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Phased Switch System (PSS)

Funding mechanismStrategic Innovation Fund (SIF)
DurationSep 2024 - Jan 2028
Estimated expenditure£3.43m
Research areaImproving energy system resilience and robustness
  • June 2025

    Presentation at UWL was well received, a technology company with some ideas for the Planning Tool came forward. We had a face to face team meeting at LCE and…

Project Summary

The Phase Switch System allows for dynamic phase reconfiguration of a Low Voltage (LV) feeder cable to reduce phase imbalance. Reducing phase imbalance; 

  • reduces the load in the most heavily loaded phase, decreasing the chance of incorrect fuse operations • improves the utilisation of the cable's capacity, deferring reinforcement
  • reduces losses on the LV feeder and associated CO2 emissions
  • reduces the likelihood of customer voltage issues preventing participation in flexibility services or other markets
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  • This project further develops and tests an existing protype to market readiness while providing a support tool for planning and optimisation of deployment.