Opcon improves energy efficiency in bioenergy plant for leading Imtech

Opcon improves energy efficiency in bioenergy plant for leading Imtech

The subsidiary of energy and environmental technology group Opcon, Opcon
Bioenergy, has received an order for a waste heat recovery facility in
Meerhoven, Holland. The order is for SRE's flue gas condenser RenergiTM 
for the 7 MW biomass-powered incinerator that Opcon will construct for
Imtech Industry International BV at a plant in Meerhoven.

The flue gas condenser RenergiTM   recovers energy from the gases
discharged through the chimney and is expected to increase energy
production by up to 20 percent without the need for more fuel.

Opcon thus provides a series of proprietary products for the project. In
addition to the flue gas condenser RenergiTM, Opcon supplies the leading
incineration furnace SaxlundTM with a furnace structure developed
together with the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH) as
well as SaxlundTM   patented fuel handling systems.

This will be the second flue gas condenser plant supplied by Opcon to
projects managed by the leading European engineering group Imtech NV
with its 25,000 employees and 4.3 billion Euros in turnover. The first
delivery was to the well-known greenhouse project Vink Sion, renowned
for its efficient use of energy.

-   This is exporting of Swedish energy and environmental technology at
its best. Our technology utilises the waste heat in the flue gas and
therefore our customers save energy: energy that would otherwise have
gone up in smoke. This improvement in energy efficiency means that
customers can lower their fuel consumption and hence their emissions,
says Claes Scheibe, President of Opcon Bioenergy AB.

-   Our bioenergy strategy whereby we offer our customers an even
broader product range with sales of several products to each customer is
also beginning to bear fruit. We see it as a very positive development
that a leading engineering group like Imtech is opening its eyes to the
energy efficiency and quality that Opcon offers, says Claes Scheibe,
President of Opcon Bioenergy AB.

Opcon Bioenergy is part of Opcon's growing renewable energy business
area and its focus on ‘waste to value' with particular focus on waste
heat recovery and bioenergy. Under the brand SRE, RenergiTM delivers
cleaning systems and energy efficiency systems for biomass-fired
district heating plants, sawmills, wood pellet manufacturers and
commercial greenhouses as well as purification equipment for industries
and drying systems for biomass.

Within the bioenergy sector, Opcon Bioenergy offers everything from the
design of the CHP plant to management systems and incineration plants
under the brand name SaxlundTM. The group also offers the Opcon
PowerboxTM for the production of green electricity from hot water or
saturated steam.

For further information, please contact
Niklas Johansson, Vice President, Investor Relations, tel. +46-70-592 54
53
Opcon AB, Box 15085, 104 65 Stockholm
Tel. 08-466 45 00, fax 08-716 76 61
e-mail:  info@opcon.se (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 the eco-friendly,
efficient and resource-effective use of energy.  
Opcon has operations in Sweden, China, Germany, and the UK. There are
around 410 employees. The company's shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX
Stockholm. The Group comprises two 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 biomass, etc., air systems for fuel cells and the
measurement and monitoring of processes.  

Engine Efficiency focuses on energy-efficient solenoid technology and
ignition systems for combustion engines including ethanol, natural gas
and biogas engines.