Polish breakthrough - Opcon Bioenergy improves energy efficiency at Poland's largest sawmill

Polish breakthrough - Opcon Bioenergy improves energy efficiency at
Poland's largest sawmill

- Saving energy equivalent to heating for 1,000 homes

Opcon Bioenergy, a subsidiary of Opcon, the energy and environmental
technology Group, has received its first order from Poland for waste
heat recycling equipment. The order covers delivery to the Olczyk
sawmill in Swidno, Poland, of a flue gas condenser with a treatment
system which will improve the energy efficiency of the sawmill's
existing driers.
Fuel savings will amount to 5 MW, or the equivalent of heating for 1,000
homes. The Olczyk sawmill expects to save around 18,000 tons of wood
chips and reduce emissions of particles by over 75%.
“This is a marvellous export success story for Swedish environmental
technology. With our technology the sawmill can utilize the waste heat
in the flue gases and thereby save energy equivalent to heating for
1,000 homes. This energy would previously have went up in smoke. The
improvement in energy efficiency means that the sawmill can reduce its
fuel consumption and thus cut emissions significantly. Meanwhile we
clean the flue gases and achieve a big reduction in emissions of
particles,” says Claes Scheibe, Managing Director of Opcon Bioenergy AB.
“Olczyk is the largest sawmill in Poland so it is a superb reference for
us. We have already begun planning a seminar on site for the rest of the
Polish sawmill industry early next year so we can showcase the economic
and environmental benefits that can be achieved. The Polish bioenergy
market is still in a phase of early development, which means there will
be great opportunities in future when the country cuts its dependence on
fossil fuels,” says Claes Scheibe, Managing Director of Opcon Bioenergy
AB.
“We are now taking a further step in our international strategy and
adding Poland to our list of export markets. This will be the 12th
country outside Sweden where we have sold this type of plant that
utilizes waste heat and improves the energy efficiency of heating based
on biomass,” says Per Hedebäck, head of Opcon's Renewable Energy
business area.
The delivery to Poland will take place in December 2010 and the order is
worth around SEK 5 million.
Opcon Bioenergy is a part of Opcon's expanding Renewable Energy business
area and its Waste to Value initiative with a special focus on Waste
Heat Recovery and bioenergy.  Under its SRE brand, Opcon delivers
treatments systems and improved energy efficiency to district heating
plants powered by biomass, sawmills, pellets producers and commercial
greenhouses. Opcon also supplies treatment equipment to industrial
companies and drying systems for biomass.
Within the bioenergy sector, Opcon Bioenergy offers everything from
design of entire CHP-plants to handling systems under the Saxlund
brand.  The Opcon Group also offers Opcon Powerbox for production of
green electricity from hot water or saturated steam.
For further information, please contact
Niklas Johansson, vice president, Investor Relations, Opcon AB, tel.
+46-70-592 54 53

Opcon AB, Box 15085, 104 65 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel. +46 8-466 45 00, fax+46 8-716 76 61
e-mail: info@Opcon.se
www.Opcon.se (http://www.Opcon.se)
The Opcon Group
Opcon is an energy and environmental technology Group that develops,
produces and markets systems and products for eco-friendly, efficient
and resource-effective use of energy.
Opcon has activities in Sweden, China, Germany, the UK and Denmark.
There are around 430 employees. The company's shares are listed on
Nasdaq OMX Stockholm. The Group comprises three business areas:

Renewable Energy focuses on generating electricity from waste heat,
bioenergy, systems for handling natural gas, industrial cooling,
recycling of heat, drying of biomass, treatment of flue gases, handling
systems for biofuel, etc., air systems for fuel cells and measurement
and monitoring of processes.

Engine Efficiency focuses on ignition systems for combustion engines
including ethanol, natural gas and biogas engines.

Mobility Products focuses on technology for positioning, motion and
regulation for electrical vehicles, electrical wheelchairs and hospital
beds.