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Twence closes off 2009 with good results

April 26, 2010
Despite the slump in the market for waste, Twence Waste and Energy can look back upon 2009 as an excellent year. At €10.7 million, its net result was even a fraction better than that of theMore

A Substantial Reduction of CO2 Emissions

June 04, 2009
By using its own steam instead of gas burners to purify the flue gas from its waste incineration plant in Hengelo, Twence will manage to save 2.7 million cubic metres of natural gas each year. OnMore

Excellent Result for 2008

April 29, 2009
Twence Waste and Energy can look back on 2008 as an excellent year. Thanks to various different extraordinary gains, the net result was even better than had been budgeted for last year. Those includedMore

Maria van der Hoeven opens Biomass Power Plant

February 17, 2009
By ceremoniously planting a new walnut tree, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Maria van der Hoeven officially opened the new Biomass Power Plant at Twence Waste and Energy in Hengelo on 16More

Thanks to staff efforts, 2007 a top year for Twence

April 04, 2008
Twence had a great year in 2007. The company managed to post good financial results even while major construction projects (the biomass power plant and a third incineration line) also demandedMore

High level precision job

February 28, 2008
The lifting into place of the chimney components for the third incineration line at Twence on 28 February marked the completion of a major part of the new incineration plant. Their installation wasMore

Construction of the third line reaches highest point

December 13, 2007
Twelve months after the first pile was driven to officially mark the start of the construction of the third incineration line at Twence B.V., the builders have now reached the highest point in thisMore

Regional authorities to postpone decision about Twence

October 10, 2007
The regional authorities of Twente will postpone the decision on whether or not to sell the shares of Twence until a date in 2008.More

Executive Committee of Regio Twente Wants to Sell Twence

September 03, 2007
The executive committee of Regio Twente has elected to propose to the Regioraad (regional council) that it sell its shares in Twence. In doing so, the executive committee has followed theMore

Robot raptor terrifies birds

July 30, 2007
In addition to his trusty falcon and hawk, falconer Robert Musters of Enschede now has a new bird of prey in his cote to help control the nuisance caused by foraging birds. This new creature, whichMore

Weighty work at Twence

June 11, 2007
At 7 am on Sunday morning, 10 June, while most other people were still sleeping, the builders who are constructing the third incineration line at Twence in Hengelo were hard at work on an importantMore

Turbo Turbine for Biomass Power Plant

June 04, 2007
On 4 June, the roof of the new biomass power plant that is currently under construction at Twence was briefly opened. This was necessary to let a gigantic crane hoist the brand-new turbine intoMore

Twence sponsors Solar Team

March 06, 2007
This year, Twence is one of the sponsors of Solar Team Twente, which is taking part in the Panasonic World Solar Challenge that will be held in Australia from 21 through 28 October. In thisMore

Highest point in construction of biomass power plant

February 22, 2007
The highest point in the construction of the new biomass power plant for Twence in Hengelo was reached on 20 February, when builder Standardkessel GmbH of Duisburg raised the final component of theMore

First pole for third line waste-to-energy plant

December 14, 2006
On Thursday, 14 December 2006, Enschede mayor P.E.J. den Oudsten and Hengelo alderman H. Kok—Regio Twente chairman and executive committee member, respectively—ceremoniously drove theMore

TüV approval for boiler new biomass power plant

December 01, 2006
With four strokes of a hammer, the German technical inspections agency TüV officially approved the boiler for the biomass power plant that is currently being built for Twence in Hengelo. For theMore

Preparations for the construction of the third line are under way

June 07, 2006
Twence expects to receive the definitive building permit soon for a third incineration line. This third line was prompted by the lack of sufficient incineration capacity both in the Netherlands and inMore