Fujifilm has completed its wind turbine power generation project at its Tilburg plate facility in the Netherlands. Five Vestas V90 turbines, developed in partnership with ENECO, are now online, providing as much as 2mW each and contributing around a fifth of energy used at the 63 hectare site.
 

Fujfilm's wind turbine project supplies a fifth of the site's energy requirements

Fujifilm Europe has pledged to become carbon neutral and the turbines will help remove some 12,000 tonnes of CO2 from its annual emissions. The wind project sits alongside other initiatives including a water recycling facility which helps reduce waste. The company estimates it reuses around 13% of the waste it produces, recycles 68%, regenerates 18% and less than 1% remains to be disposed of. It is also looking at how it can clean some of its waste water for reuse within the factory and is investigating a project linking up with three other companies on the possibility of creating a complete waste water treatment system on site. Additionally it is investigating the feasibility of using bio rather than natural gas.

The company said it is close to completing the construction of its third plate manufacturing line PS-10 which will be tasked with producing its lo-chem range as well as the Brillia HD PRO-T3.

Fujifilm Europe senior vice president Ryuta Masui said: "It's not only the way we manufacture our products that is important but also the products themselves. We aim to manufacture both processless and low-chemistry offset plates at this site, and are also in the process of developing other exciting products for sustainable applications in other areas of our business here at Tilburg."