Challenge 

To reduce the energy usage of two key pieces of equipment in order to reduce carbon emissions.

Background

The FAST project, funded by £562,133 of Flintshire County Council's allocation of the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund, aims to deliver an energy-systems mapping exercise. The project targeted several different industries within Flintshire, to cover a representative cross-section, as well as different sized companies.

Sterling Pharma Solutions’ Deeside facility develops and manufactures antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), which provide targeted treatment to millions of patients around the world. As part of its sustainability strategy, Sterling is developing new ways to both measure and then minimise its carbon emissions. This project helped it better understand its large environment handling units.

Innovation

Whilst vital for the operation of the business, the water for injection system (WFI) and boiler distillation (BD) skid were major consumers of energy. FAST sensors were connected to monitor their energy consumption.

AMRC Cymru engineers analysed the trends in power consumption and provided insights to enable changes to be made at Sterling, which would reduce energy consumption, and therefore carbon emissions.

Result

By analysing the data Sterling were able to optimise the operation cycles of the energy intensive units and make significant reductions in consumption.

Impact

The resulting reduction in energy consumption saved over £22,000 in operating costs for the site.