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Indaver releases more details on decarbonisation project
Indaver is excited to release more details of a cutting-edge decarbonisation project at the Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management Facility( IWMF). Indaver and a company called Rivenhall Greenhouse Limited have been working to develop a project where they will come together, to capitalise on the benefits of the electricity, heat, and the carbon dioxide that arise from an Energy-from-Waste facility, in order to use these for the efficient growth of fresh produce. Recently Indaver has launched a planning application to develop the infrastructure in the form of a carbon capture & usage( CCU) plant, pipelines, and wires, to transport the heat, electricity, and carbon dioxide from their facility. At the same time, Rivenhall Greenhouse Limited is launching their application for the development of state-of-the-art greenhouse facilities. The CCU plant will extract CO2 from the flue gases of the IWMF. This can then either be piped to the greenhouses, where it is used to improve yield and quality; or it will be compressed for offsite transport in tankers, suitable for additional sustainable applications, or for carbon sequestration. As well as providing a solution for carbon, the heat offtake plant that is planned, will take heat from the Rivenhall facility, which will then pass through a heat exchanger and produce hot water, to be then piped to the greenhouses. Electricity from the Rivenhall IWMF will also be exported to the greenhouses via a private wire agreement. This will allow for a proportion of the crops to be lit using LED grow lights, which in turn will ensure year-round production for Essex and UK markets. The proposed delivery of heat, CO2, and electricity to the proposed Rivenhall greenhouses, marks an innovative leap forward in combatting climate change, through the capture of carbon emissions, while fostering the development of local, sustainable, agricultural practices. atNorth signs heat-reuse agreement in Finland
European data center developer atNorth has signed a heat-reuse agreement with Kesko Corporation, a Finnish retail conglomerate. The agreement will see waste heat generated from atNorth’ s FIN02 data center in Sinimäki, Espoo, provided to a neighboring Kesko store. The recycled heat is expected to cover almost all of the Kesko store’ s heating requirements. The agreement will support Kesko’ s goals of a 50 % reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions, with a large portion
of the emissions tied to the heating of its retail buildings. In addition to the heat-reuse agreement, atNorth also signed an energy supply agreement for 45MW of power with Caruna Networks Oy, a Finnish electrical utility that supplies energy to the Espoo region. The energy will be used to power its FIN02 data center. atNorth has had a presence in the Finnish market since 2023, following the acquisition of two data centers, FIN01 and FIN03, from Advania. atNorth was formed out of Advania Data Centers in 2012. The company has two other data centers in the country. The FIN02 data center was first announced in February 2023 and reached commercial operations this year. It has a total power capacity of 40MW. Its fourth data center in the region, FIN04, was announced in December 2023. Expected to be completed in the second half of 2025, the data center will have an immediate power supply of 60MW during its first phase, with the potential to expand to“ several hundred megawatts” when fully built.
Thermal Energy announces USD 1M heat recovery expansion project
Thermal Energy International Inc.( Thermal Energy), a provider of innovative energy efficiency and carbon emission reduction solutions to major corporations around the world, has received an order from one of its largest customers to expand the existing heat recovery system installed by Thermal Energy in 2019. This turnkey heat recovery expansion project is valued at approximately CAD 1M.“ We are pleased to announce an expansion project with such a valued, long-term customer,” said William Crossland, CEO of Thermal Energy International.“ We completed a turnkey FLU-ACE ® Heat Recovery Project at this U. S. location in 2019. Seeing the benefits of that project, the customer asked us to work in partnership with them to develop this expansion project to recover additional waste heat at this multi-boiler site. To date, we have successfully completed 11 heat recovery projects at 10 of this customer’ s sites around the world and installed 4,000 GEM traps across 60 of their sites. This relationship continues to develop, and many additional opportunities still remain at those sites as well as at the more than 200 of their other sites we have yet to penetrate.” This turnkey project includes the design, construction, startup commissioning, and training for the complete system including all mechanical, electrical, and controls required for a fully functional heat recovery and distribution system. The expansion project is expected to result in a further 14,500 MMBTU reduction in natural gas consumption and an estimated reduction of 767 tons of CO 2 emissions per year. The project is expected to be completed and revenue earned within 9 to 12 months.
Swegon acquires American Geothermal
Swegon has signed an agreement to acquire American Geothermal, an American manufacturer of heating and cooling systems for the concrete industry as well as heat pumps and chiller products for healthcare, commercial, industrial, government, and institutional buildings. American Geothermal has a strong position and legacy in manufacturing batch water heating and cooling equipment for the concrete industry. This expertise has paved the way for the development of heat pumps and chillers tailored for the commercial and HVAC sectors, which are sold under the ChillMaster name. Founded in 1981, American Geothermal has 40 employees with headquarters in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Sales amounted to approximately USD 14M in 2024.
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