Adams Foods uses CHP to boost green performance

05 May, 2011

Efficient use of gas is achieved at the Leek factory of Dairy Foods with this 150 kW(e) CHP unit from Ener-G.

Within the first nine months of operation, a 150 kW(e) CHP unit installed at the Staffordshire factory of dairy-products company Adams Foods has achieved carbon savings of 476 t. The Ener-G system generates 150 kW of electricity and provides 225 kW of heat to pre-heat water for washing and cleaning. This CHP unit was acquired using Ener-G’s capital purchase scheme. Ener-G also provides a Premier maintenance contract that includes all services and call-outs.

The factory and office complex at Leek was designed to be the most efficient and environmentally friendly cheese-packing facility in Europe. It occupies 15 500 m2, employs 550 people and operates 24 hours a day.

Adams Foods has also implemented a number of other energy-saving measures to reduce costs and carbon emissions. They include Sun tubes, PIR lighting controls, solar PV, inverter-driven motors on pumps and fans, and free cooling to the production hall

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