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IDS Joins the Energy Efficiency Movement

Inverter Drive Systems joins the Energy Efficiency Movement. At IDS, everything we do is centred around energy saving, whether that is for our customers or ourselves. For more than 20 years we have been analysing, surveying and highlighting viable energy saving potentials for customers in almost every industry. Often by creating new and innovative uses of inverter technology. Internally we have long since reduced our own carbon footprint to minimal levels and additionally we have…

Midlands Quarry Set To Save £88k per Annum

A quarry in the Midlands is set to save an astonishing £88k per annum on their energy costs and will reduce their CO2 by 197 tonnes per year. Midlands Quarry Set To Save £88k per Annum In a recent motor energy survey, our team analysed this Midlands quarry and found 7x pumps that would benefit from inverter control. The motors running the pumps range from 37 – 132 kW however, as is often the case…

Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

What is the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund? The Government describe the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) as: “Supporting the development and deployment of technologies that enable businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future.” But what is it exactly? In 2018, the Government announced that £315 million of funding will be made available in grant form, to help businesses with high energy use to cut carbon emissions and energy bills by…

Timber Merchant Reduces Energy with Inverter Technology

Allen & Orr Limited are a traditional timber merchant with sites in Chesterfield and Doncaster. Phil Whiteley, Director, got in touch with IDS after reading an article on how inverters can reduce energy consumption and reduce costs on large motor applications. IDS Area Sales Manager, Darryl Renshaw, conducted an initial energy survey to determine just how much energy saving potential there was on the DOL wood chipping extract unit. The initial conservative estimate was a…

Data Center Cooling

Taking uptime, sustainability and energy efficiency to a new level. Improving data center performance through efficient energy use, increased reliability and advanced maintenance. The world depends increasingly on data, computing power and connectivity, making data centers mission-critical facilities requiring special attention. ABB provides data centers with reliable, flexible and secure operation. Its solutions ensure continuous availability while helping to improve performance in a productive and sustainable way. System reliability and process continuity Tackle air conditioning…

Sewage works saves energy on filter bed application

ABB variable speed drives improve energy efficiency with payback of less than three years at a Severn Trent Water sewage treatment works. Severn Trent Water is saving 15,000 kWh per year after installing two ABB variable speed drives at its Edwinstowe filter bed sewage treatment works in Nottinghamshire. The sewage treatment works includes a stone filter bed that requires a minimum circulation flow. If the inflow to the stone filter bed drops below its 75…

SynRM Drive Package Lowers Energy Use and Noise Levels on a Plastic Extrusion Line

In this video we see how an ABB SynRM and variable speed drive package has lowered the energy use and reduced noise levels of a plastic extrusion line. For those unable to view the video with sound, the transcribe of the video is below: SynRM Drive Package Lowers Energy Use and Noise Levels on a Plastic Extrusion Line: The Radius Systems plant, located in Derbyshire, United Kingdom, manufacturers plastic piping. Six of its fourteen extrusion…

UK Energy and Carbon Reduction Schemes

Making sense of the UK’s energy and carbon reduction opportunities The UK operates several different energy and carbon reduction schemes that aim to incentivise reductions in industrial and commercial energy consumption. Some schemes are similar in scope, while others apply only to certain organisations. All of them, when leveraged effectively, can reduce your energy bills and carbon footprint by embracing energy efficient technologies. Climate Change Levy (CCL) What is it? An energy reporting scheme which…

Try the ABB Energy Snapshot

The ABB Energy Snapshot is a free, no obligation service that in half a day identifies the potential energy saving opportunities in your motor-driven applications, and shows you how to turn that potential into reality. What’s in the ABB Energy Snapshot? One snapshot – three different perspectives. Purchasing decisions aren’t always just made by one person, which is why with the ABB Energy Snapshot, each stakeholder in the decision-making process receives a bespoke report that…

Energy saving – is it time to get back to basics?

ABB’s Steve Hughes discovers that the energy saving benefits of variable speed drives are still not widely understood. I recently had the privilege of presenting to an audience with a vested interest in energy efficiency at the EMEX show, held in November at London’s ExCel, where I was extolling the virtues of digital energy. More about digital energy in a later column. What struck me were the questions from the audience which were truly back…