Sinebrychoff Shares a Power Plant with the City of Kerava 

SAVING ENERGY BY SHARING A POWER PLANT 

In 1992, an initiative was formulated that would allow our brewery to share a power plant with the city of Kerava. It was a unique opportunity to reduce energy costs and benefit the environment in a way that had not been done before. The project faced initial scepticism, with many believing that its main objectives could not be met. 

MEETING THE CHALLENGE

The main challenge was to combine the needs of a modern city and a production plant in an efficient way, ensuring the requirements of both were satisfied. This was achieved by locating part of the energy plant of Kerava  in the production plant of Sinebrychoff.  In this way, the energy received at 165 degrees Celsius could be used for beverage production and then re-used and sent to heat houses and other facilities in the city.

A CLEAR RESULT

This opportunity to create savings by recycling energy and to benefit the environment by reducing waste has now been in action for 17 years. The results are clear: 30% saving on costs and, more importantly, a huge reduction on the impact two separate power plants would have had on the environment.

INITIATIVES FOR THE FUTURE

In 2010, bio energy will be used as a fuel in the production process of the Sinebrychoff plant of Kerava, with the conversion of the main Kerava power plant into bio energy in 2009. Bio energy can save on costs and reduce impact on the environment as an alternative to the burning of fossil fuels.

Carlsberg Group is continually looking at ways of improving efficiency and helping the environment.  Cutting costs and sharing power is part of that initiative.