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Estrella Levante opens a bio sustainable facility, based on a pioneering project in Spain conducted in collaboration with the CEBAS.
It is the first plant based in the cluster, a future area of ​​research, innovation and opportunity, destined to become an environmental reference
The cluster of Environment and Renewable Energy Murcia begins a new stage, which involves the launch of the first floor of the center, which, in this case, will produce clean energy from byproducts of beer.
The installation, driven by Estrella Levante, was officially opened today by the Mayor, Miguel Angel House, the Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, the CEO of Estrella Levante, Patricio Valverde, director of the Competence Center Environment Environment Ferrovial Servicios, Vicente Galván, Councilman Urban Cleaning and Waste Management, José Ros, and the delegate of Cespa Urban Services of Murcia, Antonio Igualada.
The R + D + i developed at the treatment center Cañada Hermosa is a pioneer in Spain and helps to consolidate the Murcia leadership position among European cities in the management of their waste.
The new plant bio sustainable Estrella Levante manages both organic residues and food by-products from the manufacture of beer.
Its implementation has resulted from collaboration with the Centre for Soil Science and Applied Biology Segura (Cebas-Csic), whose research has led to biogas, a clean energy, a waste that until now were underutilized.
With its implementation may be generating more than 2 million cubic meters of biogas and treat 22,000 tonnes per year.
The investment amounts to 1.5 million euros.
With this new infrastructure a positive solution to the treatment of organic waste is given, while fostering a renewable energy source, thus fulfilling criteria for sustainability and the environment, I + D + I and profitability.
Environmental efficiency and economic recovery
The opening of this facility is a boost to the cluster with the city of Murcia and Ferrovial Servicios initiative intended to develop a clear environmental efficiency, contribute to strengthening economic activity of the municipality, encourage technological innovation and, above all, to promote the creation jobs.
It comes just six months after the commissioning of the redevelopment of the Treatment Center Cañada Hermosa in which it has invested 30 million euros and has been reflected in the construction of 4 new-plant site selection Pizza and Containers, Treatment Plant Industrial and Bulky Waste, production plant Solid Recovered Fuel and drying plant Lodos-.
With this investment, it is possible to integrate more than 15 types of treatment for waste generated by Murcia, which in 2014 will exceed 500,000 tonnes.
"We invest in the future and we clear once again that protecting the environment is an overarching principle that is present in all management undertaken by the City of Murcia" said the mayor, who has also recalled that "raise the profile of our Waste has made us a world leader in efficiency and sustainability in the treatment of urban waste ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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