Solar panels and CHP technology are being introduced in partnership with ContourGlobal, an international provider of efficient energy solutions.
The rooftop solar panels will have a total installed capacity of 10 megawatts (or 75m kilowatt hours). With its CHP capacity, the Nogara plant has an efficiency rate of 83% and cuts CO2 emissions by 66%.
“The decision to add rooftop solar panels at our plants strengthens our CO2 reduction efforts resulting from the successful introduction of CHP technology,” said Coca-Cola Hellenic CEO Doros Constantinou. “These initiatives demonstrate our continuing commitment to our business in Italy, and also to our pursuit of sustainable development in every one of the communities we serve.”
Joseph C Brandt, president and CEO of ContourGlobal, said: “We’re successfully working with Coca-Cola Hellenic on a number of innovative energy projects as part of its sustainability initiative. The addition of the solar energy project endorses the trust of Coca-Cola Hellenic in our partnership.”
Coca-Cola Hellenic became the first company in the European non-alcoholic beverage industry to introduce CHP technology in 2006, with the opening of a plant in Hungary. A reduction of 43% in CO2 emissions achieved in the first year of operation prompted the company to schedule development of 15 more plants in 12 countries, with the aim of lowering CO2 emissions by 20% throughout all bottling operations, well in advance of the 2020 deadline set for industry by the European Union.
In addition to the existing CHP plants in Hungary, Romania, Northern Ireland and Italy, Coca-Cola Hellenic plans to have three more in operation this year and a further seven in 2011.
The CHP plant in Nogara represents an investment of €22m.
Source: Coca-Cola Hellenic
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