The best way to make energy savings? "Measure up"!
The French government has announced that it is expecting a 10% reduction in energy consumption by 2024 and setting an ambitious target of a 40% reduction for companies by 2050 in the context of France's energy transition. The race to measure savings in order to offset the increase in energy costs has begun and companies, like private individuals, are getting ready for high winter energy bills which seem likely to overwhelm their finances.
In this situation marked by an energy crisis, nuclear power is making a comeback and EPR projects are being restarted. New alternative energy sources, such as hydrogen, geothermal power, wind power and photovoltaïc solar power are focusing the attention of industrial companies and private customers, offering new economic, commercial and societal opportunities. The need to control energy costs seems to have acted as a trigger, raising awareness of the necessity of energy transition for our society and our world, like the digital transition boosted by the Covid lockdowns. Sustainable development is once again at the core of political debate and international conferences, backed by a greater determination to respect our planet with its limited resources.
In this context, the Chauvin Arnoux Group has the advantage of developing its solutions and products in its own R&D departments and manufacturing its energy control instruments on its own production sites. It also benefits from the complementarity of its various types of expertise in this area; our companies Chauvin Arnoux, Pyrocontrole, Chauvin Arnoux Energy, and Manumesure, each contribute their skills in their sector to support this transition in the medium term while favouring short-term savings.
With significant involvement in the Nuclear sector dating back many years, Pyrocontrole and Chauvin Arnoux Energy are thus committed to supplying the major EPR projects. The K1/K2/K3-qualified temperature sensors for controlling overheating of the reactors and the K3-qualified relays and switchboards contribute to the success of the Nuclear sector, helping to ensure that the solutions in this sensitive environment remain safe. Similarly, Manumesure, the Group's metrology company, regularly works in these harsh environments, providing calibration services designed to prevent any risk of dysfunction and maintain the safety of the industrial sites over the long term.
In another sector, Chauvin Arnoux's power quality analysers (Qualistar + CA 8345) and energy loggers (PEL) and CA Energy's meters (Ulys MCM) help companies, supermarkets and industrial firms to reduce their energy bills. The Ulys MCM and TCCV equip many supermarket control boxes and also monitor electricity, gas, temperature and lighting consumption with the aim of making economic adjustments. This is also the role of the "super-heroes against energy losses" in the Thyritop Series from Pyrocontrôle and the ALM module contributing to decarbonization by smoothing the power defined by the electricity supplier and spreading the loads better in order to optimize energy consumption. The complete range of low-voltage current transformers from Chauvin Arnoux Energy, available for tariff metering in classes 0.5 and 0.2s, lets you improve the accuracy class of the measurement line, thus enabling fair, accurate billing.
Similarly, following the principle that "you only pay what you consume", electric vehicle recharging stations are springing up all over the country. These new installations have enabled Chauvin Arnoux to propose the CA 6651 test adapter for EV recharging stations which simulates the use of a vehicle to ensure that the charging station is operating correctly with the right pricing.
That's why our Chauvin Arnoux Group motto "Measure up!" is even more relevant than ever.
