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“As this happens, more food and beverage companies will come to see that environmental responsibility doesn’t have to be a burden, but can also be an opportunity to make a profit from proven waste-to-energy technologies,” Bambridge says.
“The key here is that the technologies need to be proven, profitable, produce reliable base load energy and be easy to operate, in the way that the Oakey installation has shown.”
Using less energy and occupying half the footprint of comparable, open anaerobic lagoons, Bambridge says the COHRAL plant is compact in size and has indirect benefits to the facility’s bottom line, with a necessary pre-treatment process able to recover valuable
“Right now, the Oakey plant is delivering cost-efficiency benefits at a time when they are most needed, when the plant has to operate efficiently while coping with herd reductions resulting from the drought.
“Its success is clearly demonstrating the value in service of a technology that is widely applicable to the food, beverage and primary processing industry.”
Without the need for wind
or sun, the COHRAL plant is a “highly viable renewable in its own right” with the potential
to complement a number of sustainable energy sources, explains Bambridge, where the plant will pay for itself and go on to produce “virtually free energy for many years”.
“ We have demand for it, but there’s been a lack of policy and incentive from the government now to help smaller and mid-sized companies run on more sustainable and economical solutions.”
protein and fats, which would normally end up in the wastewater. This also increases its reliability and isolates any waste clogging the wastewater treatment plant.
“By transforming a wastewater effluent treatment and disposal problem into an ongoing productive asset, the plant has achieved a rare business and environmental ideal of cleaner, greener performance with stable, predictable and profitable supplies of biogas,” says Bambridge.
“Oakey Beef Exports is one
of the most modern meat works in Australia and one of the country’s largest beef export plants,” he says.
“Operating in a global market, as a premium exporter to 34 countries, means its manufacturing processes need to be respectful, sustainable and efficient.”
GWE has installed more than 300 anaerobic technology solutions worldwide, with Oakey Beef Exports continuing to lead the COHRAL legacy in Australia day by day. ✷
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