Could a virtual power station (VPS) solve the energy crisis?
Energy “savings’’ are difficult to measure, and equally difficult to represent on a visual level. Otto Hager, Chief Executive Officer of Iskhus Power, believes that terms such as ‘energy efficiency’, ‘savings’ and ‘10% target’ are bandied around all too frequently without a concrete, logical understanding of what they both mean and imply, going on to say that ” ‘savings’ is an intangible concept as it represents something that isn’t used.” What Iskhus have set out to do is concretise this concept through the invention of a virtual power station (VPS), or simply put – a virtual representation of the savings in electricity which the man in the street can relate to. “Energy savings is the art of producing the same or better levels of production output, comfort levels and service, wile consuming less energy,” explains Hager. The company have created a virtual power station (VPS) that represents electricity not consumed by exisiting consumers, and thus grows with each unit of electricity sa
