Funding secured for greener glass production
Funding has been awarded to Kew Technology and Pilkington to provide on-site fuel switching. The project would involve Kew’s modular, advanced gasification units providing syngas as a pressurised natural gas substitute to reduce the consumption of carbon-intensive natural gas and subsequent emissions at the two NSG Group glass manufacturing sites in St Helens.
The Modular Approach to Decarbonisation of Energy (MADE) for Glass project represents an important step for NSG Group in its aims to decarbonise its production processes and achieve a 21% reduction in site emissions by 2030.
Neil Syder, managing director at Pilkington UK, said: “We are excited to explore the potential for syngas as a lower-carbon alternative fuel to natural gas in support of our decarbonisation objectives. This project will enable us to better understand the technical and commercial benefits that Kew’s technology can deliver.”
Kamal Kalsi, CEO of Kew Technology, said: “Kew’s participation in BEIS’ Industrial Fuel Switching program provides a great opportunity to develop and demonstrate the decarbonisation benefits which the commercial deployment of Kew’s advanced gasification technology can deliver to the UK’s energy intensive industries.”
