Accelerating industrial energy performance: the Orano case study
As an energy-intensive group, Orano is committed to reducing its environmental footprint and improving its industrial energy performance. The group has entrusted Dametis to support them in this process.
Dametis helps Orano improve the industrial energy performance of its sites
Orano is an international French industrial group with expertise in the entire nuclear fuel cycle, from extraction and purification to recycling and enrichment. Constantly striving for innovation, Orano is committed to using nuclear fuels to offer solutions for energy and health, while taking care to protect the environment.
The results of this support at the La Hague site
ISO 50001 maintained
by tracking consumption indicators
Standards met
related to confidentiality and cybersecurity
50
playgrounds used on a daily basis, facilitating the tasks of those on the ground
The story of our collaboration with the Orano Group
Main objectives of the Group
- Correlate consumption with process requirements
- Submit an industrial energy performance plan
- Maintain ISO 50001 certification
The Orano x Dametis Group in figures:
2
MyDametis implemented sites
+150
users
– 6%
50 GWh of energy consumption at the 2 sites
Focus on Dametis
support at Orano La Hague site
Dametis is a company on a human scale, offering a high level of attentiveness and responsiveness.
Wilfried Pouvesle, Energy Manager, Orano La Hague
Key figures
For 55 years, the La Hague site has specialized in the processing of spent nuclear fuel, in order to recycle the energetic materials (uranium and plutonium) to produce low-carbon energy.
Orano La Hague is the world leader in the recycling of fuel from nuclear power plants.
300
hectares
6000
people on site
1021
tons of spent fuel processed (2021)
Energy savings in industry: a critical issue
Their needs :
Facilitating the application and maintenance of ISO 50001
Improving the reliability of the metering plan
Reducing the site’s carbon footprint to meet the Group’s commitments
Our solutions:
Deployment of our EMS software, MyDametis for :
- Monitor consumption
- Detect performance drifts through plant modeling
- Identify corrective actions to be implemented
- Maintaining ISO 50001 certification over time
Expert support upstream and downstream of software implementation for :
- Identify and analyze energy performance indicators
- Facilitating management
- Identify shortcomings in the counting plan and improve it
- Updating energy consumption models
- Interface EMS software with existing on-site systems
Energy efficiency in industry: our case studies
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