It’s electrifying! Fonterra to install its first electrode boiler at Edendale to reduce emissions

The forecast $36 million investment in the electrode boiler will reduce the Edendale site's emissions by around 20% or 47,500 tonnes of CO2e per annum - the equivalent of taking almost 20,000 cars off NZ roads - and will reduce Fonterra's overall carbon emissions from its NZ 2018 baseline by nearly 3% per annum once operational in FY25.

Fonterra Chief Operating Officer (acting) Anna Palairet says the team considered a number of energy options before deciding on the electrode boiler.

"Fonterra has a complex manufacturing operation spanning the country. As technologies develop, it's important we continually assess which energy source and technology is best for each site.