Our partnership with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCH) has allowed one of our signature innovations to flourish in several countries. From Western Europe to Poland, our combined-heat-and-power plants supply CCH with energy that is more reliable and less expensive, while substantially reducing the environmental impact of its existing operations. In fact, these installations are cutting carbon emissions by more than 80,000 tons.

Quadgeneration (Ploiesti, Radzymin, Nogara and KMH) involves building a cogeneration facility at each CCH location to provide electric power, heat and steam, chilled water, and food-grade carbon dioxide. The plants use one or more simple gas engines, and capture the engine’s exhaust gas to provide heat, hot water and/or steam. Heat recovered from the engines cooling system is transformed to chilled water via absorption chiller. In parallel with heat generation, carbon dioxide is removed from the exhaust gas, cleaned, compressed and purified to beverage/food-grade quality and used to carbonate CCH’s carbonated drinks. With this technology, we are able to reduce the CO2 emissions by 95%.

CHP Oricola involves building a trigeneration facility at this CCH location to provide electric power, heat (hot water and steam), chilled water. 

In addition to providing these environmental benefits, we have kept costs low for CCH by standardizing the design of each facility so that operations are consistent and any necessary construction can occur simultaneously in multiple locations.”

How we work with our neighbors:

• Donating to a local children’s cancer charity in Northern Ireland
• Organizing plant visits for Verona high school students that provided insight on cogeneration and career opportunities in energy in Italy
• Sponsored a local tennis tournament in Italy
• Participating in the Zakretki Foundation’s recycling campaign, which raises money to purchase wheelchairs for disabled children in Poland
• Environmental cleanup in Romania