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whatever support they need, to make
sure that it continues to be a credit to
them (and to us), for as long as the plant
is to run.”
Fuel your Business
Bio-En’s most recent project in Nicaragua
illustrates the capabilities of the team
especially well. Bio-En was approached
by a major, local beef processor who
operated their own feedlot for their
animals, as well as their own related
slaughterhouse and tannery. Conse-
quently, they had a lot of organic wastes
(a disposal liability) and they consumed
large amounts of electricity and boiler
fuel every year in their operations.
Bio-En undertook a feasibility study for
the processor to examine the volume
and nature of the wastes they produced
and the energy needs of their facility,
and to develop a preliminary outline of
the facility that they would need to make
it work. Secure in Bio-En’s technical abil-
ity, and buoyed by the feasibility study’s
data, the processor signed a contract for
Bio-En to design and build a plant on
their site.
“Construction took just under one year,
and the plant was commissioned by
our staff working alongside their own
engineer on site,” says Taylor. “The new
plant worked essentially as we had said
Plant operator Lance Buchholtz on the catwalk at the Elmira plant.
