Most industrial sites approach demand side response by working out what they would have to give up, which line to slow, which shift to move. Whether the disruption costs more than the programme pays.
Metalodlew never had to run that calculation. Melting metal and cast iron already requires a technological break of two and a half to four hours. The pause existed before Enel X arrived — it simply wasn’t earning anything.
Three furnaces across two foundry halls, one 6 MW induction and two 3 MW arc, now represent 12 MW enrolled in demand side response with Enel X Polska.
