BioteCH 4
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about 283,000 megawatt hours ( MWh ) of energy , which is enough to power more than 30,000 homes .
“ In addition to our core power generation activities , we operate a manufacturing business called STORTEC , which is designed to build infrastructure on our sites as well as providing us with an inhouse ability to build tanks across our sites , as and when needed . STORTEC also carries out significant work in the water industry , specializing in tanks , and possesses a patent on a biodome that holds gas . On the side of that , we own a commodities broker that trades fats , oils , and greases , and we upgrade used cooking oil to a higher value so that we can sell it into the biodiesel and biofuels markets ,” he elaborates .
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’ s cooking oil transformation operations , which have been happening since late 2023 across its facilities . “ Using an oil decanter , we extract edible oils from our food waste processing activities and monetize them by selling them into the biofuels market . The key driver for the creation of this operation was our desire to find another source of long-term , sustainable income that would not interrupt our anaerobic digestion process . It also has major environmental benefits . To do this , we partnered with a technology company to implement a process that skims the oil content out of our feedstock rather than letting it run through our biogas process . The resulting edible oil can then be sold into
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