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"Three of Australia’s largest manufacturers will receive a total of $12 million
from the federal government to demonstrate technologies aimed at reducing
Australia’s industrial emissions.
McCain Foods, Sugar Australia, and Blackmores will each receive a share of the
funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to trial more
efficient industrial processes, specifically targeting new ways to generate
process heat.
The federal government also committed a further $180 million in ARENA funding
under the Industrial Transformation Stream for regional industries to follow
suit.
McCainwill receive $7.38 million to install two interconnected heat recovery
systems at its Ballarat potato plant, cutting steam and heat needs by more than
20 per cent.
The first system will recover high-temperature heat from condensate to decrease
boiler demand, while the second will capture lower temperature fryer exhaust
heat to produce hot water which will then be turned to steam using an
electrically driven mechanical vapour recompression (MVR) system.
Together, these two systems are expected to lower site’s natural gas boiler
load by 22 per cent and subsequently reduce annual emissions.
Sugar Australia, which retails its products under the CSR brand, will receive
$4.1 million to help replace traditional natural gas evaporators with an
electrically driven MVR, significantly reducing emissions at its Yarraville
sugar refinery in Victoria.
ARENA hopes that the projects at both McCain Foods and Sugar Australia will
demonstrate the commercial readiness of MVR technology for industrial heat
applications. If they are successful, it is expected the two projects will
serve as a blueprint for the wider manufacturing industry around the country.
Australian natural health company Blackmores will receive a smaller sum of
$723,900 to replace a natural gas boiler with a high-efficiency heat pump and a
hot water buffer tank at its manufacturing facility in Braeside, Victoria.
The new system will utilise renewable electricity as well as the site’s
refrigeration condensate water as a heat source.
The new system is expected to cut Blackmores’ natural gas consumption at the
site by 25 per cent."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
