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07 January 2025
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Amid rising costs and sustainability considerations, energy management offers industrial operators a powerful way to cut expenses and boost efficiency. From real-time monitoring to equipment upgrades, a strategic approach can reduce costs, support net-zero goals, and strengthen ESG commitments for long-term resilience.
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29 September 2023
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Advanced data analytics is supporting the management and maintenance of energy networks to optimise their grids, whilst reducing environmental impact, says Eduan Smit
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19 June 2023
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With potentially hundreds of new hydrogen and carbon capture plants set to be built around the world in the coming years, the choice of instrumentation has a key role to play in ensuring processes are both safe and optimised for efficient production, explains Neil Jackson
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11 August 2022
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The cheapest unit of energy is the one you don’t use. It’s an old adage but has never been truer for energy-intensive users looking for new opportunities to reduce bills. There are a range of ways manufacturers can improve their energy efficiency and harness opportunities to streamline spend overnight, says Jodie Eaton
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01 August 2022
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AS MANUFACTURERS face rising energy bills, SICK has launched the FTMg with Monitoring App, an Industry 4.0 solution that helps them see the data they need to reduce energy consumption through better control of compressed air.
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08 July 2022
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Energy is the largest operating expense in industry, accounting for the majority of utility costs. With rising energy prices, investing in energy efficiency can provide real savings, ensure superior process performance and real financial outcomes, says Dave Palmer
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01 August 2022
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HONEYWELL HAS introduced its Experion Energy Control System's new virtual power plant (VPP) functionality that enables users to dispatch a network of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as wind generating units, storage systems and solar farms through a centralised control process.
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16 May 2022
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More efficient approaches to power generation can help UK manufacturers reduce both their overheads and their carbon footprint, says Chris Rason
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10 May 2022
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The rise of non-linear loads in industrial environments over the last two decades has resulted in the growing problem of harmonic currents and utility-level voltage distortion. Facing a lack of awareness, the industry has struggled to implement effective mitigation techniques, however, there are several useful tips which could help, says John Mitchell
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09 May 2022
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The World Energy Council’s latest data rates the UK very strongly for commitment and actions towards resolving the Energy Trilemma of energy security, cost and sustainability. While this is largely positive, the British economy - and particularly its manufacturing and engineering sectors - is now faced with the combination of fast-approaching sustainability targets in the context of a global energy crisis, and a real cost of doing business crisis, says Alastair Morris
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28 January 2022
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A new wave of digital sensors and connected analytics is enabling operators to deploy and retrofit remote monitoring and condition-based maintenance on new and existing nickel-cadmium industrial backup batteries, says Erick Lopes
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08 November 2018
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The ability for manufacturers to quickly and cost-effectively monitor power consumption and power quality is crucial in helping reduce energy use. Will Darby of Carlo Gavazzi UK, outlines the benefits achievable with an appropriate metering and power quality monitoring strategy
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20 August 2018
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To reduce energy use and create an effective energy-management strategy, Phil Kaufman, energy technology manager, Rockwell Automation, says manufacturers should take four key steps – monitor, analyse, control and sustain gains
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14 November 2016
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For businesses looking to take control of their consumption and cut energy costs, the first step is to identify practical solutions that are easy to implement and will provide attractive return on investment. Jeff Whittingham, managing director of DONG Energy Sales UK, explains more
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05 December 2016
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Schneider Electric is involved in a project at the University of Oxford to install main meters and sub-meters in all of its buildings. There has also been a movement to upgrade analogue meters within the buildings to digital ones, to help future-proof the system
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06 October 2016
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Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS), one of the leading soft drinks businesses in the UK and Ireland, has partnered with Human Machine Interface (HMI) provider, Wonderware UK & Ireland, to monitor and improve its energy performance.
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16 November 2015
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By extending energy management systems to associated utilities such as water and linking it to maintenance and air hygiene, plant and property managers can make further ‘quick win’ energy savings, influence behaviour changes, and also make efficiencies in maintenance and water costs. Nigel Dawson, product director monitoring & controls, Minimise Group, explains more
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28 October 2015
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A logistics service provider for restaurants around the world, Martin Brower required a sophisticated metering and monitoring system at its headquarters in Hemel Hempstead to ensure that individual business units within the company were being billed correctly for their energy use
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05 October 2015
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Use of an open, collaborative networking structure that links process and energy monitoring systems, supported by expertise from energy management specialists, will go a long way towards helping industry optimise productivity and profitability, while at the same time meeting energy efficiency goals, explains Dave Sutton, product marketing manager, Schneider Electric
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06 May 2015
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A challenge during the summer is to find a productive mix of heating, cooling and lighting at appropriate times of day, particularly with the lighter evenings, warm weather and the requirement to keep equipment and people cool. Here, Lisa Gingell, director, t-mac Technologies, outlines a solution and looks at ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme)
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