Over the past year, Portugal’s largest drinks producer, saved over 1m Euros by reducing the energy consumption at its largest beer brewery.
The savings were the result of a three-year partnership with Danfoss Solutions, which helped the producer improved its control of the energy consumption and the processes affecting it.
The brewery cut 18% off the total energy consumption, corresponding to an annual CO2 reduction of 3,400 tons. The results were achieved through an improved awareness of energy consumption and through the implementation of new systems and technology solutions.
The employees are now focusing on saving energy as part of their daily work. The brewery also reached some of the biggest single savings by improving the steam consumption when brewing the beer and by optimising the refrigeration system using 25 VLT® frequency converters, among other things.
The largest beverage producer in Portugal, UNICER, owns the brewery and Danfoss has made several agreements with them concerning energy optimisation at breweries and mineral water factories.
