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Bromeliad company Corn. Bak turns to landfill gas for renewable energy |
ASSENDELFT, the Netherlands, May 14, 2012: Corn. Bak, one of the largest Bromeliad growers and breeders in the world and 2011 Horti Fair Innovation Award winner, will soon be meeting 25 to 30% of its energy needs with landfill gas.
The 3 ha production facilities at Corn. Bak B.V. of climate-controlled greenhouses
are opportunely located next to the massive Nauerna municipal landfill of Assendelft, near Amsterdam. A project to use natural gas created by decomposition of trash and other organic waste and to bolster Corn. Bak’s green image.
The harvested methane gas is burned in large boilers at the landfill and warm water is consequently transported via a 1.7km insulated pipeline to the Bak greenhouses.
Assendelft’s alderman, Mr R.J. Linnekamp officially launched the newly build beneficial use system at Corn. Bak on May 8th.
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