Kraft Heinz receives government funding to install a heat pump system at its Wigan factory, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and operational costs.
Heinz beans and spaghetti hoops are going green after food giant Kraft Heinz won Government backing for a high-tech £7.2m heat pump project at its Wigan factory. The food giant employs some 850 people at Kitt Green making some of the company’s famous tinned foods, including Heinz Baked Beanz. It’s one of the biggest food factories in Europe. Heinz is using the latest funding to change the way it heats the water it uses to blanch beans and to boil spaghetti hoops.
Instead of burning fossil fuels to heat the water, it will instead install heat pumps that will reuse waste heat from other parts of the factory. Heinz says the move will help cut emissions and cut its bills, allowing it to invest more in other areas. The company has secured £2.5m from the government’s Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), which supports businesses booking to use technology to cut carbon emissions. It has backed that up with almost £5m of its own money. Saji Jacob, head of west Europe supply chain at Heinz, said: “The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund has enabled this energy efficiency project to become a reality at our largest food manufacturing plant in Europe. “It represents a critical step in our decarbonisation journey towards Net Zero. The UK business recognises the significance of the investment and is committed to further utilising this technology across our company.” This is the latest bid by Heinz to cut carbon emissions at the Wigan plant. Last year Heinz announced it wanted to build a £40m green-powered hydrogen plant there that could generate more than half of the gas it uses. In total the Government is supporting 25 emissions-cutting projects across England, Wales and Northern Ireland with £51.9m in funding through its Plan for Change to drive economic growth. Other North West firms to win funding through the IETF scheme include Warrington-based recycler Novelis, which has secured £14m towards the £63m expansion of its Latchford Locks sit
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