| Project Detail |
George Weston Foods Limited (GWF) will evaluate the feasibility of modernising the refrigeration infrastructure at GWF’s Don Smallgoods facility located in Castlemaine VIC, with an aim of incorporating heat recovery for use in hot water and other process heating uses.
Need
The study relates to the food and beverage manufacturing sector, potentially bringing forward investment in modernised refrigeration equipment and associated heat recovery equipment that increases renewable energy use, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and has potential for replicability to other food processing sites.
The study site comprises three separate plant buildings. Plant 2, the focus of the study, was constructed in a number of stages and has transformed from a drystore and refrigerated storage facility to the main production building for salami and smallgoods manufacturing.
The Plant 2 refrigeration system is complex and difficult to maintain, as well as having multiple areas where equipment is no longer suitable for its current duty (e.g., former blast freezers that now serve as thawing rooms). Plant 2 contains its own refrigeration, steam, hot water, chilled water and compressed air systems.
Action
The study will deploy additional metering and a cloud-based data analytics platform, CoolPlanet OS, developed by Climatech Zero, to develop a visual plot of decarbonisation actions and projects against the current emissions and future targets (Net Zero Glidepath). |
