HEINEKEN and Engie move towards net zero emissions with a new solar thermal plant in Seville – EQ Mag Pro

• The HEINEKEN Spain family advances in its commitment to be the first Spanish brewer with ZERO net emissions before 2025 with a new commitment to renewable energies that will decarbonize its factory in Seville and avoid the emission of 7,000 tons of CO2 per year.

• ENGIE Spain, a world leader in low-carbon energy and services, will accompany the brewer for the next 20 years to reduce the plant’s fossil gas consumption by 60%, thanks to a concentrating solar thermal solution.

• It is the first time in Spain that this technology is integrated for the self-consumption of thermal energy in the production process of a factory in the agri-food industry.

HEINEKEN Spain and ENGIE Spain have signed an agreement for the construction and commissioning of a new 100% renewable solar thermal energy generation plant ( CSP , Concentrated Solar Power) at the brewery’s factory in Seville. This new facility will mean a reduction of more than 60% in fossil gas consumption and in HEINEKEN Spain’s carbon footprint by almost 7,000 tons of CO2 per year.

The new thermal power generation plant represents a breakthrough in its ambition to be the first Spanish brewery with ZERO net emissions in production before 2025 , five years before the commitment made at a global level, accelerating HEINEKEN’s path towards carbon neutrality. Spain. It joins milestones such as those already achieved in 2020, when it became the first brewery to produce all its products with 100% renewable electricity , producing more than 4.2 billion beers of beers such as Heineken®, Cruzcampo, El Águila and Amstel per year. with the power of the sun; and in 2021, when its plant in Jaén became the first zero-emission breweryin Spain and the largest in Europe thanks to the use of thermal energy from biomass in the Jaén olive grove.

The new solar thermal plant will be installed within the grounds of the HEINEKEN Spain factory in Seville, for its own consumption and as an alternative device for generating thermal energy whose primary source, solar radiation, is 100% renewable, unlimited and free of emissions. This technology increases the reliability and availability of energy by doubling the production capacity of superheated water for factory consumption, guaranteeing a stable energy supply for decades for manufacturing and packaging processes. It thus becomes a pioneering integration of this technology in the agri-food sector in Spain and in the world.

ENGIE Spain is responsible for the design, installation, management, maintenance and financing of the project, materialized in a long-term BOOT (Build, Own, Operate, Transfer) contract, to supply 100% renewable energy to HEINEKEN Spain for the next 20 years .

This is one more step in HEINEKEN’s sustainable path, fostering alliances to promote a collective commitment and positioning Spain as a pioneer country in the implementation of these key initiatives for the implementation of the global emissions reduction program framed within the global sustainability strategy Delivering a Better World .

Source: heinekenespana