The geothermal warmth pump facility of Bosch in Braga, Portugal (supply: Bosch)
A geothermal warmth pump system is contributing the fossil fuel-free operations of Bosch industrial facility in Braga, Portugal.
The ability of Bosch beneath the Automotive Multimedia division in Braga, Portugal has put in a geothermal heating and cooling system as a part of a wider initiative to remove the usage of pure fuel as an power supply on the website. It is a main step in decreasing the carbon footprint of the Braga facility, which is the most important Bosch firm in Portugal and the principle personal employer in Braga.
The geothermal system consists of 140 geothermal probes reaching to a depth of 133 meters which then present provide to a water-cooled warmth pump. Using this geothermal system has resulted in a major discount in carbon emissions, estimated at round 600 tons of CO2 per 12 months. Developed and applied between 2022 and 2023, it’s thought of one of many largest geothermal crops in Portugal.
The geothermal warmth pump mission was applied by an funding of EUR 2 million and is a part of the PRR (Restoration and Resilience Plan) framework for the decarbonization of trade, assembly the targets for its implementation: “discount of emissions and conservation of pure assets; steady enchancment of power efficiency; value discount and optimization of investments for power effectivity”.
The Braga facility produces a wide-ranging portfolio of digital merchandise, primarily navigation methods and automotive radios for the automotive trade. The plant has a Analysis & Growth division, an Digital Service and a Centre of Bosch IT and Digital Companies, each accountable for Iberia.
Fossil fuel-free operations
The geothermal mission builds upon the earlier work to put in 5,934 photovoltaic modules on the Braga facility able to producing 5 GWh of electrical energy yearly. With the geothermal system now additionally operation, the ability has discontinued the usage of fossil fuels and runs solely on renewable power.
“This decarbonization mission could be very related and vital for the Bosch website in Braga, because it displays the work we’re growing inside the scope of our dedication to sustainability, each as an organization and to society typically,” stated Carlos Ribas, Technical Director of Bosch in Braga.
“This isn’t an remoted mission, because it matches inside the power transition technique that Bosch is implementing throughout all enterprise areas, whether or not by making use of measures and options that promote power effectivity at its varied areas or within the improvement of providers and the manufacturing of applied sciences and merchandise that can assist shoppers use varied energies extra effectively and sustainably.”
The mission’s primary idea additionally features a set of extra measures, involving varied complementary options: power restoration from present infrastructure, significantly from compressed air manufacturing and chilled water manufacturing tools; excessive seasonal effectivity warmth pump and chiller methods; and the continual monitoring and optimization of the technical administration of buildings to make the management of HVAC (Heating, Air flow, and Air Conditioning) methods extra autonomous and environment friendly.
Mixed, these measures end in a saving of roughly 5,740 MWh of pure fuel, which corresponds to an annual discount of 1,160 tons of CO2 emissions.
Supply: Bosch Portugal
