Renewable Energy

Biomass boilers mean cosy cottages year-round Green tourism business discovers the benefits of biomass boilers to heat its highland cottage rentals These boilers could generate savings of € 27 000 and reduce carbon emissions by 39.5 tonnes Located just outside Dingwall in Scotland, Highland Farm...

The sun... perfect for energy and ice-cream sales Sustainable farm in the UK combines, wind, sun and biomass power plants Combined, these renewable sources meet 70 % of the farm's energy needs Mackie's farm in Scotland is proud of its renewable energy mix, which draws only minimally from the central...

If on-site conditions are favourable, it is efficient to integrate renewable energy into production processes. It has strong potential in several subsectors of the food and beverage industry, wherever there is demand for heating, for example in beer, wine, and cheese manufacturing. Renewable heat...

All companies are facing the pressure of rising energy costs and a shortage of resources and time. If a company is situated outside a city centre (e.g. in industry zone), buying heat form a so-called heat entrepreneur may well be a good option. Heat entrepreneurship is the production of local...

Hassle-free heat Specialist dairy producer wants to focus on its core business It outsources heat production to a nearby 'entrepreneur' The Nordic countries have been breeding cattle for specific health traits since the 1980s, longer than anybody else in the world. VikingGenetics Finland Oy, based...

Well-baked plan to save resources A series of power- and water-saving measures cut annual costs Installing solar panels offsets investment costs Annual savings: € 17 000 on grid electricity, € 3 600 on wastewater JLP is a Bulgarian bakery located in Burgas. The company participated in a Cleaner...

Rethinking energy intenstive operations pays off Laundry learns that being green can be cost-effective too Operating costs are kept down through waste-heat use and biodegradable detergents reduce the environmental impact BSB, and industrial-scale laundry situated in Olomouc, Czech Republic, shows...

This little piggy went to market ... and more Hotel farmstay introduces circular economy thinking Crops, livestock, energy production, waste recycling ... everything is factored into this closed-loop business Na Farmě, a hotel and farmstay in the Central Bohemian region, is one of few in the Czech...

On-site and nearby renewable energy plants can be integrated into the daily production processes of food and beverage manufacturers. Renewable heat systems are applicable to new and existing food and beverage production sites that need heat. In the case of new plants, the integration of renewables...

Reversable system for all seasons Installed annual capacity of 130 kW produces 70 MWh of renewable energy Total energy cost savings of around 10 % Reduced annual CO2 emission of 24 tonnes Chemaudin is a village of some 1 500 inhabitants located west of Besançon in eastern France. The municipality is...

Fortune favours the Fevery Ecolabel pioneer in Belgian hospitality sector Actions between 2010 and 2015 reduce power consumption by 11 % and gas and fuel by 33 % Hotel Fevery is a 10-room family hotel located in Bruges that became the first Belgian-based hotel to be awarded EU Ecolabel certification...

Green architecture, by design Air heat pump produces 2.2 times more energy than it consumes 82 m2 of photovoltaic panels produce 11 600 kWh per year Fluid’ Concept, a design agency specialising in the construction and renovation of buildings with very low-energy consumption, decided in 2008 to build...