Selected Results

• DES EMRS solution applied to a Major Pulp Mill  in Western Canada reduced fossil fuel costs by over $500,000 per month and reduced electric power imports by $60,000 per month.  These savings resulted in a 2.5% reduction in pulp production costs.
  
  
• DES Real Time Pricing (RTP) solution at a Paper Mill in the Southern United States reduced electrical costs by $50,000 per month.
   
• DES EMRS solution applied to an Electric Utility in Alberta saves an average of $25,000 per day in natural gas costs.
  
  
• DES Advanced Control Technologies applied to Synthetic Crude Oil Production at a major Canadian Oil Sands Project reduced energy costs by $11.2 million per year.
  
  
• Initial audits indicate significant potential for savings at an Canadian Steel Mill and a Large University Campus Powerhouse.

While DES solutions are easily justifiable through variable cost reductions, benefits are realized in harder to quantify areas:

• Reduced maintenance, labor, and lost production opportunity costs from upsets caused by exceeding process constraints.
• Improved product pricing power though variability reduction.
• Improved process reliability and availability.
• Improved environmental compliance.
• Reduced insurance risk.
• Improved efficiency of management and engineering efforts.

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