For the first time since the business invested in renewable energy strategy three years ago, it produced more power than it consumed.

Mr Joice, and his son, Patrick, welcomed young poultry producers to Uphouse Farm, South Raynham, near Fakenham. They told the 30 members of the joint National Farmers’ Union and ABN poultry industry programme that the primary goal was to produce quality chickens and minimise energy consumption.

Since 2010, they have invested in an energy centre, to warm the growing chickens, and installed solar panels.

The three arrays of photo-voltaic panels, rated to produce 450kW and mounted on roofs and on the ground, made the farm energy-positive for two days earlier this year.

Mr Joice, who started as a chicken producer in 1997, runs his flocks of birds on two self-contained farms with a team of three staff on each. To maintain strict bio-security, the staff only work on their “home” farm, he said. In a year, the 115-hectare arable farm finishes about six million table birds, roughly 12 million kg of chicken. It consumes about 20,000 tonnes of poultry feed.

The chickens produce about 8,500 tonnes of litter each year, which was a further challenge in the drive for energy production, he added.

To read more,,,,,http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/farming-news/norfolk_poultry_farmer_generates_green_energy_1_2004215

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The new bhsl Toploader with a Retractable roof featuring in this months edition of “Forest Bioenergy Review” Magazine ,,,,,,,,,to read more on this article, look under the Material Handling Section.

Click on: FBR_Nov_2012_edition

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Greenbuild Expo is recognised as the largest sustainable building and refurbishment event in the North of the UK.

The event, which is aimed at built environment professionals,  such as architects, installers, builders merchants, commercial  landlords, housebuilders, planners and energy managers.

With 4,000 visitors overall it showcased Biomass on an even footing with other renewables.

There were over 100 free seminars and workshops during the two-day event,  covering topics including renewable energy funding (RHI), Code for Sustainable Homes, sustainable cities, innovative technologies and much more.

To read more on the nomination of bhsl Toploader …..www.buildingandfacilitiesnews.co.uk_bhsl Toploader

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Denis Kearney presented the project to an Enterprise Ireland seminar on the 2012/13 ECO Innovation call. Over 30 people attended. Denis was available to answer questions about the project and also to assist others in submitting proposals to ECO Innovation.

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The memorandum of understanding is the culmination of over one year of collaboration with bhsl’s Korean partners and marked the launch of a feasibility study focused on manufacturing, quality, and scalability precedent to a formal joint venture, expected to be established in Q1 2012.”

In the photo, from left to right:
Robert Kim, Gotham Orient Partners
Eamonn McKee, Irish Ambassador to Korea
Jack O’Connor, bhsl
Declan O’Connor, bhsl
Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland), Eamon Gilmore, TD
Ghangsoo Simon Oh, KS Industry Co. Ltd.
Ben Plantan, Gotham Orient Partners

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 The European Biomass to Power Conference took place on the 11th and 12th April in the Marriott Hotel Kensington, London. There were lively interactive discussions on critical issues and challenges ahead between senior executives from the European Biomass Power Industry and leading solution providers. There was a large focus on material handling solutions. bhsl Toploader was exhibited at this event.

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The Delegation included a very special guest of bhsl, Mr Seung-Ho Park, the Mayor of Pohang City in Korea. As part of the expansion of its business into Korea, bhsl has been building relations with key Government figures, with the assistance of Ireland’s Ambassador to Korea, HE Eamonn McKee. Pohang City is one of the regions of Korea keen to see bhsl locate in their area and Mayor Park was visiting Ireland as part of process of encouraging us to locate there. The call on An Taoiseach was, of course, one of the highlights of the Mayor’s visit. In his remarks of welcome, an Taoiseach outlined the importance that Ireland attaches to deepening its economic ties with Korea and that he very much welcomed the relationship building between Pohang and bhsl. He also had words of praise for the progress being made by bhsl as a young Irish company building a global business and that this kind of entrepreneurial spirit was a hallmark of Ireland’s journey of national recovery. The bhsl delegation also included members of the Board and executive of the company, all of whom were introduced to An Taoiseach.

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In the later part of the twentieth century, fisheries collapsed.  The once rich oyster beds reduced to just 2% of their historical size.  In summer, huge algal blooms created by high nutrient and sediment loads create wide “Dead Zones” where dissolved oxygen levels are too low to support fish and crab.

In 2008, the Chesapeake Bay Program published “Turning Chesapeake Bay Watershed Manure and Poultry Litter to Energy”, a detailed analysis of technologies with the potential to improve water quality in the region. In addition to outlining the benefits of solving the major issues of litter disposal and increasing utility costs, the paper recognised bhsl’s contribution to research and development of fluidized bed technology. Read more here…. http://www.chesapeakebay.net/content/publications/cbp_17018.pdf

The causes of the decline in the Bay’s environment, and water quality are many.  Urbanization, construction and heavy industry are implicated, as is animal agriculture. Caps have been set for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment release into the Bay known as “Total Maximum Daily Loads” or TMDLs.  Farmers must find alternatives disposal methods to land application, or face an uncertain future.

In January 2011, a team from bhsl visited the Bay Area.  Meeting with farmers and policy makers to discuss how bhsl’s technology can aid water quality and provide new revenue streams for farmers.  As a farm based solution, and part of an integrated approach to solving the rising issues bhsl is well placed to aid the goals of both environmental groups and agriculture.  Jack O’Connor said, “I’m so reminded of the choices I faced on my own Limerick farm in the 1990’s.  Land banks are reducing everywhere and modern agriculture needs alternatives.  Phosphorus is an essential element which needs capturing rather than release to the Bay.”

Also this month, the influential Chesapeake Bay Commission, a tri-state assembly entrusted with coordinating environmental policy for the Bay, published their own report on manure to energy.  This recognizes technologies like bhsl’s provide a “Win Win Win” for the environment, sustainable agriculture and energy independence.

Read the report in full here: manure-to-energy report

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Stephen Hay decided to install a biomass boiler at one of his units near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, with a view to burning chicken litter, and he approached bhsl (Biomass Heating Solutions Ltd) to implement the installation to enable him to produce his own heat and electricity.

“Feed, chick and energy costs are our three biggest costs on farm – we can’t do much about the first two, but we can control the energy input,” he said.

The unit produces 300kWh of thermal, and 40kW of electricity, with the 500kWh boiler producing enough hot water to eliminate the need for gas, which means Mr Hay’s gas bills have dropped from £65,000 a year to nil, and his £43,000 electricity bill has halved. Mr Hay has plans to roll the system out across his entire business.

Read more: http://www.boilerguide.co.uk/poultry-farmers-investing-in-biomass

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Two of the country’s largest broiler producers are leading the drive towards burning poultry litter on their farms as a way of producing sustainable, green energy horn what is currently a waste product.

Nigel Joice produces 840,000 birds at his Uphouse Farm in Norfolk, while Stephen Hay, of Hay Farms, produces broilers on 12 sites in England. Both have recently installed biomass boilers that are capable of burning chicken litter to produce hot water which is then circulated to the poultry sheds for heating.

But under current legislation, the units are limited to burning wood-chip, as poultry litter is still classified as a waste material when combusted and cannot …

read more: http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/01/07/2011/127615/Turning-chicken-litter-into-renewable-energy.htm

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