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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. | A multi-million-pound project is under way in Aberdeenshire to turn dead cows into a clean energy source. |
| The new £24m plant being built near Kintore aims to generate electricity for the National Grid by burning animal products supplied by local abattoirs. | |
| The Oran Group wants to create Scotland's first renewable energy plant using animal 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. |
| Dispel odours | |
| However, Oran said smells would not be a problem because of the new machinery it would install. | |
| 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. |
| 'Exciting project' | |
| General manager Ben Ballantyne said: "The Oran Group will use biomass materials produced in Scotland as renewable fuels to generate a constant supply of power. | |
| "Some of the materials are currently transported long distances from the North East by lorry, so it will be hugely beneficial to the environment to use them locally. | |
| "At the same time, by combining the use of the group's modern rendering plant and renewable energy plant, operating costs for local abattoirs will be significantly reduced." | |
| Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen has welcomed the scheme. | |
| He said: "This is an exciting project that will help Scotland reach its target of producing 18% of our electricity by 2010 from renewable sources." |