NZ provides commercial biogas plant to Japan

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Sunday, 11 March, 2007

New Zealand-based Flotech has signed a contract with existing partner Kobelco Eco-Solutions to provide a new biogas plant in Japan using its patented Greenlane technology.

The company originally engineered a smaller-scale solution for Kobelco as a pilot plant. Its successful installation has led to a request for a new commercial-sized plant.

The new plant will be more than double the capacity of the pilot and is scheduled for delivery by July 2007.

Director of Compression Technology, Steve Rowntree said: "This contract is further evidence that New Zealand companies can compete on the global stage. It's great to get repeat business from a happy customer and further strengthens the technology licence agreement and partnership we have developed with Kobelco in the last few years.

"The biogas projects that we have delivered elsewhere in the world have led directly to a growing and repeating demand for our biogas technologies from forward thinking companies and governments looking to biogas as a sustainable alternative."

The Greenlane biogas system that has been used in the Kobelco project is designed to produce clean fuel by the environmentally-friendly and safe process of water scrubbing.

Rowntree said Biogas is considerably cleaner burning than fossil fuels and can be used in any CNG-powered vehicle or machine. It is a renewable fuel extracted from waste, making waste disposal a more efficient and commercially beneficial venture.

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