Midfield Meats Inc. have made three major improvements over the past five years to reduce their fossil fuel use, greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs. Their Environmental Management System identified high energy and water use as an area that could be improved to increase profit, reduce reliance on external utilities, as well as increase efficiency. The above slideshow describes the Electricity Co-Generation Plant, Geothermal Bore and Reverse Osmosis Water System that have been installed at Midfield Group. The Geothermal bore extracts water from the Dilwyn Aquifer at 800 metres below ground. Reverse Osmosis forces the geothermal water through a membrane that separates salty brine from clean water at 42 degrees. This water is further heated to 82 degrees and pumped throughout the premises for cleaning of knives and equipment. The Co-generation Plant provides electricity and heat from a 16-valve, gas-fired generator. Although it only operates at two thirds of it’s maximum capacity, this is deemed the most economical level considering the plant operations. The system is remotely monitored from the Adelaide company that installed and own the equipment.
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