New fuel for Tunstead Cement Plant

Public exhibition on new fuel

A public exhibition in Peak Dale to outline Tarmac Buxton Lime and Cement's plans to increase the substitution of fossil fuels in its Tunstead cement plant to around 50%.

Tarmac Buxton Lime and Cement proposes to achieve this by using Calfuel, a specially prepared blend of non-hazardous materials such as paper, cardboard, plastics, textiles and wood chips that cannot be recycled and mostly go to landfill.

Similar fuels are used successfully in power generation and cement manufacture in both the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

Tarmac Buxton Lime and Cement plans to replace some of its coal with Calfuel and is submitting an environmental permit application to the Environment Agency so it can carry out a trial later this year.

Alternative fuels such as tyre chips and meat and bone meal are already being used in the cement kiln and have resulted since 2006 in a reduction of more than 30 per cent in the use of traditional fossil fuels.

"We want to build on the success of our fuels programme", says project leader for the company, Hasan Bobat.

"Using Calfuel will increase our replacement of fossil fuels to around 50% and will bring the total reduction of cement kiln greenhouse gas emissions to 24%. It will also benefit the wider environment by using a sustainable material that otherwise would have gone to landfill".

Using Calfuel will also help to keep Tunstead competitive in the highly challenging cement market and help to secure hundreds of local jobs.

For more informationplease contact:

Steve Childs

01773 834022
07786 133505

 

4 February 2010