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Electrifying: Shane Thurlow of WoolWorks with Alpine Energy’s service delivery manager Damien Whiffen and the wool scouring company’s new electric boiler which will reduce the Timaru plant’s CO2 emissions by 11,000 tonnes per annum, the equivalent of removing 3000 cars off the roads.
WoolWorks decarbonises Canterbury wool-scouring site WoolWorks, New Zealand’s largest wool scouring company, has successfully decarbonised its Timaru facility following a $9.5 million investment.
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The company has replaced a coal-fired boiler with a European eight megawatt electric boiler, reducing 11,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum, or the equivalent of removing 3,000 cars off the roads. The South Island plant is believed to be only the second early stage textile processor to become decarbonised in the world.
WoolWorks invested $5.85m in the project with EECA (the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority) contributing $3.65m through the Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry (GIDI) fund. Business Development Manager at WoolWorks, Rosstan Mazey, said this was a significant milestone for the company and for Wool Inc. New Zealand. “While the apparel brands have been lead-
ing the way with championing the sustainability aspects of wool, the earlier stages of the supply chain have been slow to adopt carbon initiatives,” Mazey said. “The ongoing benefits for the wool industry are significant. We have just returned from a sales trip through Europe and the customers that we visited were very clear they wanted product from companies that are committed to climate action.”
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