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			<title>Dutch visit with focus on phosphate</title>
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			<description>Representatives from the Dutch Government visited BioVækst</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Representatives from the Dutch Government today visited BioVækst to get a firsthand experience of how the Aikan Technology is able to recycle valuable phosphate materials.<br /><br />In the Netherlands 20 key players and the Dutch Government are working together intensively to create a marked for recycled phosphate. These plans include an invitation to the Danish government and Danish key players to join the initiative – and a similar invitation is given to German and Swedish key players.<br /><br />The visitors at BioVækst included Arnoud Passenier who is Director of the <link http://www.nutrientplatform.org/ - external-link-new-window nutrientplatform.org>Dutch Phosphate Value Chain Agreement</link>. Read more about the Dutch Initiative in&nbsp;<link http://www.nutrientplatform.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Dutchphosphatevaluechainagreement-Oct4th2011.pdf - external-link-new-window "Dutch Phosphate Value Chain Agreement">the agreement</link>.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Aikan at the Open Smart City 2012 Conference</title>
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			<description>On 20. March 2012 the Aikan technology will be presented at the Open Smart City 2012 conference in...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br />On 20. March 2012 the Aikan technology will be presented at the Open Smart City 2012 conference in Copenhagen. For further information, check the conference website at <link http://www.cphcleantech.com/opensmartcity>http://www.cphcleantech.com/opensmartcity</link> or contact Henrik Mortensen from Solum Gruppen at <link mailto:hmo@solum.com>hmo@solum.com</link>.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Solum Gruppen is now a member of Concito</title>
			<link>http://www.solum.com/n/article/solum-gruppen-is-now-a-member-of-concito.html</link>
			<description>Solum Gruppen is now a member of Concito. Concito is a green think tank and Denmark’s largest green...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Solum Gruppen is now a member of Concito. Concito is a green think tank and Denmark’s largest green network with nearly 100 companies,  researchers, organisations and individuals as members of the Council –  each possessing extensive knowledge of climate change and leading in  their field.<br /> <link http://www.concito.info/node/214?language=en - external-link-new-window "About Concito">Read more about Concito</link>]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Solum's Aikan Technology on BBC World News</title>
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			<description>Solum Gruppen's Aikan Technology featured in 'Horizons Business' on BBC World News</description>
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In Episode 11 of the Horizons Business series, BBC reporter Adam Shaw shows how organic waste can be turned into methane and compost. His visit to Solum Gruppen's Danish Aikan facility BioVaekst at Holbaek is part of a round the world travel to highlight&nbsp; solutions to the major challenges like climate change, transport, and feeding the planet over the next decade. <link http://www.horizonsbusiness.com/episode/show/episode/24#playlist/133 _blank external-link-new-window "See BBC World News video at www.horizonsbusiness.com">[see video]</link>]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>RWM/CIWM Exhibition</title>
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			<description>High attendance of visitors at the recent exhibition in Birmingham</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span lang="EN-GB"></span>
<span lang="EN-GB"><br />Aikan UK participated in the recent RWM/CIWM exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham. </span>
<span lang="EN-GB">Commenting of the exhibition Peter Hallam UK Area Manager said&nbsp;&quot;in ten years of attending both the RWM and CIWM exhibitions I have never experienced such a high attendance of visitors as we have seen here, nor have I seen such a diverse range of exhibitors.&quot; </span>
<span lang="EN-GB">Henrik Mortensen, Business Development Director commented that &quot;we have seen an unprecedented level of interest in our Hybrid Dry Anaerobic Digestion and Composting process at the exhibition. If we only convert a fraction of those interested enquiries into projects, it will have been a very successful event for us. We look forward to exhibiting again next year.&quot;</span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Minister for Climate and Energy visited Aikan Facility</title>
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			<description>(Press release) The Danish Minister for the Environment, Mrs Lykke Friis, visited the combined...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[(Press Release)
The Danish Minister for the Environment, Mrs Lykke Friis, visited the combined biogas and composting facility of BioVækst near the city of Holbæk. The facility turns organic household waste from residents in nine neighbouring municipalities into biogas and fertilizer. 
The Aikan facility receives more than 20,000 tonnes of source-separated household waste and other organic residues every year. First biogas is recovered, then the waste is composted and in the last resort separated residues such as plastics etc. are utilised in incineration. The phosphorous-bearing compost is returned to agricultural soils as documented fertilizer without xenobiotic substances. Phosphorous is becoming a scarce resource globally and has therefore seen steep price increases in recent years.
The Aikan technology causes lower CO2 emissions than incineration. CO2 savings are found in the generation of biogas and through composting, which delays CO2 emissions for up to 100 years. At the Aikan facility 50% of the biogas energy is converted into power and the other 50% into heat. In waste incineration, typically just 25% of the energy is converted into power, while 75% turns into heat, which is a less attractive energy form. Biogas from an Aikan facility can also be distributed and stored through the Danish natural gas grid.
The facility near Holbæk has been in stable operation since its establishment in 2003. It is capable of managing waste regardless of the rate of impurities. 
During the visit, the climate- and Energyminister Lykke Friis said: “It is very positive to see a biological treatment plant that apparently does not have the type of problems that caused closure of biogas-generating waste management facilities in Elsinore and Aarhus in the past&quot;.
The Aikan technology has been developed by Danish Solum Gruppen in cooperation with Danish universities. Solum Gruppen has just received DKK 1.5 million from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency under the Subsidy Scheme for Environment-Efficient Technology in view of testing interaction between the Aikan technology and a manure-based biogas plant, which plays a central role in the Governments Green Growth plan. Lykke Friis underlined that the Government finds it very important that Denmark increases the production of biogas. 
&nbsp;Solum Gruppen has been appointed four times as a cutting-edge growth company by Denmark’s leading business magazine Børsen. In May 2009 Solum Gruppen was awarded the Climate and Environment Award instituted by Denmark’s Liberal Party and presented by Danish Prime Minister, Mr Lars Løkke Rasmussen. 
The following municipalities deliver organic waste to BioVækst: Egedal, Frederikssund, Gribskov, Halsnæs, Holbæk, Kalundborg, Odsherred,&nbsp; Ringsted and Rødovre.
Further information:
Christian B. S. Christensen, owner and founder<br />E-Mail: <link cbsc@solum.com>cbsc@solum.com</link><br />Mobile phone: +45 27 22 29 39&nbsp;
or
Henrik Mortensen, Business Development Manager<br />E-Mail: <link hmo@aikantechnology.com>hmo@aikantechnology.com</link> <br />Mobile phone: +45 51 55 21 44&nbsp;
Web:<br /><link http://www.aikantechnology.com/>www.aikantechnology.com</link><br /><link http://www.solum.com/>www.solum.com</link>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>AfOR hosts successful study tour to Denmark and Germany</title>
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			<description>The attendees visited both Solum Group's biomass and growing media manufacturing plant as well as...</description>
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The two days study tour to Denmark and Germany was hailed as a great success due in part to the quality of the sites visited and the technologies represented.
<link http://www.organics-recycling.org.uk/page.php?article=2029&name=AfOR%20hosts%20successful%20study%20tour%20to%20Germany%20and%20Denmark - external-link-new-window "Åbner eksternt link i nyt vindue">Read what AfOR wrote about the tour</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Association for Organics Recycling on Study Tour to Europe</title>
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			<description>The AfOR study tour in June will this year focus on the use of biomass, the production of quality...</description>
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Association for Organics Recycling&nbsp;&nbsp;(AfOR) will be organizing a study tour to Europe from 28th-29th June. The programme includes visits to several AD facilities including the Solum Group’s Aikan facility west of Copenhagen.
See overview and full programme here (pdf-format):
<link fileadmin/user_upload/file_pdf/Overview_and_programme_for_AfOR_Study_Tour_June_2011__2_.pdf - download Download>Overview and full programme</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 09:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>A Big Step for Danish Cleantech in the US</title>
			<link>http://www.solum.com/n/article/a-big-step-for-danish-cleantech-in-the-us.html</link>
			<description>Danish Solum Group brings its waste-to-energy Aikan technology to the US</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br />Friday, 13 May, Danish cleantech enterprise Solum signed a cooperation agreement with <link http://turningearthllc.com/ - external-link-new-window "Opens link to Turning Earth LLC in new window">Turning Earth LLC</link> in the presence of the Danish Minister for Environment Karen Ellemann and the Consul General of Denmark in New York, Ambassador Jarl Frijs-Madsen.
Read the full article on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark's website:
<link http://www.gknewyork.um.dk/en/servicemenu/News/abigstepfordanishcleantechintheus.htm - external-link-new-window "Åbner eksternt link i nyt vindue">A Big Step for Danish Cleantech in the US</link>]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Aikan Technology presented to the US Department of Defence</title>
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			<description>The Aikan technology was presented at the Department of Defence’s annual venture catalyst...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">The Aikan technology was presented at the Department of Defence’s annual venture catalyst initiative in April.&nbsp;</span></span>
The Defense Venture Catalyst Initiative (DeVenCI) focuses on increasing Department of Defense (DoD) awareness of emerging commercial technologies developed by non-traditional DoD procurement sources, and on increasing the awareness of DoD needs and requirements within these sources.
The slides from the presentation are now available in pdf format: <link fileadmin/user_upload/file_pdf/Solum_DeVenCi_pres_v.4.pdf - download Download>Solum DeVinCi presentation (2 MB)</link>]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 10:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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