Pit & Quarry, February 2012
OPERATIONS or small adds up to major paybacks Its the right thing for our environment It improves our industrys image and our local community relations It helps our customers attain LEED objectives and its profitable he says Solar success According to Soiland the solar project was particularly challenging owing to its overall scope and required capitalization a total cost exceeding 37 million Without key incentives the project would have remained on a wish list But with a 11 million federal grant 30 percent tax depreciation allowances and investment tax credits and significant utility rebates over a five year period BoDean would only need to finance 2 million of the costs a sum that when amortized over a 10 year period nets a monthly billing equal to their monthly utility bills prior to the use of solar energy Ninety percent of the crushing and screening equipment at the quarry is Telsmith We were able to justify going solar by showing that we would see an immediate improvement in cash flow due to these incentives a total payback in just eight years and the elimination of energy charges for 25 or more years says BoDean General Manager Bill Williams who worked closely with the companys accountants to crunch the numbers show the payoff and bring the entire management team onboard with the investment Expected to generate more than 1120000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy each year the new system operates on a southwest facing slope and consists of 3444 panels with 24 panels mounted on each of 144 tables Williams says that the two biggest technical hurdles faced during the 10 month con SAND PRODUCTION AT ITS BEST Higher sand production yields less material to waste streams Recover convert super fines into saleable profitable products 590 DUKE ROAD BUFFALO NY 14225 T 7166839010 F 7166834991 E MAIL INFO@ DERRICKCORP COM WWW DERRICKCORP COM Extremely dry products Advanced Pond Elimination Technology Derrick Centrifuge Series No cumbersome belt press or P F press units VISIT US AT BOOTH 1539 HI CAP DEWATERING MACHINE HI G DRYER VT HIGH COMPACTION CLARIFIER DE 7200 CENTRIFUGE 30 PIT QUARRY February 2012 www pitandquarry com
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