What impact can all-electric melting have on the future of glass production?
This will be one of the topics at the forthcoming Glassman Asia conference in Bangkok, Thailand in February.
Electroglass’ Grahame Stuart (pictured below) will discuss how energy price instability, raw material cost increases, reduced consumer confidence and a need to modernise for a greener tomorrow are all challenges that we face every day.
In a presentation titled All-Electric Melting: The proven technology for a sustainable, renewable and low carbon future, Grahame will discuss how glass is moving from a conservative industry that evolved at a steady pace over the last 50 years, to an industry seeing huge changes almost overnight.
With this comes more uncertainty and a risk of further financial losses and costs.
Over the last few years much has been written about the future of glass manufacturing as it transitions to Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050.
A lot of what has been discussed has focused on green hydrogen and carbon capture, both of which rely heavily on renewable, emission free electricity to be effective.
Grahame’s question will be is hydrogen really the solution for a sustainable, energy efficient, low carbon glass industry of the future and how does it compare to natural gas?
Could All-Electric melting offer a cheaper, easier and more cost effective solution and in a much shorter time frame?
