Firms extracting oil from rapeseed could soon find that the biofuel sector becomes a key sales market.
New technology has been developed by a Lincolnshire-based energy company that uses rapeseed oil to power heating and hot water systems for office buildings, Plant Engineer reports.
LowC Communities has installed its power generators at a number of local schools and offices, providing them with low-carbon, green electricity.
The firm's founder and managing director Richard Griffin told the publication that oil extracted from rapeseed is the "perfect" alternative to traditional fossil fuels.
"It is sustainable, it's absorbed carbon dioxide whilst growing and, perhaps most important, it's economically viable," he said.
This is further good news for firms involved in oil extraction from rapeseed, after the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) suggested earlier this week that the crop should be used in animal feed.
Defra-commissioned research suggests that feeding cows rapeseed can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the rapeseed oil extraction industry includes:
Conveyors – screw conveyors – chain conveyors – belt conveyors
