Energy Hub, the heart of maximum efficiency

Energy Hub, better known as the Energy Control Center, can be considered the heart of an Energy Efficiency system, the engine capable of improving all processes related to electricity consumption. Thanks to it, information is unified and monitored to react quickly to any inefficiency in processes, improving the performance of industrial assets. EDF Fenice leads innovation in this field and, from its new offices in Madrid, responds to the transformation challenges of industrial companies, the producers of the goods we all consume daily. They do this by launching a pioneering Energy Efficiency Control Center, designed with the aim of improving the performance and remote supervision of their clients’ production facilities, specifically their energy vectors. The EDF Fenice EnergyHub center is already operational, recording and monitoring more than 5,000 signals from industrial equipment in real time throughout the Iberian Peninsula, with an update frequency of up to 1 second. This center, one of the most advanced in Energy Efficiency in our country, is assisted by a team of engineers specializing in energy efficiency and another technical support group responsible for its operation. In this control center, permanent supervision of energy assets is carried out, which feed and give life to hundreds of machines, presses, and complete production lines, achieving: -Optimizing the energy consumption of facilities to the maximum, through continuous control and monitoring of the main energy variables and indicators. -Performing continuous analysis to guarantee energy savings and reduction of the carbon footprint. -Being prepared for any emergency. Resolving any alert or incident situation, minimizing reaction times and streamlining operations. To do this, alarms can be set, for example, if any KPI exceeds established reasonable limits. -Allowing the execution of predictive tools, as well as remote operation and testing of technical equipment. All of this is thanks to the implementation of a monitoring system, which is the main source of information, and a management software (CMMS), connected to an extensive database that records all maintenance and operation data of all energy assets. This comprehensive monitoring of processes is carried out in real time and remotely, continuously, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. EDF Fenice has been performing remote control of its industrial clients’ assets for more than six years and, in 2017, began developing a monitoring tool for energy facilities, which centralizes the status and operation of production facilities and the evolution of all their energy vectors, allowing, among other functions:

• Viewing, analyzing, and evaluating in real time the energy consumption and production of the factory
• Determining and tracking the main efficiency indicators of equipment and the factory’s production KPIs in real time.
• Detecting possible anomalies, establishing predictive and corrective tools, and generating operation alarms for Energy Efficiency processes.
• Forecasting the evolution of specific costs and remotely controlling managed equipment.

Nevertheless, the centralized availability of the status of managed equipment and the great expertise of EDF Fenice technicians form a perfect tandem that facilitates the client’s technological independence, improving their Energy Efficiency and contributing to the reduction of their carbon footprint and the improvement of the environment. Soon, EDF Fenice aims to increase the number of plants and facilities monitored in the Energy Control Center and expand its functionalities, using technological tools and artificial intelligence as a lever.