Energy continued
Thermal energy
Specific thermal consumption: breweries and soft drink plants MJ/hl beer and soft drink
 Target |
 Actual |
Main energy sources used for heat generation (% of brewery and soft drink plants)
 Coal |
3 |
 Diesel |
13 |
 Fuel oil |
21 |
 Kerosene |
1 |
 Natural gas |
52 |
 Electrical boilers |
4 |
 Heat import |
6 |
| Total | 100% |
Our specific fuel consumption has decreased from 114 MJ per hectolitre in 2004 to 103 MJ per hectolitre in 2006. This total is just above our target of 100 MJ per hectolitre for 2006. However, we achieved 79 percent of our targeted improvement. Reduction of specific fuel consumption is mainly caused by replacement of equipment or improvement in the utilisation of our breweries. As examples of the first, a new brewhouse in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, reduced energy consumption and in Bujumbura, Burundi, a new bottling line was installed. A total of 25 sites achieved an explicit improvement in efficiency (sites that reported an increase in production of more than 20 percent).
The amount of direct CO2 emissions related to the use of fossil fuels decreased from 7.65 kg CO2 per hectolitre in 2004 to 6.72 kg CO2 per hectolitre in 2006. This decrease is mainly the result of the reduction in fuel consumption. In addition, a small change in the energy sources used for heat production also contributed to the reduction.
