Des isolateurs en porcelaine conformes à la philosophie de l'économie circulaire

Une économie circulaire est basée sur les principes d’élimination des déchets et de la pollution, du maintien en service des produits et des matériaux et du renouvellement des ressources naturels.

Dans une économie circulaire, les matériaux ont un cycle fermé. Les déchets n’existent pas, car chaque flux résiduel peut être utilisé pour fabriquer un nouveau produit. Dans ce système, il est donc important non seulement que les matériaux soient recyclés correctement, mais aussi que les produits, les composants et les matières premières restent de haute qualité dans ces cycles.

Les isolants céramiques sont par nature écologiques et s’inscrivent pleinement dans cette philosophie.

L’économie circulaire de la céramique illustre les principes suivants représentés par les isolateurs en porcelaine :

Matières premières élémentaire

Chaîne d’approvisionnement courte

Durée de vie extrêmement longue > 50 ans

Ne contient que des matériaux non dangereux et est 100 % recyclable.

Pour en savoir plus sur le fait que les isolateurs en porcelaine sont un choix plus écologique, vous pouvez consulter le site suivant

Fin 2020, le CPP a reçu une lettre ouverte des sept principaux gestionnaires de réseaux de transport européens:

Elia Group (Belgium)

REN (Portugal)

RTE (France)

Tenne T (Netherlands, Germany)

Grupo RED Eléctrica (Spain)

National Grid (Greait Britain)

Terna (Italy)

This letter presents the invitation to the PPC Insulators Group to join their journey for the greener choice.

As Transmission System Operators (TSO), we are at the center of the energy transition of our societies and economies towards a more sustainable and carbon-free world. Our mission is to ensure that we provide sufficient capacities for the transport of renewable energies, while ensuring reliability of critical network infrastructures at affordable costs for our customers. We owe this to the societies we serve.

Yet, as the transition towards a more sustainable economy continues, more and more elements of our core business are affected by this transition—from the way we interact, move and produce to the way today’s demands is shaping tomorrow’s supply. Thus, as TSOs, our responsibility has grown far beyond our traditional objectives. Today, we must also reflect on the choices we make when buying the materials and services that are essential to our operation.

The international momentum of investments into more sustainable products provides us with the certainty that we are only at the beginning of a global transition. A growing societal responsibility demands of each enterprise—public or private—to contribute towards this common objective. As European utilities, we must lead the way in this transition and attempt to be at the forefront of green investments. As Purchasing Departments, we play a significant role in this ambition. This means paying increased attention to the environmental, biodiversity, circular economy and social impact of the equipment and services we buy – simply put: making a greener choice. We welcome and promote new ideas to fulfill conventional needs with innovative solutions. We are convinced that almost all aspects of our business will become ”greener” and more sustainable by revising the technologies and methods, investing in innovative digital technologies (5G, AI) to allow electricity networks to play their role as a “central nervous system” of the electricity system.

All suppliers—established and new—are encouraged to contribute to this evolution. We will take into consideration this new trend in our future selection and / or awarding criteria’s.

Furthermore, we strive to gain a deeper insight into the environmental footprint and social impact of the products and services we purchase. We do this with the long-term objective to encourage those suppliers who are able to make measurable reductions in this regard.

Lastly, as TSOs, we are jointly urging and will incentivize our partners to set up sustainability targets. Simultaneously, we recognize that our suppliers rely on a clear signal from the European market, setting the path for the coming decades in order to ensure the necessary investments.

With the present letter, we seek to confirm our engagement to support this transition and encourage our existing and future suppliers to take decisive action for a more sustainable and resilient world tomorrow.

Together, we are ready to make the Greener Choice.

Réponse de PPC Insulators à la lettre ouverte des GRT

Reference: Your letter “The Greener Choice”

Dear TSO’s

As a supplier to you and many other TSO’s around the globe it is with great pleasure we received your letter referenced above. Our spontaneous comment after studying its content is “GREAT!”. PPC has since long encouraged the large players (TSO and OEMs) in the T&D industry to include sustainability and overall lifetime cost (economical and environmental) when selecting products/suppliers rather than solely focusing on low cost initial price.

Referencing again your letter and the section where you welcome suppliers to promote new ideas. We will contact your local representatives for a meeting (or VC) to explain what PPC Insulators is already doing in this regard and what more we can achieve by working closely together. To succeed, investment in both time and money is required. PPC is already doing both. We expect this investment to pay-off and look forward to learning how you will evaluate products/suppliers not only based on lowest offered price but also from a sustainability perspective.

To give you a flavor of our ambitions. By ways of compensating, in partnership with ClimateCare ltd, PPC Insulators was already Carbon Neutral (Kioto Scope 1 and 2) in 2019. Going forward we are examining how to achieve full Carbon Neutrality (without compensation) by 2030. The path to neutrality is the sum of many steps of which the major ones include advanced degree of heat-recuperation and use of green fuels in all manufacturing processes.

With regards to another key aspect of the circular economy, re-use, we already today have virtually no waste in the production and all delivered products are 100% recyclable. For your reference we attached a white paper “Porcelain Insulators are naturally green”

Thanks for taking this initiative and we look forward to constructive dialogue with your various teams. As PPC Insulators we are for sure ready to join you in making a Greener Choice!

Erik Göthlin

CEO PPC Insulator group

Vienna 2021-01-31

Attached: PPC White Paper “Porcelain Insulators are Naturally green”

REACH/ROHS

Tous les isolateurs en porcelaine PPC sont en aluminium C130, fabriqués à partir de matériaux naturels, dont le kaolin, l’argile, le feldspath, alumine et la silice. Ces matières premières et minéraux ne contiennent pas de substances listés RoHs ou SVHC. PPC utilise des ferrures et des brides faites principalement de fonte ou d’aluminium coulé, qui ne contiennent aucun des minéraux ou substances à surveiller. Aucun déchet dangereux n’est produit durant le procédé de production, et il n’y a pas d’effets graves ou chroniques pour l’environnement.

PPC s’engage à suivre l’évolution de la liste des substances à haut risque et est prêt à prendre les actions adéquates dès que nécessaire.