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Kedco Solar Collectors have multiple evacuated glass tubes which act individually to heat up solar absorbers and, ultimately, solar working fluid (water and anti-freeze mix) in the manifold in order to heat domestic hot water.

Each evacuated tube consists of two glass tubes made from strong borosilicate glass. The outer tube is transparent, allowing light rays to pass through with minimal reflection.

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Kedco employee Maria Colman is heading off to Xingdao, China for the upcoming Paraolympics. Maria is coaching the Sonar, a 3 man sailing boat. Sailing the boat will be Paul McCarthy from Kinsale, Paul Ryan from Ballygarvan and Richard Wheally from Fermoy. They will participate in 11 races over a one week period.

Racing commences Sept 8th 2008

Kedco takes great pride in its wood pellet delivery service. We are the only company in Ireland that delivers bagged wood pellets directly to our customer’s doors, as well as providing an on-site fork lift service. Our loose pellets are delivered in a tanker model truck specially designed for the purpose, and we offer our loose wood pellet customers a 100% guarantee that no animal feed trucks are used.

Further advantages of Kedco’s trucks over conventional trucks for delivery of wood pellets include:

Kedco provide a unique service - we will deliver both bagged and bulk wood pellets straight to your door. We can supply a minimum of 3 tonnes bulk - blown into storage facilities, or a minimum of 1 tonne of bagged pellets on a pallet.

Our extensive network of manufacturing partners enables us to guarantee continuous and ongoing fuel supply to all customers who purchase a Kedco wood pellet boiler.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Ross Griffin, business manager at specialist recruitment firm Hays Energy, said the energy industry was rapidly growing.

He told the newspaper: “We can see the incredible employment potential in the energy industry and are confident we can successfully fill many jobs in this business. Read the rest of this entry »

Energy firms Npower and Scottish Power have announced more bad news for households with steep hikes in gas and electricity prices. Read the rest of this entry »

Our wood pellet stoves are the perfect choice for people that often experience high home heating bills due to fluctuating energy costs. Our stoves are elegant and a design statement in their own right.

Kedco Wood pellet stoves are available in the form of
( a ) space heater stoves whose primary function is to heat the room it is installed in and acts as a secondary heat source to help maintain control over heating expenses.
( b ) back boiler stoves which are ideal for smaller dwellings acting as the primary heat source for the home.

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Kedco are now recognised as industry leaders in the science of Gasification, but what is Gasification ?

Gasification is designed to create a combustible synthesis gas from carbonaceous solids. These carbonaceous solids can range from wood pellets , wood chips or paper, to refuse derived fuel. Kedco believe that gasification can help deliver a sustainable energy economy and is one of the most technically and economically convincing energy possibilities for a carbon neutral economy today.

Gasification Process

The process of gasification converts carbonaceous materials, Read the rest of this entry »

Kedco , through its relationship with Bekon Energy Technologies has proudly launched a new system of converting waste to energy called ‘Bekon Dry Fermentation Biogas Technology’. This unique proven biogas technology has been developed by Bekon in Munich. It generates energy from communal and agricultural organic waste through dry fermentation to produce biogas, a renewable resource consisting mainly of methane and carbon dioxide.

While earlier technologies mainly concentrated on wet fermentation , the Bekon process produces methane from organic matter with a high content of dry matter.

Kedco have a system of converting waste to energy, the Kedco Green Energy Harvester. Since the beginning of the 21st centurary a new market has opened up for the use of biogas technology in the production of electrical and thermal energy from organic matter. The technology of ‘dry fermentation‘ can generate enery from communal and agricultural organic matter/waste.

Up until recently, biogas technology concentrated primarily on the ‘wet fermentation’ of agricultural and communal organic waste, while the recently patented Bekon dry fermentation process can produce methane from organic matter with a high content of dry matter. This kind of energy production is environmentally sound and cost effective, while also creating and securing employment. Read the rest of this entry »

According to a government energy white paper, the residential sector is responsible for 11,640,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, with electricity consumption accounting for 41% (4,770,000 tonnes) of these emissions.

View the energy white paper here