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| Power project to burn dead cows | Power project to burn dead cows |
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| A multi-million-pound project is under way in Aberdeenshire to turn dead cows into a clean energy source. | |
| The new plant being built near Kintore aims to generate electricity for the National Grid by burning animal products supplied by local abattoirs. | The new plant being built near Kintore aims to generate electricity for the National Grid by burning animal products supplied by local abattoirs. |
| The Oran Group is aiming to create Scotland's first renewable energy plant using biomass materials as fuel. | The Oran Group is aiming to create Scotland's first renewable energy plant using biomass materials as fuel. |
| It is using the site of a former rendering plant that caused complaints about smells before it closed in 2004. | It is using the site of a former rendering plant that caused complaints about smells before it closed in 2004. |
| But Oran said smells would not be a problem because of the new machinery it would install. | But Oran said smells would not be a problem because of the new machinery it would install. |
| Fuel source | Fuel source |
| It claimed a huge thermal oxidiser would dispel any odours by subjecting them to a two second blast of 1,000C heat. | It claimed a huge thermal oxidiser would dispel any odours by subjecting them to a two second blast of 1,000C heat. |
| By the summer, Oran hopes to get permits to begin rendering down animal by-products at the plant. | By the summer, Oran hopes to get permits to begin rendering down animal by-products at the plant. |
| Within two years, it hopes to have permission to use these same products as a fuel source which it said would generate enough electricity round the clock to power 9,000 homes. | Within two years, it hopes to have permission to use these same products as a fuel source which it said would generate enough electricity round the clock to power 9,000 homes. |
| Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen has already welcomed the scheme. | Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen has already welcomed the scheme. |