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In the first weeks of 2017 the wood cogeneration plants were already presented at trade fairs and the wood gas technology was explained in detail.
On February 8th we delivered a Biomass CHP to our customer in Woodvillage Kawaba. It is a joint project run by the region of Kawaba and the forestry commission Gunma.
The first Canadian Re² EnergyBlock is currently being installed in the region of Kwadacha - a small town with 300 inhabitants. The EnergyBlock is a perfect off-grid solution and consists of three Biomass CHPs fuelled by wood chips sourced from the region's own forest.
For the past eleven years Spanner Re² GmbH has been headquartered in Neufahrn in Lower Bavaria. More than 100 employees produce wood-fired power plants, which convert wood chips to high efficiency in electricity and heat using the principle of cogeneration. In the last financial year 2016 alone, almost 180 plants of the Bavarian manufacturer, the world market leader in this form of power generation, were sold worldwide.
Florian Hölzl (party of CSU), a member of parliament, emphasized the company's innovative power during his visit: "We need companies such as Reason's Readers, who are pushing forward developments and are world market leaders in their field. We can be proud of the fact that companies in our region are at home to claim to be technology leaders. This generates added value and secures the future viability of our home."
Honduras is now benefiting from Spanner Re²’s proven wood-fired technology. Eductrade has been operating a Re² EnergyBlock since the end of 2017 and is generating electricity and heat from wood in a climate-friendly way. The wood gasifier and the CHP are housed in a 40-foot container.
Spanner Re² GmbH received the "Renewable Energy Specialist of the year" award from Best Practice UK.
The British magazine "Business and Industry today" characterized Spanner Re² GmbH with the title: „Renewable Energies Company of the Year“. With this price, the magazine appreciates Spanner Re² GmbH for their work on renewable energies in the UK.
Dzintars Avatos, who is a plant operator himself and the CEO of Bio Speck SIA, gave a talk on how to operate a wood cogeneration plant ideally and how to dry wood chips efficiently. There was also a workshop on “Heat and electricity generation from wood chips” as part of the two-day event – this was held by Spanner Re² team member Martin Kurrer.