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AN ILLUSTRATIVE CHART SHOWING ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES

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BERALMAR PARTICIPATES IN THE ICAEN RENOVA'T PLAN

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NEW FACTORY IN UZBEKISTAN

Everyone in the ceramics industry knows that energy is a key factor that affects every economic sphere.

That's why we thought it worthwhile to share with our readers this fantastic chart from the highly recommended website Visual Capitalist on the original source and ultimate end use for the energy generated from different sources in the United States in 2018:

Here are some interesting facts we can take from it:

• 80.2% of the energy mix still comes from fossil fuels. .
• 26.3% of the energy consumed in the United States corresponds to the industrial sector.
• The transport sector consumes the most energy with 28.3%. Although transport is also the sector with the highest percentage of fossil fuels consumed (99.7%), it is also the sector that is expected to transition faster to electricity consumption in the coming years.
• Two-thirds of the electricity is generated from fossil fuels, something that needs to change if the transport sector’s transition to electricity consumption is to have any relevance.

The RENOVA'T PLAN, promoted by the ICAEN (Catalan Institute of Energy) aims to increase energy efficiency in the industrial sector, in order to achieve the goal of a fully carbon-free energy system in Catalonia by 2050.

BERALMAR is one of the 10 manufacturers adhering to this plan, which will focus on the renewal of electric motors, air compressors and combustion systems, the latter being one of BERALMAR’s areas of expertise.

BERALMAR will contribute to the RENOVA'T PLAN through the preparation of economic, energy and environmental feasibility studies for the renewal of industrial combustion equipment.

In Catalonia, the industrial sector currently represents 21% of its GDP and consumes 27% of its energy. The government hopes that in the long term the industrial sector will account for 25% of GDP, with a significant decrease in energy consumption.

We hope that BERALMAR can contribute to achieving these ambitious objectives.

Miquel Moix during the presentation of BERALMAR's contribution to the RENOVA'T PLAN

Representatives of the companies adhering to the RENOVA'T PLAN, together with the relevant Catalan government officials.

BERALMAR has just commissioned a new factory in Uzbekistan. The new factory, called CERAMIC BRICKS, is located on the outskirts of the historic city of Samarkand, famous for being a hub on the silk route, as well as a first class tourist destination.

The factory features a direct setting dryer and a tunnel kiln, for the production of 200 tonnes/day of perforated bricks using 100% coal, and BERALMAR's solutions comprises:

• All the factory’s mechanisms: cutting, settingg of kiln cars, dehacking of kiln cars and packaging.
• LLEVANT direct kiln car setting dryer.
• PRESTHERMIC high-performance tunnel kiln, equipped with a PROMATIC coal firing system.

The only fuel used in the factory is coal, which is promoted by the local authorities as the main source of thermal energy in the production of bricks. If in the future, natural gas could be consumed in the factory, even if only to install gas combustion units in the kiln preheating zone, production could rise to around 300 tonnes/day.

In any case, the combination of a direct setting dryer and the exclusive use of coal makes the new CERAMIC BRICKS factory in Samarkand the most automated and competitive factory in this Central Asian country, and from here we would like to thank the owners for the trust they have placed in BERALMAR to carry out this project.

Direct setting of green material onto kiln cars.

Centralized drying and grinding of coal in the PROMATIC system.

Coal combustion facility. Coal is the only fuel used in the factory.

Excellent quality of the final product.