ShareNetherlands: refrigeration accounts for 18% of total electricity consumption in the industrial sector
A study (1) by KWA Business Consultants on the annual energy consumption of refrigeration plants in various industrial and non-industrial sectors in The Netherlands was presented during ICR2011.
A study (1) by KWA Business Consultants on the annual energy consumption of refrigeration plants in various industrial and non-industrial sectors in The Netherlands was presented during ICR2011.
The industrial sector (including the food and drug industry) has an electrical energy consumption of 200 PJ primary energy in total. Refrigeration consumes 35 PJ, which is an 18% share.
Within the industrial sector, bulk chemical industry (9.0 PJ), refining (3.6 PJ), refrigerated warehouses (2.0 PJ), oil and gas production (1.9 PJ) and dairy (1.8 PJ) are the subsectors with the highest electricity consumption related to refrigeration.
The non-industrial sectors have an electrical energy consumption of 96 PJ in total, of which refrigeration uses 21 PJ, i.e. a 22% share.
Supermarkets are one of the sub-sectors within the non-industrial sector with the highest electricity consumption related to refrigeration (6.7 PJ), along with data centres (2.6 PJ), hotels and restaurants (2.8 PJ), air-conditioned offices (2.5 PJ), hospitals (2.1 PJ) and above all, household refrigerators, with an annual consumption related to refrigeration of 34 PJ primary energy.
(1) The energy consumption of refrigeration installations and refrigerant charges in Dutch industrial sectors, Pennartz et al.
The industrial sector (including the food and drug industry) has an electrical energy consumption of 200 PJ primary energy in total. Refrigeration consumes 35 PJ, which is an 18% share.
Within the industrial sector, bulk chemical industry (9.0 PJ), refining (3.6 PJ), refrigerated warehouses (2.0 PJ), oil and gas production (1.9 PJ) and dairy (1.8 PJ) are the subsectors with the highest electricity consumption related to refrigeration.
The non-industrial sectors have an electrical energy consumption of 96 PJ in total, of which refrigeration uses 21 PJ, i.e. a 22% share.
Supermarkets are one of the sub-sectors within the non-industrial sector with the highest electricity consumption related to refrigeration (6.7 PJ), along with data centres (2.6 PJ), hotels and restaurants (2.8 PJ), air-conditioned offices (2.5 PJ), hospitals (2.1 PJ) and above all, household refrigerators, with an annual consumption related to refrigeration of 34 PJ primary energy.
(1) The energy consumption of refrigeration installations and refrigerant charges in Dutch industrial sectors, Pennartz et al.