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Description
Mira mar 08 Ltd is a small family company specialized in coffee and cocoa production. The company is very successful on the national market – having several shops in the country, but also having shops in Europe. In the past few years, the company is having constant trend of developing and increasing its production. With the implementation of the project proposal the company will furthers increase the level of the energy efficiency with: • Installment of specialized high-tech machine for coffee beans baking with very high efficiency and with integrated innovative systems for the reduction of the CO2 gases. The baking of the beans is with hot air blowing controlled by the machine with constant monitoring of the level of readiness. The machine also controls the process of cooling of the beans for preserving their entirety. For the proper operation of the machine, new propane tank will be installed. This will reduce the consumption of energy, reduce the operational pressures and eliminate the losses from the unused fuel in the current bottles. • implementation of energy monitoring and control system • mounting of heat recovery unit for the utilization of the waste energy during the process of baking and returning it back to the industrial process as heating the supplied air for baking • Create strong relationship between the company and the Norwegian partner and sharing good practices between the countries The implementation of all of the activities will greatly increase the production capacity of the company while decreasing the production costs and energy consumption. The end result will be in total compliance with the goals of the program - increase the level of energy efficiency in the industry, reduction of the total consumed energy , reduction of the generated greenhouse gases.
Summary of project results
The implementation of the project improves the production infrastructure and reduces production costs. The aim of the project is low-energy production, reuse of waste heat in production, continuous monitoring of energy consumption and increasing energy efficiency. This leads to a reduction in economic and social disparities in the EEA and will have a positive impact in terms of economic growth and job creation, and energy savings will also lead to savings of financial resources.
As a result of the project, a new highly efficient coffee roasting machine was delivered and installed, meeting the trends in the field of coffee production, a recuperative unit was installed on the chimney of the new machine, and a propane storage tank was built to replace propane-butane bottles. Specialized monitoring and analysis software was implemented to monitor the energy consumed.
With the implementation of the planned project activities, the following specific objectives will be achieved: increasing energy efficiency in the enterprise, saving natural resources, utilizing waste heat and reducing the carbon footprint, significant annual energy and financial savings, reducing emissions of harmful substances and environmental pollution, and approaching the principles of climate neutrality and circular economy.
Summary of bilateral results
Improved bilateral cooperation with interested stakeholders in the field of energy efficiency to present good practices and future development.