Lactalis and BasePower worked in partnership for over a year to analyse existing uses of energy at the Stranraer site and develop a CHP scheme that would perfectly meet its needs. 

The final project was signed in February 2016 and was financed and installed by BasePower in close collaboration with the Creamery. The CHP project is sized to provide the site’s 2MW power base load, supplying 1MW of steam and a similar quantity of hot water for use around the factory. BasePower operates the CHP project on a day-to-day basis. 

The CHP project combines BasePower’s experience in on-site power generation with Lactalis’s expertise in the fine temperature and flow control needed for consistently high quality cheese production. Local contractors were used for much of the construction due to their deep knowledge of the site and its operations. 

The CHP project at The Caledonian Cheese Company supplies power, steam and hot water to the dairy.