Renewable energy

At Holywell, a met mast, to measure and log wind patterns, has now been installed and will measure wind speed on the site for a period of 12 months. This will help determine the financial feasibility of installing a large scale wind turbine on the facility. This is a pilot exercise as we are committed to running all our UK & Irish panel manufacturing plants by renewable energy and are investigating renewable technologies and sources for all sites. There is currently a small wind turbine in place which generates electrical power for the Energi Centre on the site.

At the Kingspan Insulation Boards plant at Pembridge, a combined heat and power (CHP) plant has been installed on site and in January 2008 was brought online. Initially gas fired, it is anticipated that the CHP plant will provide on average up to 90% of the plant’s annual electrical requirements and up to 40% of all heating needs. For every kW of electricity produced by the CHP installation, the site’s CO₂ emissions will be reduced by 265 grams, equating to an estimated saving of 44,953 tonnes of CO₂ over a 15 year period. There is potential to use biogas from local agricultural sources to fuel the CHP plant in the future, which may bring further efficiencies.

The Kingspan Energi Centre at Holywell North Wales. Designed in a holistic manner and incorporating Kingspan products to demonstrate what is possible in terms of energy and CO₂ reduction by using best in-class Modern Methods of Construction.