Coolpower offers consumers smart energy management

Coolpower Products has launched a technology solution for the UK market that will provide a smart energy management device for both domestic and commercial buildings.

The system more effectively manages the energy output of grid-connected micro-generators such as solar panels, micro wind and hydro turbines.

The Energy and Micro-generator Manager, called EMMA, is being unveiled at Ecobuild.

To date, an average of 50 per cent of what is generated by a micro-generator is uncontrollably exported to the grid.

A smart energy management device could manage and match energy supply and demand in any household.

Coolpower is confident that the EMMA controller device meets this need and will optimise the performance of micro-generators, effectively quadrupling the value of electricity from a micro-generator, otherwise exported uncontrollably to the grid.

The patented EMMA controller device is thoroughly tested and proven, and is now commercially available.

EMMA is designed to monitor and control what energy is being produced by micro-generators and what is being used in the building, second by second.

Where excess energy is available, EMMA can divert this surplus supply to additional energy storage devices in the building such as hot water tanks, electric underfloor heating and storage heaters, for later use.

In the near future, there will be a G83 compliant product which will limit export to the grid to 12amps facilitating micro-generation projects in rural areas with network constraints.

Research work is underway to facilitate the use of the technology with heat pumps, batteries and chillers.

Coolpower is also developing the platform technology for use on a broader scale.

It can be used to underpin the effective implementation of Smart Grids by managing storage of energy in various forms in the home.

This technology can help facilitate the use of renewables on the grid and underpin efficient use of fossil fuel facilities.

Research figures produced by Coolpower estimate that EMMA technology could reduce the cost of supply of electricity by between 10-15 per cent.

The launch of EMMA comes a month in advance of the FIT (Feed in Tariff) for renewables being introduced in the UK.

The initiative is likely to see a substantial increase in the number of micro-generators to be installed across the country.

The EMMA units vary in price depending on volumes ordered and size of the micro-generator.

The entry level unit is under STG 990 increasing to STG 4,500 for units installed with 30kW micro-generators.

The company states that EMMA can be easily installed by a qualified electrician within three hours.

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