GHG Emissions, Industrial, Sourcing Renewables  -  August 19, 2024

Partner in Pet Food Hungaria Adopts Steam Power

Partner in Pet Food Hungaria KFT (PPF), a European private label pet food producer, announced it has entered a 12-year Heat as a Service agreement for steam power.

The agreement was signed with Brenmiller Energy Ltd., a global provider of thermal energy storage (TES) solutions for industrial and utility markets. Under the terms of the agreement, Brenmiller will deliver low-cost and low-carbon steam to PPF and be in a position to offer grid balancing services to the local transmission system operator, MAVIR. 

The company expects project costs to total around $5 million.

Under the terms of the agreement, Brenmiller will design, build, own and operate a 30 MWh bGen™ ZERO system next to PPF’s pet food manufacturing plant in Dombovar, Hungary. 

Brenmiller’s bGen™ ZERO will take priority over PPF’s existing fossil fuel boilers, significantly reducing the pet food manufacturer’s energy costs and carbon footprint. PPF will purchase steam from Brenmiller at a fixed rate.

In Hungary, TSO MAVIR recently made heat battery asset owners eligible for compensation through a new capacity market program designed to incentivize flexibility. Brenmiller can also leverage the bGen™ to participate in MAVIR’s grid balancing market and increase project revenues.

Partner in Pet Food produces more than 700,000 tons of pet food annually that is distributed from its 12 production facilities to over 400 retailers across 35 and more European countries. Brenmiller’s arrangement with PPF will help the company achieve its emissions reduction targets of 42% by the end of 2030.

“Our company is committed to sustainability, and Brenmiller’s turnkey bGen™ technology is an ideal way for us to prepare our manufacturing operations for the future,” said Gerald Kuehr, Chief Executive Officer of PPF, in a statement. “As a European leading company in private-label pet food, producing over 700,000 tons of pet food annually, we have an obligation to lead by example and drive the sustainability agenda in our industry forward. We are pleased to work with Brenmiller to achieve our greenhouse gases reduction goals.”

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