Bio suppliers save energy
Monday, April 04, 2011
Maabjerg BioEnergy will reduce CO2 emmision by 50,000 tons
annually, but partly thanks to funding by the EU project ECOSTILER,
the climate-friendly philosophy can be expanded even further to
include the suppliers.
ECOSTILER co-funds several activities at Maabjerg BioEnergy
including the construction of pipelines, which will connect the
main facility with two hubs ten miles away, so that road traffic
going to and from the main facility will be reduced. And ECOSTILER
also supports energy conservation projects in the farming
community.
CEO of Struer Forsyning (part-owner of Maabjerg BioEnergy) Knud
Schousboe is the project manager of this ECOSTILER subproject. He
says:
"We have selected 40 farms, which have all agreed to let us
install additional energy meters, so we can map their energy
consumption. Getting an overview of the consumption is an important
first step towards saving energy, so it might be an eye-opener for
some farmers."
When the orginal application for EU co-funding was filled out
eight years ago, nobody really knew the potential for energy
conservation in the local farming community. Today, it seems that
things aren't all that bad.
"Many farmers have made ongoing changes, changing pumps and
equipment for more energy efficient, newer models. There seems to
be a high level of awareness of the common sense in optimizing the
energy comsumption," says Knud Schousboe, adding that noone in the
farming community is wasting energy.
The 40 selected farms will be monitoring their energy
compsumption for the next year on a detailed level. Earlier, 25
farms were given an energy audit to help them spot their potential
for energy conservation.
"Besides monitoring the energy consumption we're also focusing
on energy management. Right now we're giving a seminar on energy
management aimed at farmers, where they can learn how to benefit
from the data they're collecting about energy consumption," says
mr. Schousboe.
In a future phase of the farming community project a select
number of farms will be offered financial support for investing in
energy conservation measures.
ECOSTILER, which is a part of the European Commission-sponsored
CONCERTO initiative, provides Maabjerg BioEnergy with a total
funding of DKK 25 million (EURO 3,35 million).
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