Move energy-intensive processes to cheap electricity hours

Factories shift energy-intensive processes to times when electricity is cheap

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Fits: Production, engineering & maintenance · Finance & accounting

Furnaces, dryers, compressors or electrolysers run when electricity is cheap, without delivery dates or quality suffering. The electricity bill goes down, and expensive load peaks become less frequent.

Is this for you?

  • You buy electricity at a price that changes hourly or are considering switching to such a contract.
  • Some processes can be shifted in time, such as hardening, drying, cooling in advance or charging storage.
  • You measure electricity consumption at least per plant or hall in quarter-hours or hours.
First step today

Take the hourly electricity prices of a past day and two shiftable processes with their power and duration, plus your grid connection limit. Use the template below to calculate the cheapest start times and compare with what actually ran on that day.

How to go about it

  1. Define shiftable processes and fixed limits
  2. Record the load profile, electricity prices and plant capacity
  3. Have a schedule calculated for the next few days
  4. Agree the schedule with production and quality
  5. Approve the schedule and inform the shifts
  6. Evaluate deviations and savings every month

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MB-03 · Legal status 08.10.2026