Two agreements have a duration of 15 years at two landfill sites owned by an Austrian waste management company. The other contract covers a 10-year period at a site operated by a local authority southwest of Budapest, Hungary.
The operations involve Ener-G drilling holes into the landfill waste mass, inserting pipes and feeding the tapped methane into large spark ignition engines that convert the gas into electricity. The conversion of waste gas into energy is expected to provide power for some 2,000 homes.
The contracts will be delivered by Ener-G Natural Power in partnership with Hungary-based Ener-G Energia Technologia, formerly Kipszer, which Ener-G acquired in 2006. More than GBP2.6 million will be invested in operations at the three sites, which have a combined electrical capacity of 2.65MW.
The operations will involve one Caterpillar 1,150kW generator at the largest site and a combination of Perkins 400kW and 500kW generators at the two other smaller ones. Biogas Technology, a sister company of Ener-G, will also supply equipment in the form of suction pumps and flares as part of the project.
Hugh Richmond, managing director of Ener-G Natural Power, said: These contracts were awarded after competitive tendering with other European companies. We were delighted to enter a country where we had never worked before, convince them of our ability, fight off the competition and have signed contracts in less than 12 months. We see that as a major achievement.
