N+P has agreed an extended solid recovered fuel (SRF) supply agreement with Vassiliko Cement Works and its subsidiary Enerco Energy Recovery. The contract will now run until 31 December 2020, with an option to further extend this cooperation to 31 December 2022.
Since 2015 N+P has delivered SRF from the UK and Italy in sea containers and bulk vessels to Vassiliko Cement Works Public Company Ltd in Cyprus. The Vassiliko Cement Works uses SRF as secondary fuel to replace fossil fuels, such as coal and petcoke in the cement production process.
"This contract is the foundation of a long-term cooperation between Vassiliko Cement Works Public Company Ltd, Enerco Energy Recovery Ltd and N+P. Parties intend to maximise alternative fuel consumption in the Vassiliko Cement plant, to do so parties recently carried out a trial to co-grind N+P’s Subcoal® pellets in the plants coal mills," said N+P.
"First results of this trial are looking very promising and further trials will be done the near future. We agreed not to disclose precise contract volumes, but at present >2500t of SRF per week is shipped into Vassiliko Cement Works Public Company Ltd!"
Vassiliko and Enerco report that: "In line with our strategy to achieve by 2020, a sustainable >55 per cent replacement of fossil fuels with alternative fuels, we as Vassiliko Cement Works Public Company Ltd are delighted to be in a position of having extended our supply agreement through our subsidiary Enerco Energy Recovery Ltd , with N+P. Over the past years N+P has proven a valued partner in tapping into the varied sources of SRF from different locations and offering logistical support, as well as demonstrating full flexibility to cater for our needs and constraints."
