# BENEO invests EUR 11M in gas turbine at Oreye plant to cut emissions

BENEO completed an EUR 11 million investment in a gas turbine and heat recovery boiler at its Oreye facility in Belgium. The system allows the plant to produce 5 additional megawatts per year and become a net exporter of energy, cutting specific carbon emissions by 40%.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-10-01
- Where: Oreye, Belgium, Belgium
- Value: $12.9M (11.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 1 Oct 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 5 megawatts per year
- Products: chicory root fibers, inulin, oligofructose
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [BENEO](https://endata.com/companies/48473.md)

## Sources

- [punarchakran.com](https://punarchakran.com/beneos-energy-efficiency-program-cuts-emissions/), 2020-10-01: "Bringing our new gas turbine system into full operation is the final step of an important energy efficiency programme that started ten years ago, with the aim to cut specific carbon emissions at Oreye."

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