SIEMENS DECARBONISES SWEDISH COCA-COLA FACILITY

The Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) production facility in Jordbro reached the new milestone thanks to a major energy efficiency project executed with Siemens Smart Infrastructure. The factory, which opened in 1997, produces more than 1 million litres of beverages a day, in different flavours and package sizes.

CCEP partnered with Siemens to cut energy consumption and improve sustainability during production, and following an audit of the production plant’s energy use, defined several energy-saving measures. The energy efficiency project resulted in annual savings equivalent to the amount of energy needed to charge a hybrid car 400,000 times.

Peter Halliday, Head of Building Performance and Sustainability at Siemens Smart Infrastructure, said “Our energy and performance services are based on a strategic approach, utilizing value-stacking to exploit the full potential. This ensures we deliver a positive impact right from the start as well as in the long term for the entire organization”.

Some of the measures included installing new fans and heat recovery from high-pressure compressors. They say this not only led to substantial energy savings but also improved air quality within the buildings and quietened operations, which enhanced the quality of life for the surrounding residential areas. Also, Siemens upgraded the existing building management system to the Desigo CC platform, facilitating continuous optimization of the production plant’s energy use.

“We are very satisfied with how the project went, seeing how the implemented measures are paying off in a short time. Now, we look forward to continuing to develop the project to achieve even greater efficiency gains,” said Kim Hesselius, Property Manager at CocaCola European Partners in Sweden.

Siemens and Coca-Cola have collaborated on property automation for several years and are considering supporting CCEP’s net-zero target goals by 2040. A multi-industry company, as of September 30, 2020, Siemens had around 69,600 employees worldwide.

A result of its size recently came as it was named the third-best microgrid controls vendor in a Guidehouse Insights’ report. The report profiled, rated, and ranked the top microgrid controls vendors to provide industry participants with an objective assessment of these companies’ relative strengths and weaknesses in the global market for UES integration. The companies were rated on 12 criteria, including vision, production strategy, technology, geographic reach and staying power.

Siemens rivalled the likes of Schweitzer Engineering Labs (SEL), Schneider Electric, Tesla and Optimal Power Solutions in a comparison of 16 of the best utilityscale energy storage systems integrators. “SEL and Schneider offer contrasting strengths—SEL offers a low cost, market-leading technology for seamless islanding while Schneider Electric is pioneering new energy as a service (EaaS) business models for microgrids”, says Peter Asmus, research director with Guidehouse Insights. “The third market leader is Siemens, which has expanded its microgrid offerings and helped develop leading-edge microgrids across multiple geographies”. MV