January 20, 2020
In December, Primco took over the bio-energy power plant in Duiven, Gelderland, in a joint venture with three shareholders. The plant (15MW) has as main objective the drying of potato and carrot steam peelings and other residual flows from the food industry. Primco owns 75% of the joint venture. The plant will be operational in July this year.
Primco BMC Duiven, as the power station will be called, has as its main objective the drying of potato and carrot steam peelings and other residual flows from the food industry. With a special drying technique, a lot of moisture will be extracted from these residual flows. In addition, the plant will process woody raw materials for the chipboard industry and supply green electricity to the public electricity network.
High efficiency, almost no particulate emission
In the construction of the plant, Primco worked together with a company specialised in total solutions for bio-energy systems. Together with this company, Primco also built the heat plant in Lelystad (15 MW) which has an energy efficiency of at least 95%. By washing the exhaust gases, extra efficiency is obtained from the power plant, but also almost all the fine dust is captured. As a result, the fine dust emissions in Lelystad are so low that they are far below the permitted standard and cannot even be measured.
At Primco BMC Duiven, the same techniques are used and there are opportunities to benefit from even more available low-grade residual heat. The ten year old building, which used to house Topell's torrefaction plant, has also been made more sustainable, but is certainly a good investment through reuse.
Only local biogenic waste streams
To generate heat and electricity, only local biogenic waste streams are used. Rene Buwalda, CEO of Primco, says: "By only using local biogenic waste streams, as in Lelystad, the CO2 emissions from transport are kept to a minimum. We want to run our plants in the most responsible way possible and minimise waste. We want to use all residual heat so that as little energy as possible is lost." In operational and organisational terms, Primco BMC Duiven and Lelystad will work very closely together to achieve further efficiency gains.
Future plans
The joint venture between Primco and shareholders Peter Jansen and Jochen Görtzen has led to close and fruitful cooperation. There are advanced plans to set up more sustainable projects together.