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NLWhat is Energymanagement?
Energy management is the practice of measuring, analysing and controlling how your organisation uses energy. Less waste. Lower costs. More control.
For businesses with high-volume connections, horticulture, cold storage, heavy industry. It's not a nice-to-have. It's table stakes.
And yet, the way most companies do it isn't enough.
What energy management should do
Traditional energy management does three things:
- Measure - meters, dashboards, consumption data.
- Behave - staff awareness, lights off, machines tuned.
- Upgrade - insulation, LEDs, efficient equipment.
It works. And it's not enough. The energy market moves every hour. Prices fluctuate. Grid congestion limits when you can consume or export. Your assets, cold storage, CHP installations, flexible loads, are potential revenue streams. Most companies leave them untouched.
The gap most companies don't see
A cold storage facility uses energy at night. The grid is congested by day. But the cooling units can flex, pre- and post-cooled when power prices drop.
A greenhouse runs a CHP overnight. Heat and electricity, produced while you sleep. That electricity can be traded on the intraday market. But who trades it? When? On which market?
Without a dedicated energy manager trading the professional markets every day, the answer is simple: nobody. And the revenue? Gone. Every day.
"We see Enova as an extension of our business."
Passive energy management vs. active energy trading
Simple difference. Big impact:
Energy management isn't about getting a good deal. It's about what happens after.
Most companies think a good energy contract solves the problem.
It doesn't. The biggest costs aren't in the purchase price. They're in imbalance. In grid charges. In flexibility your operation already has, and isn't using.
A logistics company with 20 cold storage units has flexibility built into its process. Units can pre-cool. They can reduce load on demand. That flexibility is worth money on the electricity market. Most companies never collect it.
Energy isn't a side issue. It determines your margin.
Most energy management systems (EMS) charge a monthly licence fee. Straightforward enough.
But an EMS without an energy manager is like a racing car without a driver. The system measures. The person acts.
Enova works with an EMS and an energy manager who is active on the professional markets every day. You pay a licence fee for the system and a percentage of the returns for our services. No returns, no fee.
The result: a cold storage company working with us achieved 46% cost savings. A 1 MW battery investment paid for itself within 3 years.
Conclusion: energy management is the foundation. Active energy management is the profit.
Measuring is good. Steering is better. Trading on the market is where the real returns are.
Enova helps businesses with high energy demands to not just understand their consumption, but to actively make money from it. Every day. With proven results.
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