Norway-based Geminor has announced a renewed contract to deliver 55,000 metric tons of solid recovered fuel (SRF) per year to cement producer Alborg Portland’s operations in Alborg, Denmark. Alborg will use the SRF to power its cement kiln.
Geminor will source roughly 30,000 metric tons of SRF from its operations in the United Kingdom, while the remaining fuel will be supplied by Geminor from other nations in Northern Europe. The material will be stored at Geminor’s warehouse at the Alborg Port.
“Our contact with Alborg Portland marks an exciting start to the new year,” says Tim Andersen, country manager at Geminor Denmark. “As one of Europe’s foremost cement manufacturers, the business makes a fantastic addition to our growing client portfolio. A key benefit of the relationship is Geminor’s warehouse facility at the port of Alborg. Located just a stone’s throw away from the Alborg Portland site, we’re able to transport bales of SRF direct from ship to warehouse in a minimal amount of time.”
In related news, Geminor also announced it has opened a multimodal terminal at the Port of Fredrikstad in Norway. The terminal will be used for handling baled refuse-derived fuel (RDF) shipped from the U.K. to Norway.
The terminal will handle more than 120,000 metric tons of feedstock every year, including 20,000 from the nearby port of Brevik, Norway. The solid fuel will be distributed to waste recovery facilities in Norway, including Bio-El, Energos Gasification Plant at Borregård and Sarpsborg Avfalls Energi AS.
The logistics hub will also enable 5,000 metric tons of RDF to be stored at any one time.
“Launching an all-new multimodal logistics facility at the Port of Fredrikstad represents yet another impressive milestone for Geminor,” says Oliver Caunce, Geminor UK’s business development manager. “The facility will help us further momentum across Norway, as well as support energy from waste facilities in times of fluctuating fuel requirements.
Feedstock for the site will be drawn from four locations in the U.K. and be shipped across to Norway from Immingham, in partnership with DFDS Logistics.