Strabane Mills is an animal feed mill requiring 2,000kg/hour of steam up to 10barg operating in 6 days shifts 24 hours per day during the winter months. The system utilises locally derived wood fuel from sawmill residues and short rotation coppice and displaces approximately 400,000 litres of oil annually.
Tim Traill, MD of Strabane Mills said,
"We originally looked at biomass as a way of reducing our oil costs in our animal feed business, now it has developed into a vision for the future. The Binder boiler that was expertly installed by Wood Energy Ltd has ‘done exactly what they said it would'. There is always a feeling of being smug when you are the first to put your faith in a new product only to be proved right! With agricultural businesses needing to diversify many farmers are growing short rotation coppice, this then enables a circle to be completed in which farmers sell their fuel to the animal feed mill and in turn buy their animal feed. This keeps the value within the local community and helps support farmers"
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