EU Funds

Project: Support for Industrial Decarbonisation (Modality B)
Project no. : 432
Beneficiary entity: RIA STONE, FÁBRICA DE LOUÇA DE MESA EM GRÉS, S.A.

Description of the operation:
This project aims to decarbonise Ria Stone’s production processes. In order to achieve this, the project includes 3 types of investment, according to the following:
a) Low carbon processes and technologies
- Introduction of an innovative concept in the production process, through the reuse of heat generated from the kilns, thus aiming at Decarbonisation, through low carbon technologies which promote the efficient use of resources and circular manufacturing.
b) Energy efficiency measures
- Installation of monitoring systems capable of controlling energy consumption, detecting deviation, reducing waste, managing and optimising energy consumption, as well as taking advantage of the potential of digitalization and automation, aiming at reducing energy consumption and reducing GHG emissions into the atmosphere.
c) Incorporate Renewable Energy and Energy Storage
- Storage system for energy produced from photovoltaic panels.
The implementation of these measures will be guided by a set of investments in new cutting-edge technology equipment, which will enable the saving proposed in the various measures mentioned.

Goals:
The project aims to achieve carbon neutrality at the Ria Stone factory, through changes to its production process and the purchase of new digital solutions which enable the company to contribute to the national climate goal, namely helping to decarbonise the national economy, making it "cleaner” and more sustainable, consequently developing an innovative and competitive industry, prioritizing energy efficiency and renewable energy. The economic indicators are presented below, in the forecast results.

Expected results::
The project is expected to enable Ria Stone to achieve the following goals:
- Estimated annual decrease in greenhouse gas emissions – reduction of 3,073.24 tonnes. CO2 equivalent emissions (emissions at 11,954 tons CO2 equivalents).
- Annual decrease in terms of final energy consumption - reduction of 1,606.63 tons of oil equivalents, reaching an energy consumption of 6,041 tons of oil equivalents at the end of the project.
Ria Stone therefore hopes to decarbonise its processes with reductions of more than 20%.

Eligible investment: 3.580.000 €
National public financial support: 1.679.500 €
Commencement date: 01/12/2023
Completion date: 30/11/2025

Project Summary:
On January 1st, 2018, Ria Stone has integrated BOOST4.0 project, as it is the major European initiative on Big Data for Industry 4.0, as a replication pilot.
With 49 partners from 16 European Countries and a budget of 18.8M€, plus additionally leveraging € 100M of private investment, this is a very important project for industries to understand how to deal with Big Data produced every minute on their daily activity.
Therefore, this project will lead the construction of an European Data Warehouse, aiming to improve competitiveness of the European manufacturing industry, by generalizing the introduction of Big Data Technologies on productive European chains, and providing the industrial sector with the best and necessary tools to obtain the maximum benefits of the application of Big Data technologies within the framework of industrial evolution to the Industry 4.0 standards.

This project receives funding from the @EU_H2020 Research & Innovation Programme under Call H2020-ICT-2017-1, project number 780732.
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