Ductor Corporation announces a new partnership with ES Engineering Services in North America
Ductor Corp and ES Engineering Services have partnered with the goal of advancing the biogas industry in North America. Together, Ductor and ES will work to integrate Ductor® fermentation technology within existing and new biogas plants located in North America. ES will provide all technical design and project management services required for the implementation of Ductor’s technology. Alongside the production of biogas, Ductor’s microbiology-based technology can improve waste management and nutrient recycling. Ductor and ES believe that Ductor® fermentation technology is exciting news for the biogas industry, which has struggled with high operational costs and is in need of new solutions to help provide long-term stability and growth.
The microbiological method developed and patented by Ductor improves the profitability of biogas plants significantly through enabling the use of high-grade, yet incredibly economical, feedstock in the production of biogas. Ductor’s technology harnesses the power of underutilized biomass with high nitrogen content, such as poultry manure and many other organic materials. The proprietary fermentation technology extracts nitrogen at an early stage, prior to the biogas production process. It then simultaneously creates by-products with commercial value, specifically, ammonia or ammonium sulfate. Also, Ductor’s method is able to recover nitrogen and phosphorus from organic material, which are problematic from an environmental perspective. As a result, the biogas production process becomes cleaner, more manageable and can have an even great environmental benefit.
Ductor Corporation is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland and has been investigating the ammonification of high nitrogen substrates since 2009. Currently, Ductor has ongoing projects in Europe, and the team is in active discussions with customers in Asia Pacific and North America. Both Ductor and ES are excited about the prospects of introducing the technologies to facilities in North America. “We are confident in the cooperation with ES Engineering within North America based on their competence and long-term experience in the biogas industry”, says Ari Ketola, CEO of Ductor Corp. He added, “we fully trust ES Engineering to be successful in their role as our system integrator and we strongly believe that through partnering with them we will not only achieve our growth targets, but exceed them.”
ES Engineering, headquartered in Orange, California and part of Montrose Environmental Group, brings its talented team of engineers and operators to the partnership with Ductor. The ES team has a long track record of operating and providing engineering services to anaerobic digestion facilities and has a deep understanding of the different types of facilities throughout North America. Those qualities, combined with the complimentary business lines of ES’s parent company, Montrose Environmental Group, made ES a compelling partner for Ductor in North America. “We have been very impressed with the technical capabilities and vision of the Ductor Team and believe that they represent what we believe to be a game changer for upgrading and new construction of anaerobic digestion facilities,’’ commented Bernard Sheff, PE, Vice President of Engineering for ES Engineering Services and Chairman of the American Biogas Council. He added, “we are honored and proud to partner with their team on new projects within North America.”
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About Ductor Corporation: Ductor (www.ductor.com) is a company with a unique portfolio of proprietary and patented technology to improve waste management, energy and food production. Ductor has developed a unique fermentation system that removes more than 60 per cent of nitrogen from organic waste before biogas fermentation. Last year, Ductor was awarded a GCCA TOP 10 prize in Taipei.
About ES Engineering: ES Engineering (www.es-online.com) is a California-based provider of Engineering, Operations, Regulatory Compliance, Site Assessment and Remediation solutions. ES serves clients in both the public and private sectors, but is focused on the Waste Water, Biogas, Landfill Gas, Solid Waste and Petroleum sectors. ES is a subsidiary of Montrose Environmental Group (www.montrose-environmental.com). Montrose is a fast-growing environmental services company that offers Air Quality, Environmental Laboratory, Regulatory Compliance and Engineering Services to a diverse range of clients in industry and government. With over 900 employees and a nationwide footprint of over 40 offices, Montrose is able to offer its clients access to resources across a number of different service areas and specializations.
