April 3, 2009—MicroPlanet, a smart grid energy conservation company, has announced the launch and subsequent orders of its new generation of smart grid technology for the commercial business market.
MicroPlanet’s new generation of 3-phase voltage management systems reduce energy consumption and improve power quality, says the company. They range in size from 225 amps to 2000 amps and are designed to suit the energy saving requirements for both small and large commercial electricity users.
It improves power quality at the point of consumption by dynamically raising or lowering voltage to an optimal set point in addition to balancing voltage phases.
MicroPlanet says it has already received initial orders for these new products from Whole Foods Market, Eat N Park restaurants, Flying J travel plazas and Maui Land and Pine’s Kapalua resorts.
Whole Foods Market piloted the technology at its Symphony store in Boston, Massachusetts, and found that it reduced kWh consumption by 8.86 percent on average and will have a payback period of less than 3 years. MicroPlanet completed 14 other pilot studies showing kilowatt consumption savings between 4 percent and 12.9 percent.
For details, visit MicroPlanet.
