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How Royal Avebe Electrified Without a Bigger Grid Connection: ProFood World
A plant that can’t get more power from the grid still found room to electrify. Where did the headroom come from?
This podcast episode looks at how Royal Avebe, a farmer-owned starch and plant-protein cooperative in the Netherlands, electrified part of production at its Foxhol plant without adding grid capacity. Working with Schneider Electric, the site paired a new industrial electric boiler with unified power and process control, real-time energy visibility, and dynamic load management across more than 1,000 data points—shifting load during peak demand and absorbing excess renewable energy…
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