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Contract win for Pressure Technologies subsidiary
Pressure Technologies subsidiary Chesterfield BioGas (CBG) has won a contract to supply upgrading equipment for a project to use gas from renewable waste resources. The gas will be injected directly into the national gas grid.
The system in Stockport will feature an upgrading unit designed and manufactured by CBG's partner, Greenlane Biogas of New Zealand. The modular 'Kanuka' unit will take the raw biogas produced by anaerobic digestion of food waste from local hotels and restaurants and upgrade it to 98 per cent pure biomethane.
The facility, which will open in autumn 2012, will be operated by Fairfield Bio Energy - a partnership between green energy firm Bio Group and Centrica, the owners of British Gas.
It will generate enough renewable gas to supply 1,400 homes. CBG's contract, including ancillaries and remote monitoring services, is worth approximately £1m.
"This is a considerable vote of confidence in our technology and performance. Our unit uses the proven Greenlane water-wash process which is successfully operating at over 60 sites around the world," said CBG managing director Stephen McCulloch.
Group chief executive John Hayward added: "Chesterfield BioGas is firmly established as the market leader in upgrade technology in the UK.
"As the only UK based supplier and installer of this type of technology, we have the experience and expertise to manage projects to the exacting engineering and health and safety standards demanded by large utility companies and gas grid operators. We look forward to further progress in this market over coming months."
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