Project Overview
Using our Energy & Environmental skills, CR Plus delivered an opportunities assessment with validation of applicability for renewable for this rural spring water bottling company in West Wales. Further more CR Plus undertook Carbon Foot printing to help demonstrate the success of new bottle forming lines installed and new renewable technologies reducing grid power.
Overall Opportunities Identified
Energy Cost – £1.5M of opportunities Identified
Opportunities for Solar PV 50kWp array (Identified and Implemented)
Opportunities for Wind Turbines (identified and Implemented)
Opportunities for LED Lighting (Identified and Implemented)
Opportunities for Variable Speed Drive Compressor (Identified and Implemented)
Installation of plastic blow moulding machine (avoidance of transport emissions and process improvement)
Carbon Footprint Results
- 2011 situation - absolute CF 1,943 tCO2e p.a. or 75kgCO2e per m³ water
- Improvement pre Wind Turbines - absolute CF 1,564 tCO2e p.a. or 55kgCO2e per m³ water
- Improvement post Wind Turbines - absolute CF sub 400 tCO2e p.a. Specific footpring to be updated following the installation of new lines...
What's Next?
An updated Carbon Footprint planned in 2016
aims to further demonstrate the incredible achievements of this forward thinking and environmentally sustainable business. Investigations will also continue into the possibilities of utilising more renewable and innovative energy.