Hi!

Interesting.  Mrs. Field's Cookies was doing this back in the 1980's at
their little macadamia nut processing factory on the Big Island (Hawaii). 
All of the processing heat and steam came from using the shells as fuel.

Best,

Russ, the waterweasel

-------Original Message-------
From: Kestrel 
Sent: 05/23/03 06:58 PM
To: bardroom2{at}tantech.com
Subject: [BR-2] Macadamia powered

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SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT ...
Macadamia-nut shells will soon be the source of electricity for more 
than 1,200 Australian homes.  Construction began this week on a 
biomass cogeneration plant in the northern Australian state of 
Queensland that will produce renewable energy by burning more than 
5,000 tons of shells generated by the nation's native macadamia nut 
industry.  "This project ... could be replicated across a range of 
other industries, including peanut, timber, meat, wheat, and grain 
processing, where waste streams could generate heat, electricity, and 
revenue," said Kate Skilleter of Ergon Energy, the state-owned 
company behind the venture.  The plant, the first of its kind in the 
world, should be online by August.

straight to the source:  Planet Ark, Reuters, 23 May 2003
http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1156>


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Is that cool or what!?


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