Hyundai : MOBIS commits to ‘energy system management.’

- 'The global energy management system' will go into full operation at the Gimcheon, Changwon and Jincheon plant. It will be installed in 29 additional locations in Korea and overseas this year.
- Up to 1,000 sensors will be installed in every location to collect energy data every 5 seconds … improving measurement precision.
- Starting in 2017, it is expected that annual energy consumption will be reduced by 5%, costs by KRW5 billion, and carbon emissions by 18,000 tCO

Hyundai MOBIS announced on January 20 that it is planning to operate the 'global energy management system' (hereinafter referred to as the 'energy management system') in full swing in 3 domestic plants and install the system in 26 plants around the world, as well as 2 logistics centers and the technical center (Yongin, Gyeonggi-do) by the end of this year.

To this end, Hyundai MOBIS installed the 'energy management system' in the Gimcheon plant, which produces lamps and airbags, last August, and in the Changwon and Jincheon plant, which produce brakes and electronic parts, at the end of 2015, and operated the system on a pilot basis and stabilized the system.

Hyundai MOBIS expects to reduce annual energy consumption by more than 5%, energy costs by about KRW5 billion and carbon emissions by 18,000tCOby globally operating the 'energy management system.' 18,000tCOof carbon emissions is equivalent to what can be reduced in a year if 124,000 pine trees were planted.

The 'energy management system' capitalizes on advanced measuring instruments and IT systems to measure and compare the energy used by various facilities and equipment, current status, costs and quality in real time.

Hyundai MOBIS installed up to 1,000 measurement sensors in each business site where energy is used, e.g. manufacturing facilities, cooling and heating facilities and lighting systems. As energy data is collected every 5 seconds, the measurement precision and analytical capabilities are enhanced.

The core function of the 'energy management system' is 'process improvement.' The energy consumption of individual equipment, lines or business sites during the same period is compared and analyzed, and processes are improved to induce improvement of productivity and reduction of energy consumption. Also, its own weather observation systems analyze optimal cooling and heating conditions so that manufacturing and testing equipment sensitive to temperature and humidity can be operated in an energy-efficient manner.

The 'energy management system' diagnoses 'energy quality,' i.e. whether energy is supplied to facilities and equipment with uniform quality and whether the supplied energy is consumed according to standards, and promptly isolates malfunctions and shutdown of manufacturing facilities due to power faults and abrupt interruptions and prevents them while improving the quality of products. It also possesses the function for converting energy consumption into carbon emissions.

Meanwhile, Hyundai MOBIS is planning to take advantage of IoT (Internet of Things) technology in order to upgrade the 'energy management system' to an 'automatic control system' in 2017. It is going to further reinforce energy system management by automatically stopping unnecessary facilities during a power peak, alternately operating machines and equipment and automatically controlling cooling and heating systems and lighting facilities remotely according to time slot.