2024-08-10 09:00:00
Reducing the cost of the electricity bill and the carbon footprint through better planning of industrial production. This is the objective of Highcast, a start-up from the Paris region created by two former CentraleSupélec students: Flore de Lasteyrie and Vivien Robert.
Up to 12% savings
They developed a software platform based on predictive AI. It combines the company’s data – including production and maintenance data – with real-time monitoring of the energy market and the electricity grid. The goal: to distribute activities according to the price of energy, for example by running furnaces when it is low and launching maintenance operations when it is higher.
“Renewable energies cost less than carbon-based ones and even nuclear power, but they are more subject to climatic hazards”recalls Vivien Robert. The start-up is aiming for savings of up to 12% on the electricity bill. In the midst of fundraising, it has already attracted around ten clients, including the paper producer Norske Skog Golbey and the metallurgist Leroy-Somer. #
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