New survey data: The F&B and CPG industries' top energy challenges
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How long are food processors waiting for more utility power? How much have energy costs increased in the last five years? Plus, many more questions, answered.
A first-of-its-kind survey on F&B
Everywhere you look, there are headlines focused on the great energy crunch driven by AI. Meanwhile, the impacts on other large-load sites gets overlooked.
That’s why AlphaStruxure and Schneider Electric partnered with Food Processing magazine to survey 145 senior industry professionals.
This is the first major survey undertaken to measure how the F&B and CPG industries are managing energy challenges in the AI era.
Key topics covered in the report
Power availability challenges
• Average wait times for utility power
• Average size of new facilities coming onto the grid
• Top friction points with procuring more grid power
• Average size of new facilities coming onto the grid
• Top friction points with procuring more grid power
Energy cost increases
• Measurements of energy cost increases over recent years
• Average energy costs food processors are paying
• Expectations on future cost of energy
• Average energy costs food processors are paying
• Expectations on future cost of energy
Emissions reductions & resilience
• Top sustainability targets, ranked
• Estimations on cost of downtime
• Resilience levels and number of outages experienced
• Estimations on cost of downtime
• Resilience levels and number of outages experienced
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