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Decarbonising project for Heineken UK

28 July 2023

GEA has supplied Heineken UK with a low carbon heat network for its Manchester brewery, in support of its global ambition to reach net zero across its production sites (scopes 1 and 2) by 2030.

The Manchester brewery’s decarbonisation journey starts with the installation of heat pumps and a heat pump network capturing and reusing heat to brew and package beer. GEA will design, supply and install the low carbon heat network to the existing plant and will modify the legacy process equipment. 

Currently, steam is produced in large steam boilers powered by natural gas. With the new system, Heineken UK will use a low temperature (90°C) hot water network – driven by GEA heat pumps – to replace steam boilers with environmentally friendly heat pumps powered by electricity. The heat pump solution operates on an environmentally friendly ammonia refrigerant with zero ozone depletion potential (ODP) and zero global warming potential (GWP). Distribution and recovery pipe work make up the foundation of the network, which will absorb the heat from multiple processes. 

The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2024 and it is estimated that the installation will result in a 45% decrease in gas use, leading to a reduction of carbon emissions. 


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