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News about and from Twence. 
Twence closes off 2009 with good resultsApril 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 the |  | |  | A Substantial Reduction of CO2 EmissionsJune 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. On |  | |  | Excellent Result for 2008April 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 included |  | |  | Maria van der Hoeven opens Biomass Power PlantFebruary 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 16 |  | |  | Thanks to staff efforts, 2007 a top year for TwenceApril 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 demanded |  | |  | High level precision jobFebruary 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 was |  | |  | Construction of the third line reaches highest pointDecember 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 this |  | |  | Regional authorities to postpone decision about TwenceOctober 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. |  | |  | Executive Committee of Regio Twente Wants to Sell TwenceSeptember 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 the |  | |  | Robot raptor terrifies birdsJuly 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, which |  | |  | Weighty work at TwenceJune 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 important |  | |  | Turbo Turbine for Biomass Power PlantJune 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 into |  | |  | Twence sponsors Solar TeamMarch 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 this |  | |  | Highest point in construction of biomass power plantFebruary 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 the |  | |  | First pole for third line waste-to-energy plantDecember 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 the |  | |  | TüV approval for boiler new biomass power plantDecember 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 the |  | |  | Preparations for the construction of the third line are under wayJune 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 in | | |  |
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