to operations in the event that they lose power. At the same time, price pressures from retailers and consumers means that it is vitally important they are able to address rising energy bills.
Powerstar was selected as a technology partner to improve their power management in the form of a new, low-loss transformer and voltage optimisation technology. Adopting this new technology both improves site resilience by eliminating a potential point of failure, but also significantly reduces energy bills by increasing efficiency.
Following the installation of three Powerstar systems at Gunstone’s Bakery, Dronfield, significant savings to electricity costs and CO2 have been achieved. Additionally, the on-site electrical equipment is protected from premature burnout caused by high and fluctuating incoming voltage.
