Sweet energy savings for Tangerine confectionery plant 19 January 2011

Confectionery manufacturer Tangerine is expecting "sweet savings" on energy, thanks to installing cogeneration and trigeneration technologies at its Pontefract plant.

The West Yorkshire production site, which produces Wilkinson's Pontefract cakes and Butterkist Popcorn, is close to completing a two-phase project, involving installation of an ENER-G 500kWe cogeneration unit in September last year, to be followed by a 230kWe trigeneration system, due to be commissioned next month.

The smaller CHP (combined heat and power) unit will provide electricity, heating and cooling to supply a second production facility at Tangerine's plant.

"We are continually seeking ways to raise our environmental performance and this move to on-site generation of power is a key element of our carbon-cutting strategy," states Peter Sanders, Tangerine operations director.

"We are very pleased to be partnering with ENER-G, which is able to provide us with a total service, from initial design to long term care of the systems," he adds.

Sanders also explains that Tangerine is using ENER-G's discount energy purchase scheme, which entails no capital outlay for the business.

"This has required no capital investment by the company, as the technology is being supplied by ENER-G in return for us purchasing the generated electricity at a very favourable rate," comments Sanders.

ENER-G is also working with Tangerine to develop CHP solutions on a number of other sites. The multi-site roll-out is due to facilitate a significant carbon reduction, which the company sees as increasingly important given the advent of the government's Energy Efficiency Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme.

Brian Tinham

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