ABB’s DriveSave is aimed
at industries like metal
processing, chemical, oil
& gas and pulp & paper
which are willing to
invest between £500,000
and £2m in achieving
target savings from
5000MWh and above per
year, with a return on
investment in under
three years.

Should the savings be up to 10%
below the target, ABB will
compensate the customer, whereas if
the savings rise by up to 10% of the
target then ABB secures a bonus.

In addition to the guaranteed
energy savings and the design,
installation and commissioning of the
variable-speed drives, the scheme
offers a five year
warranty for all of the
installed drives, together
with a five year
preventative main –
tenance programme.

The scheme
complements ABB’s
traditional approach of
targeting smaller energy
efficiency schemes where
the investment in
variable-speed drives is typically from
a few thousand pounds.