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SUSTAINBILITY SOLUTIONS
POWERING MANUFACTURING SUSTAINABILITY
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DENBY POTTERY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION FOR NEW SOLAR ARRAY
manufacturer reduce its CO2 emissions by 475 tonnes each year.
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The ground-mounted array of DMEGC Solar 550w modules will be delivered in partnership with on-site energy generation specialists, YLEM Energy. YLEM Energy led on the design of the solar array ensuring it would meet the pottery manufacturer’s load requirements for electricity. Denby Pottery’s partnership with YLEM Energy solidifies its commitment to its wider sustainability agenda, with the pottery manufacturer already sending zero process waste to landfill, which already saves 600 tonnes of CO2 each year.
The Solar PV solution will be fully funded through YLEM Energy’s Dynamic Power Purchase Agreement (DPPA), a scheme that sees energy conscious businesses partner with YLEM Energy to
erbyshire-based, Denby Pottery has been granted planning permission for a new 2 MW solar array, that will see the tableware
secure their electricity consumption at a lower rate than National Grid Supplied Power, at no extra cost. YLEM Energy’s DPPA works with businesses through the funding stage to the construction and manages bespoke solutions on a business’s behalf. To date, the DPPA has saved YLEM’s
customers over 1.1m MtCO2. Commenting on the approval of planning permission, Ian Gadsby, managing director of YLEM Energy says: “With the increasing pressures on the National Grid, I’m pleased to see that a much-loved UK business, has been given approval to guarantee a reduction of its carbon footprint. “Denby now has a long-term solution that will not only reduce its carbon emissions, but ensure it is protected against any future fluctuations in the electricity market, and ensure this business is around for the next 200 years.”
Operations director at Denby Pottery, Dean Barlow adds: “The granting of approval for our solar array is very much welcomed and further enhances our commitment to sustainability. This is a key step in our pathway to Net Zero 2050, and we hope that further steps that we will need to take in the future will be equally well supported by our local planning authority. Denby is rightly proud of its environmental credentials, and we have a “Greenprint” strategy for continual improvement in the environmental sphere which influences many of our business decisions”.
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www.ylemenergy.com
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ourJaw has expanded its award-winning manufacturing analytics platform with an energy monitoring capability, aimed at promoting sustainable manufacturing practices and reducing energy costs. The new feature provides real-time and historical insights into energy usage by machine, cell or factory, helping manufacturers understand their energy consumption better. With this knowledge, they can implement measures to reduce energy costs and their carbon footprint.
The update also aims to encourage behavioural changes among factory workers to support continuous improvement programs and reduce wasted energy. FourJaw’s plug-and-play analytics platform has been a huge success with manufacturers who use it to inform what processes can be improved to drive factory efficiencies and this latest addition comes off the back of listening to customer feedback as they look at ways to manage and offset the huge rise in energy costs seen in the last year.
The energy monitoring function will be incorporated into the existing FourJaw platform, meaning manufacturers can benefit from combining both energy and machine usage data, to achieve the most sustainable, productive and profitable manufacturing processes. Robin Hartley-Willows, FourJaw co-founder and
CTO says “Looking at the economic conditions, rising energy costs, push and pull factors to become more sustainable, which attract government incentives for energy efficiency, we recognised reducing energy usage is a priority for many manufacturers. “Driving efficient manufacturing processes is at the heart of FourJaw and we believe that by integrating energy monitoring within our existing machine monitoring platform, we can enable manufacturers to understand individual and overall manufacturing costs, by identifying where energy is wasted, and making informed decisions about processes and behaviours that will drive energy efficient and productive manufacturing.”
FourJaw
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