Greenergy Fuels Ltd, a fuels business with annual sales of £1 billion and a leader in the supply of premium quality biofuels, announced this week that it has joined forces with shareholder Tesco to service the rapidly growing European biofuels market. The partnership with Tesco will enable Greenergy to extend its existing domestic and European biodiesel supply operations by building the UK’s largest single-line biodiesel production facility. Capitalised at over £10 million and scheduled to open Q2 2006, subject to the usual consents, the plant will initially have 100,000 tonnes per annum production capacity. Its intended location at Immingham on the Humber Estuary will allow cost effective distribution across the UK and into Europe with supply of rapeseed, the main oilseed for the facility, secured under existing contracts with the UK farming community.
Denmark’s Vestas has won its third large order from the US this year, sending the world’s biggest wind turbine maker’s share up as by 6%. The order for 83 units of its 1.8-megawatt V80 turbines for a plant in Washington has added a further 150MW to the company’s schedule. Following the order, Vestas will supply and commission the turbines, as well as provide warranty, maintenance and service support. Commissioning is currently set for December.
And finally, Batt O’Keeffe, TD, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this week presented Green Flag awards to 18 schools at the An Taisce offices, Tailors Hall, Dublin. The Green Schools Programme is an international education programme that helps students to recognise the importance of environmental issues and take them more seriously in their personal and home lives. In total 1,937 Irish schools are registered for the programme, representing over 48% of all the schools in the country.