Isoladores de porcelana em linha com a filosofia da Economia Circular

Uma economia circular se baseia nos princípios de eliminação de resíduos e poluição, manutenção de produtos e materiais em uso e regeneração dos sistemas naturais.

Em uma economia circular, os ciclos dos materiais são fechados. Não há resíduos porque cada fluxo residual pode ser usado para fazer um novo produto. Neste sistema, no entanto, não só é importante que os materiais sejam reciclados adequadamente, mas também que os produtos, componentes e matérias-primas mantenham a alta qualidade nestes ciclos.

Os isoladores cerâmicos são por natureza ecológicos e totalmente alinhados com esta filosofia. A Economia Circular Cerâmica apresenta  os seguintes princípios representados pelos isoladores de porcelana:

• Matérias-primas básicas
• Cadeia de abastecimento curta
• Vida útil extremamente longa > 50 anos
• Contém apenas materiais não perigosos e é 100% reciclável.

Mais sobre o fato de que os isoladores de porcelana são uma escolha mais ecológica, você pode encontrar aqui:

“Os isoladores de Porcelana são naturalmente ecológicos”

Esquema de Economia Circular Cerâmica

No final de 2020, o Grupo PPC recebeu uma carta aberta dos 7 principais operadores de sistemas de transmissão europeus:

Elia Group (Belgium)

REN (Portugal)

RTE (France)

Tenne T (Netherlands, Germany)

Grupo RED Eléctrica (Spain)

National Grid (Greait Britain)

Terna (Italy)

Esta carta é um convite ao Grupo PPC Insulators para juntar-se a eles em uma jornada mais ecológica.

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.

Resposta do Grupo PPC Insulators à carta aberta dos ORTs

Referência: Sua carta “A Escolha Mais Ecológica”

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

Política de Substâncias Químicas da União Européia/
RoHS - Restrição de Certas Substâncias Perigosas

Todos os isoladores de porcelana PPC são de porcelana aluminosa C130, fabricados a partir de materiais naturais, incluindo argila, caulim, feldspato, alumina e sílica. Essas matérias-primas e minerais não constam das listas RoHS – Restrição de Certas Substâncias Perigosas e SVHC – Substâncias Altamente Preocupantes. Os acessórios e flanges usados pela PPC são feitos principalmente de material fundido, ferro ou alumínio, que não constam tampouco da lista dos minerais ou substâncias altamente preocupantes – SVHC. Nenhum material perigoso é gerado como subproduto do processo produtivo e não existem efeitos graves ou crônicos ao meio ambiente.

A PPC está empenhada em acompanhar a evolução da lista de substâncias altamente preocupantes e está preparada para tomar as providências cabíveis se necessário.