Irish biofuel technology for China

BIOFUEL technology developed in Ireland is to be supplied to two industrial areas in China in a €20 million joint venture.

Greyhound Recycling and Recovery will supply alternative fuel and power sources to Shuzhou, a major industrialised zone, west of Shanghai (where 300 of the Fortune 500 companies are present) and to Guangzhou, the most powerful industrial province in China. Greyhound will supply the Chinese market with the technology to develop both bio-diesel and refuse-derived fuel (RDF).

A leader in the manufacture of bio-diesel in Ireland, Greyhound currently has the capacity to produce 10 million litres a year, with the potential to increase this to 100 million litres per annum.

Through its work with Queen’s University Belfast, the company produces high-quality bio-diesel from recycled, used cooking oil. Greyhound takes used cooking oil from any source and converts it into a quality bio-diesel which conforms to the Government’s stringent standards for diesel quality. It even supplies the Department of Transport with this fuel.

The company also strongly supports the production of refuse- derived fuel (RDF) from the bio-mass element of waste it collects. This alternative fuel can be used as a fuel source for large industrial units such as power stations or cement plants.

Greyhound Recycling and Recovery director Brian Buckley said the company is delighted to have agreed such a significant deal in the Chinese market. It is an endorsement of the work it is carrying out with Queen’s University.

Greyhound has been working with Chinese industry for a number of years, having identified it as an alternative market to Europe, especially in the paper and cardboard recycling areas.

Greyhound, with over 2,500 commercial customers and a new modern facility at Clondalkin, Dublin, has a group capacity to recycle and recover 450,000 tonnes of waste annually.