Accidentally blowing up biomass equipment on the Rock Lake Hutterite colony in Grosse Isle.... Manitoba Hydro Faces Legal Action Over Biomass Blast (Ind. Report) Manitoba Hydro, Preseco Oy Date: 2013-09-23 Preseco Oy, the Finnish manufacturer of equipment that turns waste into energy, is suing the Canadian utility Manitoba Hydro for $1 million for accidentally blowing up biomass equipment on the Rock Lake Hutterite colony in Grosse Isle last February. Hutterite colony earlier this year. The Finnish company claims Manitoba Hydro made unauthorized modifications to the equipment, failed to follow Presecos instructions and caused the small blast. Manitoba Hydro and PresecoOy partnered on the Hutterite community pilot project designed to char wood chips and turn them into carbonized fuel that could replace coal as the colonys fuel source. Following the explosion, Preseco alleges Hydro refused to repair the equipment or continue paying to rent it, despite repeated entreaties. The Preseco project received $2.4 million in federal funding three years ago as part of the provinces effort to boost the use of biomass such as wood chips and crop residue for fuel. Preseco claims Manitoba Hydro staff installed manual control valves to bypass the equipments automation, used the wrong feed-in materials and altered the equipments settings, causing the blast. (Source: Manitoba Hydro, Winnipeg Free Press, 19 Sept., 2013) Contact: Manitoba Hydro, (204) 480-5900, hydro.mb.ca
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