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Electricty Pylons

Specific electricity consumption: brewerise and soft drink plants kWh/hl beer and soft drink

Bar graph showing predicted trend in reduction of electrical consumption from 9.46 kWh/hl in 2006 to 9.07 kWh/hl in 2007.
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Actual

Our specific electricity consumption has decreased from 9.91 kWh per hectolitre in 2004 to 9.46 kWh per hectolitre in 2006. This total is just above the target for 2006 of 9.07 kWh per hectolitre. The actual saving is equal to 54 percent of the targeted reduction.

The economy of scale also had a positive impact. In addition, the new brewhouses in ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, and St. Petersburg, Russia, consumed less energy. Last but not least, breweries carried out energy improvement programmes, such as optimisation of boilers, ventilation systems and the aeration efficiency of waste-water treatment plants, as for example in Warka, Poland.

Indirect CO2 emissions (emissions caused by our energy suppliers) have increased from 3.30 kg CO2 per hectolitre in 2004 to 4.21 kg CO2 per hectolitre in 2006, mainly due to the change of the reporting basis: purchased steam has been included in the indirect emissions reporting.