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January 07 - GEM relocate to ECM2, Port Talbot, South Wales
Until 2007, GEM Operations Ltd researched and developed a patented pyrolysis technology from its Headquarters in Romsey, Hampshire. A pilot plant was constructed in 1997 and operated with full planning and Environment Agency consent, and provided a valuable asset for both R & D and demonstration purposes.
In late 2006, GEM re-located its Headquarters to the ECM2 (Engineering Centre for Manufacturing and Materials) at Port Talbot in South Wales. The ECM2 facility aims to provide a leading technology community for companies undertaking research, development and exploitation of new products and processes attracting investment and creating economic opportunity in Wales and the UK.
The move will involve the re-construction of the pilot plant facility, a new converter will be constructed supported by the relocated periphery equipment with full approval from the local planners and Environment Agency, the plant will be commissioned by April 2007.
April 07 - Planning Success for WP2 in Somerset
The construction of a GEM pyrolysis plant to process trade and commercial waste into renewable energy in Haybridge, near Wells, successfully achieved planning consent from Somerset County Council on the 3rd April 2007. The company behind the project WP2 have worked tirelessly to support the long planning application process and are very pleased at the result.
WP2's managing director Dr Mike Love welcomed the committee's decision, saying it had made "a measured decision based on the facts. The issues of climate change, sustainable economic growth and finding alternatives to our reliance on fossil fuels are ones which will not go away and, therefore, need answers. We impede progress at our peril and we applaud the objectivity of the planners who have recognised the need for schemes such as ours to help meet the county's targets for both landfill minimisation and renewable energy production. This scheme will go some considerable way to supporting both these aims".
July 07 - The Encycle Project achieves planning
An £80 million facility to turn food waste and packaging into energy has been given the go-ahead in North East Lincolnshire. Encycle- a wholly owned subsidiary of welsh technology firm Inetec - wants to build 10 such energy power stations to process food waste and packaging in the next five years. North East Lincolnshire council granted planning permission on 21st June 2007, for the first plant near Immingham, which has a capacity of 180,000 tonnes per annum. The 12-acre site will process 500 tonnes of food and packaging waste each day through the Inetec units, providing the GEM gas conversion modules with high quality fuel to produce 24MW of renewable electricity to the national grid.
Oct 07 - DEFRA NTDP : Scarborough Power Project Update
Work on the Scarborough Power Waste to Energy Plant at Seamer Carr is well under way. The proposal achieved planning from North Yorkshire County Council in April 07 and has received its PPC permit from the Environment Agency. Orders have been placed for the main long lead items and groundwork at the site has began. Yorwaste will direct 25,000t of Municipal Solid Waste for fuel preparation by the Wastec System, this facility utilises mechanical treatment and segregation to remove recyclables and inerts, providing a high quality fuel for the GEM gas conversion process. The synthetic gas produced will be consumed in a Deutz engine supplied by UK agents Edina to export electricity into the National Grid.
January 07 - GEM relocate to ECM2, Port Talbot, South Wales
Until 2007, GEM Operations Ltd researched and developed a patented pyrolysis technology from its Headquarters in Romsey, Hampshire. A pilot plant was constructed in 1997 and operated with full planning and Environment Agency consent, and provided a valuable asset for both R & D and demonstration purposes.
In late 2006, GEM re-located its Headquarters to the ECM2 (Engineering Centre for Manufacturing and Materials) at Port Talbot in South Wales. The ECM2 facility aims to provide a leading technology community for companies undertaking research, development and exploitation of new products and processes attracting investment and creating economic opportunity in Wales and the UK.
The move will involve the re-construction of the pilot plant facility, a new converter will be constructed supported by the relocated periphery equipment with full approval from the local planners and Environment Agency, the plant will be commissioned by April 2007.
April 07 - Planning Success for WP2 in Somerset
The construction of a GEM pyrolysis plant to process trade and commercial waste into renewable energy in Haybridge, near Wells, successfully achieved planning consent from Somerset County Council on the 3rd April 2007. The company behind the project WP2 have worked tirelessly to support the long planning application process and are very pleased at the result.
WP2's managing director Dr Mike Love welcomed the committee's decision, saying it had made "a measured decision based on the facts. The issues of climate change, sustainable economic growth and finding alternatives to our reliance on fossil fuels are ones which will not go away and, therefore, need answers. We impede progress at our peril and we applaud the objectivity of the planners who have recognised the need for schemes such as ours to help meet the county's targets for both landfill minimisation and renewable energy production. This scheme will go some considerable way to supporting both these aims".
July 07 - The Encycle Project achieves planning
An £80 million facility to turn food waste and packaging into energy has been given the go-ahead in North East Lincolnshire. Encycle- a wholly owned subsidiary of welsh technology firm Inetec - wants to build 10 such energy power stations to process food waste and packaging in the next five years. North East Lincolnshire council granted planning permission on 21st June 2007, for the first plant near Immingham, which has a capacity of 180,000 tonnes per annum. The 12-acre site will process 500 tonnes of food and packaging waste each day through the Inetec units, providing the GEM gas conversion modules with high quality fuel to produce 24MW of renewable electricity to the national grid.
Oct 07 - DEFRA NTDP : Scarborough Power Project Update
Work on the Scarborough Power Waste to Energy Plant at Seamer Carr is well under way. The proposal achieved planning from North Yorkshire County Council in April 07 and has received its PPC permit from the Environment Agency. Orders have been placed for the main long lead items and groundwork at the site has began. Yorwaste will direct 25,000t of Municipal Solid Waste for fuel preparation by the Wastec System, this facility utilises mechanical treatment and segregation to remove recyclables and inerts, providing a high quality fuel for the GEM gas conversion process. The synthetic gas produced will be consumed in a Deutz engine supplied by UK agents Edina to export electricity into the National Grid.
Jan 06 - GEM Technology chosen by EnCycle
GEM Gas Conversion Technology was chosen by EnCycle to convert prepared food waste into Renewable Energy. Encycle, (which consists of Inetec, NEL Power and GEM) has secured an initial contract from Greencore to provide services for the disposal of food waste in the UK. Up to four initial sites will be established, with further developments taking place within the food sector over the coming months. The process will convert prepared waste derived fuel using Inetec?s novel fuel production technology into synthetic gas utilising the GEM Gas Conversion Technology. Stokesley based NEL Power will design and build the process which will provide heat and electrical energy into the Power Industry.
April 06 - Contract awarded by Intrinergy for Ohio Energy Plant
Following a negotiation period of 18 months, an order for 1 of 3 converters has been placed on GEM by its client Intrinergy for a project based in Ohio, USA. The objective of the project is to convert a tyre derived fuel into synthetic gas for direct use in an industrial application replacing natural gas. The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) permit system allows ?build at risk? and then conducts an assessment over a short period of operation to grant a permit based on total plant emissions. Therefore the client has ordered 1 GEM converter for full scale testing (phase 1) and Phase 2 will include another 2 GEM converters and the construction of the gas pipeline to enable sale of gas to the local industrial user.
October 06 - GEM America forms strategic partnership
GEM America has formed a strategic partnership with ST Louis based engineering firm ICC Inc. Citing ICC's progressive and imaginative design and engineering practices, GEM America, has appointed the firm as the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for the GEM renewable energy plant in Ohio, US for its client Intrinergy. Groundwork and infrastructure construction at the site is underway, with commissioning planned for 2nd quarter 2007.
August 05 - GEM chosen by DEFRA
GEM was chosen by DEFRA to be part of the New Technologies Demonstration Programme that will run for a period of two years, the results of which will provide both the Waste and Power Industries with a sustainable alternative to Landfill and Incineration. The lead partner in the project is North Yorkshire based company Yorwaste Ltd, with EPC and O & M facilities being provided by NEL Power. The project will process 25,000 tonnes per annum of municipal solid waste into fuel utilising the Wastec Segregation System. Prepared fuel will then be converted into syngas using the GEM Technology and ultimately into electrical power that will be distributed via the National Grid network. The project, to be known as Scarborough Power will provide a fully integrated demonstration facility for the world-stage and will provide Local Authorities and Commercial Companies with a sustainable and viable solution to waste disposal.
November 05 - Planning Success for Banham Power
Planning permission has been granted for Attleborough based Banham Power for the establishment of an Energy from Waste Plant was approved. This approval followed a successful IPPC application in 2004. The proposed project will convert certain poultry waste products into energy, utilising Advanced Conversion Technology. Banham Power has chosen the GEM technology as being the most appropriate ACT currently available and during the course of 2006, significant measures to move forward in the Poultry sector will be undertaken.
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