Methes Energies to deliver biodiesel system to Ontario

In Canada, renewable energy company Methes Energies has received an initial payment of C$250,000 (€184,000) for the sale of a Denami 600 biodiesel processor and a PP-MEC pre-treatment system to be installed in Havelock, Ontario.

Additional scheduled payments are due in the near future upon shipment and installation of the equipment and the balance is due when the Denami 600 is re-commissioned and the pre-treatment system is installed at the buyer's facility.

In order to fast track the installation the buyer has agreed to purchase the Denami 600 currently located at Methes' Mississauga facility. The company expects to take approximately three weeks to dismantle the equipment at the Mississauga facility, at which time the equipment will be loaded on trucks and shipped to the buyer.

The buyer, Drain Bros, will become the first facility in the world to use Methes' pre-treatment system using the PP-MEC catalyst to process corn oil from a local ethanol plant.

John Loewen, COO of Methes said: 'We are glad to have finalised this transaction and to be able to use the Denami 600 in Mississauga. The Denami 600 has recently been used for research, testing and marketing but has not been used in commercial biodiesel production in over two years so it made sense for Drain Bros and Methes to move it to their location. More importantly, we will be installing a pre-treatment system that will be running on corn oil and we'll have the ability to showcase the technology in action to other potential clients. This is a major milestone and we are looking forward to help Drain Bros with their new biodiesel facility.'

 

SOURCE: Methes Energies