Energy
‘Inflation is coming at us like a train’: Cold comfort for cold storage as energy costs soar
The cold storage industry plays a vital role in the food supply chain, in food safety and in exports but the sector seems likely to be excluded from any energy support scheme for business despite rocketing electricity costs
If you were in any doubt just how precarious the health of the country’s power system is right now, the recent experiences of CGI Cold Storage are very revealing.
The company, which operates two cold stores in Dublin and Cork and has capacity for about 34,000 pallets at any one time, has been signed up to ESB Networks Demand Side Unit (DSU) system for a number of years, where large energy users are paid a ...
