History has been made in Aarhus

A large number of water-treatment plants, both in Denmark and abroad, must be transformed from energy guzzlers to energy producers. This will be through entirely new technologies that exploit the green energy-production potentials in wastewater. Total energy renovation of the treatment plant at Egå, just outside Aarhus, means that Aarhus Vand (a Danish water utility) is setting new standards for developing treatment plants into energy producers.

The topping-out is a milestone in the technological development of treatment plants towards becoming energy producers. And not only in Denmark, but throughout the world. When the treatment plant at Egå is in full operation in autumn 2016, it will be producing 50% more electricity than it consumes. This has never been seen before.

- Repercussions from this will not only be heard in Denmark, but they will very much resound in the rest of the world. This topping-out marks the conclusion of a long and exciting process of innovation, in which there were originally 63 ideas from Denmark and abroad to establish ‘the energy-producing treatment plant of the future’. The new plant at Egå will be completed on the basis of this innovative approach to developing new water technology and it’s the very nice result of unique and fruitful collaboration between two companies, Envidan and Per Aarsleff, and the Aarhus Vand utility company, says Lars Schrøder, CEO at Aarhus Vand. 

Source: en.mfvm.dk

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