Energy Drive

VFDs have come a 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨 way since the '60s Joshua S. Berger, Energy Solutions Engineer, explains in 45 secs.  • 1960s experimental, costly, but then the '70s oil crisis increased boardroom interest  • 1980s smaller drives, better controls, early steel plant adoption  • 1990s reliability improves, harmonics filtering advances, ISO 14000 standards spread  • 2000s MV drives became powerful enough for rolling mills  • 2010s VFDs integrate into PLC/SCADA for real-time energy management  • 2020s major role in electrification of process & carbon reduction Just in the last five years, innovation has cranked up: production can reliably affect performance with far more motor system data. The newest addition to our American team, Josh comes from a decade of saving millions of energy costs in Oregon. An engineer by trade, with a career that began hands-on as an aircraft mechanic in the Marines. We love how nerdy Josh is with technical systems and welcome him to the team 🫡

Integrating a Variable Frequency Drive is a team sport. Dan Brown, Senior Project Engineer, explains in 67 secs. Before Dan joined us, he sat on the other side of the table as an Electrical Project Engineer for the largest steelmaker in the USA. He knows the burden up close, from 2am calls because things didn’t go as planned, to chasing missing system components. Following system design, we manage it all: 1. Assemble the E-House 2. Commission PLC programming 3. Setup & motor calibration 4. Validate & enable Dan, keep on keeping it real in Chicago, we promise to keep the late-night calls to a minimum ;)

Motor performance sounds nice, buuuut how do you 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 measure it? Delincia Richings, Senior Data Analyst, explains in 70 secs. Coming from measuring operational data in sugar production, Delincia has transferred her expertise to Energy Drive since 2021. And if you're a client, you've likely experienced some of Delincia and team's work on our client dashboard. Fun facts:   • Most plants don't have operational history connected to their motors; with us you'll track the full history  • Not only do you track energy savings and system performance, but you'll quantify the reduction of carbon emissions

"𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴" So, how is EU steel adapting? Johannes shared some ways plants and mills can be more energy efficient in this month's 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 magazine. SPOILER: it ain't new technology that can help drop power costs BUT we need new business models. After two decades of steel experience, this moment feels particularly tough. We've taken a few quotes out of his article in this carousel. Btw: we are increasing our footprint in Europe, so please check our jobs if you'd like to join us.

Motor-system upgrades (incl. drives and sensors) offer 20–30% energy reduction w/ rapid ROI* And right now, our company avg. savings is 40% 🥳 Welcoming the newest addition to the team, Johannes who has joined us to accelerate our impact in Europe. His view: "For many years, I’ve worked for and with steel producers across Europe and I’ve never seen such urgency to not only cut energy consumption but to optimise it. What used to be a ‘nice to have’ is now a boardroom priority." This trend is driven by EU regulations, OEM advocacy, and CFO priorities. *Source: International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis #intelligentmotorcontrol

Holy guacamole, what's 'Intelligent Motor Control'? Paul, are you making up terms?? [reply incoming...] Drives and large motors might not be new... But cranking an avg. 40% energy savings on big fans and pumps is! [the pitch...] Zero-CapEx—you don't spend a dime—and after our feasibility assessment, we get moving immediately. We take all the risk with our performance contracts. From first meeting to live savings in under 18 months. **Note re AI: marketing hype aside, it's been just over a year we've started working w/ partners like Rockwell Automation to look at patterns in the data, case by case. A multi-year journey lays ahead, as right now, our human knowledge does all the heavy lifting, but AI will increasingly find macro patterns as our data lake grows.

Hey Jake, can you speedrun what we do? Pittsburgh's finest Energy Solutions Engineer lets it rip: 1.⁠ ⁠Feasibility assessment 2.⁠ ⁠System design 3.⁠ ⁠System integration 4.⁠ ⁠Motor performance We'll be publishing more from Jake in the future. Not only has he gone from working for a steel producer to the other side of the table, serving the producers, but his folks and grandparents also worked in the steel industry. We look forward to sharing some of his POV on where steel technology is going.

We just secured £20M for global growth from funds advised by Pears Partnership Capital. Currently, we are focused on supporting the significant market opportunity of steel in the US Rust Belt and other metals and mining hotspots in Europe. Our offer doesn't change, just our scale: reducing energy consumption of large motors, installed and operated as-a-service. In other words, no capital expenditure or ongoing maintenance cost for the operator while delivering both OpEx savings and carbon abatement. Today, we save nearly 1 million kg of CO₂, SO₂ and NOₓ emissions annually. See comments from our CEO James Hynd and Joseph Evans, MD at Pears Partnership Capital in this coverage: https://lnkd.in/d9fybEb8