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FURNACE DEVELOPMENTS
Furnace developments
THE FURNACE OF
THE FUTURE
a vision for climate
neutral packaging
to switch to green energy such as
HE WORLD’S FIRST
electricity. It will be the world’s
LARGE-SCALE HYBRID
first large-scale hybrid oxy-fuel
TFURNACE
The industry’s collective furnace to run on 80 per cent
‘Furnace of the Future’ pilot pro- renewable electricity, and will:
ject is a breakthrough technology • be capable of processing over
that will allow the glass industry 300 tonnes of glass per day;
• replace fossil fuel energy
sources via a hybrid furnace
using up to 80 per cent green
electricity;
• be able to melt all kinds of
glass together with recycled
glass.
This pioneering hybrid tech-
nology will become a major mile-
stone towards climate-neutral
glass packaging. Already today,
by using more recycled glass,
we can dramatically reduce CO2
emissions, by 5 per cent for each
10 per cent more recycled glass
used. This will replace current
fossil-fuel energy sources and cut
CO2 emissions by 50 per cent.
For the very first time, 20
industry companies have joined
forces to create, fund and test a
pilot furnace project under real-
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