Facts It’s the equivalent of:
Powering one computer continuously for five months;
Burning a 60w light bulb continuously for one year;
The energy consumed by a typical house- hold leaving its electronic equipment on stand-by for one year.
Paper & The Environment, ATS Consulting August 2007
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To date the CCL discount has saved the industry £150,000,000 helping it to remain competitive in a global marketplace for paper.
CPI
Does 200kg of paper, the average amount each of us use every year, sound a lot?
Low Carbon Paper Production Combining the production of heat with electricity uses less overall energy than generating electricity and heat separately.
As well as incremental energy efficiency improvements, the use of large amounts of heat in papermaking makes paper mills potential sites to utilise CHP technology. Indeed, a number of European and UK strategies encourage the use of CHP, and the sector has responded by becoming one of the largest users of CHP. Almost half of UK paper mills have installed their own CHP, or are working with a third party to use the heat from an adjacent CHP operation.
Most of the sector CHP installations use natural gas, but in a number of cases, the CHP plant is powered by renewable energy sources.
This usually comprises different types of biomass, making use of wood and other wastes that would otherwise not be used. As carbon omitted from such sites is generally accepted to be recaptured by the continued growth of the woodland, biomass powered CHP is commonly regarded to be carbon neutral.
Working with the Carbon Trust CPI has been working closely with the Carbon Trust to develop an understanding of the opportunities for carbon saving, through improved awareness of energy use in papermaking. Several CPI members have benefited from Carbon Trust funding towards the installation of new monitoring equipment in certain parts of the papermaking process. The information from this monitoring will be collated into a report which will help identify the potential for further carbon savings in the sector. CPI will be working alongside the Carbon Trust to use the report to seek additional funding to help install new technology in mills.
Government Policies The election of a new Government in 2010 provided the opportunity for a review of energy related policies; a number of new proposals can be expected in 2011 together with continued implementation of policies originating from the European Commission. The new Government is still determined that the UK should continue to play a global lead in addressing climate change by driving down the emissions of fossil carbon in the UK.
CPI will continue to lobby that such policies should be in the context of European Union wide rules, working towards global agreements. CPI sees no benefit in driving down UK emissions, by making energy costs so uncompetitive as to drive out UK manufacturing, only to import emissions embedded in imported goods.
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