Auto transformers help keep physical size down

The size of an auto transformer is typically smaller, the closer its high and low voltage values are to one another, allowing for relatively conservative installations where necessary.

For companies looking to install on-site energy generation facilities using biomass, combined heat and power, and gas turbines, physical footprint may be a key factor in determining the viability of the project.

However, Pike Research has forecasted that industrial distributed energy generation will grow by 46% in the US alone in the coming five years, an expansion that companies in the UK might be keen to keep pace with.

Bob Gohn, vice-president of Pike Research, says: "Industrial distributed generation presents a variety of business opportunities to the end-user to better manage energy use, increase efficiency and asset utilisation, and tailor sources of energy to unique site requirements."

Using compact auto transformers can further enhance the efficiency of land use, by minimising the physical size of energy facilities to meet the requirements of a given site.

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By keeping your power supply at the right voltage - whatever the original source of the energy used - you can make sure your most important machines stay working on the coldest days of winter.