Case Study: Tereos achieves energy savings and lower emissions with Centrica Business Solutions Demand Side Response

Tereos sweetens power shortages

Tereos, the third-largest sugar producer in the world, wanted to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and support the local power grid during periods of peak demand without putting production at risk. The company partnered with Centrica Business Solutions, using its Flextract™ demand side response (DSR) technology to manage flexibility at its wheat mill.

Centrica Business Solutions implemented an automated solution that signals Tereos’ SCADA system to curtail energy use when electricity is scarce, with little or no manual intervention required. The result helped Tereos build confidence in DSR participation, with the initial trial in Aalst set to expand to other factories, while supporting its goals to cut the energy needed per tonne of sugar or starch by 20% and reduce CO₂ emissions in European sugar factories by 20%.

Tereos

Kris Van Hege

Energy Specialist