The Furnance of the Future is Coming
‘FURNACE OF THE FUTURE’ A ‘MAJOR MILESTONE’ IN MOVE TOWARDS ‘CLIMATE-NEUTRAL’ GLASS PACKAGING The article below, published by the drinks business,is about the partnership created by various European players that gathered to build a furnace that will run on 80% green electricity. Please find the whole article below: Using a collaborative approach, with a forecast completion date of 2022, and with Germany the chosen location, a new furnace that will run on up to 80% green electricity in place of fossil fuels is due to be fully operational by 2023. Dubbed the ‘Furnace of the Future’, as many as 20 European container glass manufacturers have come together...
Global carbon dioxide emissions flatlined in 2019
The Press Release below was launched yesterday by the International Energy Agency: Despite widespread expectations of another increase, global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions stopped growing in 2019, according to IEA data released today. After two years of growth, global emissions were unchanged at 33 gigatonnes in 2019 even as the world economy expanded by 2.9%. This was primarily due to declining emissions from electricity generation in advanced economies, thanks to the expanding role of renewable sources (mainly wind and solar), fuel switching from coal to natural gas, and higher nuclear power generation. Other factors included milder weather in several countries, and slower economic growth in some emerging markets. “We...