Leading European textile dyer, printer, and finisher Pincroft released the company’s latest energy saving figures after investing €3.5m in a new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant for its site, where the manufacturer is now able to produce its own electricity and recycle heat for use across its textile operations.
A CHP unit is essentially a system that generates electricity and useful heat simultaneously from the same energy source. Usually, when electricity is produced, a great deal of heat is generated as a byproduct, which often goes to waste. A CHP unit captures this byproduct heat during electricity generation so it can be used across the production process.
With this technology, Pincroft has been able to produce 67% of its own electricity while the heat recovered from the CHP plant has saved an amount of natural gas equivalent to 658 tonnes of CO2 emissions during its first operating year.
“CHP is a proven technology offering a viable alternative to traditional centralized power generation, delivering a considerable efficiency increase compared to separate energy systems”, says Pincroft’s Business Strategy Analyst, Louise Becart.
“As next steps, we are evaluating other sustainable technologies to combine with our CHP equipment, with the aim of reducing our reliance on natural resources and power consumption as much as possible, in line with our net zero goals”, Louise adds.
About Pincroft:
With a British textile legacy of over 130 years, Pincroft provides continuous commission textile services for the pre-treatment, dyeing, printing and finishing of fabrics for a wide range of industries and end uses.
Strategically located in the North West of the UK within our 376,000 sq ft textile finishing dyehouse, we have one of Europe’s largest fully integrated textile processing and finishing operations. At Pincroft we export to more than 80 countries and have an annual production capacity of over 50 million meters.
Military printing and flame retardant finishing are two of our strong areas of expertise, with armies around the world wearing uniforms with fabrics printed and finished by us. With our sister company, Alltex, we are able to offer flexibility in batch dyeing and fabric finishing.
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