At the NEXE cement factory, the largest member of the regional construction materials manufacturer, the final conference of the project ‘Energy renovation and renewable energy sources in NEXE cement factory d.d. – EnU-2’ was held, the company announced.
The project is valued at a total of 24.94 million kuna (3.31 million euros), and within the framework of the competition ‘Increasing energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources in manufacturing industries’ of the Operational Program Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014 – 2020, an amount of 1.31 million euros (9.9 million kuna) was approved from the European Regional Development Fund.
– The project, which started implementation in early 2022, involved a series of activities in the production plant and buildings of the factory that resulted in increased energy efficiency, production and use of renewable energy sources, and reduced CO₂ emissions. At the same time, the buildings covered by the energy renovation within this project have been enabled to transition to a higher energy class. The project is another step towards achieving the strategic goal of the NEXE Group towards a green and energy transition of the business – said NEXE CEO Ivan Ergović.
The project unit includes the production plant and buildings. In the production plant, activities were carried out to introduce more efficient electric motor drives in the raw material dryer, technological measures that result in reduced energy consumption, revitalization of electrical installations by introducing efficient lighting systems (replacement of all external lighting of the plant and replacement of lighting in the palletizing hall, introduction of smart meters and devices for detailed monitoring of energy consumption, and installation of new systems for electricity generation from solar energy – construction of an integrated solar power plant on the roof of the raw material depot.
