Vegawatt™ In The News
News Articles Jan. 9 - Jan. 14, 2009
Restaurant waste turned into energy
Date: 1/14/09 - ClimateChangeCorpOwl Power, a US-based energy cogeneration company, has introduced a new system for transforming a restaurant’s used vegetable oil into a means for creating electricity and heat, saving food service locations at least $800 a month in utility costs. The fully-automated Vegawatt system generates a non-toxic fuel from vegetable oil after it is used in a restaurant’s deep fryer, then uses the fuel to produce electricity and hot water with no chemicals or liquid byproducts.
The Vegawatt System
Date: 1/14/09 - GreenMuzeRestaurant owners often grabble with what to do with waste oil generated from deep fat fryers. Each year more than 11 billion litres (2.9 billion U.S. gallons) of waste vegetable oil is produced by restaurants, food processing plants and fast food restaurants in the USA.
Although there are regulations for proper disposal of the waste oil, most disposal options involve removal and transport of the oil to another location. Vegawatt has come up with a unique system to turn vegetable waste oil into energy at the restaurant. We caught up with Ben Prentice from Vegawatt to ask a few questions about their new waste oil recycling and energy creating compact system.
Vegawatt converts waste oil into energy
Date: 1/14/09 - Ode MagazineVegawatt is a brand new state of the art technology currently being used in restaurants that converts waste oil into electricity and hot water. It was developed by the Owl Power Company in Massachusetts and launched in January 2009.
World’s First Clean Energy System for Restaurants
Date: 1/13/09 - GreenprofsBoylston, MA, January 5, 2009 – Owl Power Company, developer and manufacturer of clean energy cogeneration systems, has announced Vegawatt™, an innovative new cogeneration system for restaurants and food service facilities. Vegawatt™ uses waste vegetable oil from any food service operation as a fuel to generate on-site electricity and hot water, saving the restaurant thousands of dollars as well as providing a clean, renewable source of energy. Vegawatt is installed and has been running since early December at Finz Seafood & Grill (www.hipfinz.com).
Vegawatt’s veggie oil generares electricity, hot water. Powers eatery.
Date: 1/11/09 - BostonHerald.comRestaurateur George Carey understands the power and economics of oil - vegetable oil, that is.
The owner of Finz Seafood & Grill is now using waste oil from his restaurant’s deep-fryers to generate electricity and hot water at his Dedham location and save thousands of dollars in utility costs.
How about a side of electricity with your fish and chips?
Date: 1/10/09 - The Sustainable Kitchen CookbookA Vegawatt™ system contains more than just power generation equipment. It includes a turn-key waste vegetable oil (WVO) refinery, automatically transforming the darkest, nastiest used cooking oil into fuel appropriate for power generation.
After making french fries, grease powers kitchen lights
Date: 1/9/09 - KVUE.comEveryone knows that cooking oil can be used as a source of fuel, but most folks think of that as something only done by hardcore do-it-yourselfers willing to tinker forever in the garage. If Owl Power Company has its way, that image is going to change, starting in commercial kitchens across America.
Lifestyle - Restaurants can now convert fat to 'vegawatts'
Date: 1/9/09 - Spoonfeedin BlogBio-diesel driving hippies have been loving the free french fry oil for fueling up their buses, but now they may find restaurant owners less likely to part with all that old grease. A new company called Owl Power has invented an inexpensive cogeneration system that converts waste oil into both electricity and hot water, saving up to 25% on utility costs.
Cogeneration System Could Save Food Service Restaurants $800/Mo
Date: 1/9/09 - Environmental LeaderOwl Power Company has announced Vegawatt, a cogeneration system for restaurants and food service facilities. The system turns waste vegetable oil from a restaurant’s deep fryer into fuel to generate on-site electricity and hot water.
Any food service locations with fryers can use the Vegawatt system to save $800 per month, the company said. It is a fully automated system that requires no intervention or maintenance by staff, no additional chemicals, and produces no liquid byproducts.