Vegawatt™ In The News
News Articles Jan. 6 - Jan. 8, 2009
Vegawatt unit provides power, heat to restaurant
Date: 1/8/09 - BioMassMagazine.comRestaurants may soon be adding a new appliance outside their back doors to convert waste oil into energy. On Jan. 5, Owl Power Co. rolled out its trademarked Vegawatt cogenerator which will burn the restaurant's waste vegetable oil to generate electricity and preheat water. For the past two months, the Boylston, Mass.-based company's prototype has been used in a Boston-area restaurant and has "worked perfectly," according to Ben Prentice, Owl Power vice president of sales.
'Vegawatt' converter turns french fries into fuel
Date: 1/8/09 - NowPublic.comA new company called Owl Power is putting all of that used french fry oil to good use - with the invention of the 'Vegawatt' converter.
This may be bad news for people like my friend Tim, who has been filling his car for years with the used vegetable oil that that fast food restaurants are happy to be rid of. But for fast food franchises this is great news.
Fast food gets Vegawatt CHP
Date: 1/8/09 - Cospp.comMassachusetts-based Owl Power Company claims a world first for its installation of a waste vegetable oil-fired on-site CHP at the Finz Seafood & Grill restaurant. The so-called 'Vegawatt' device is an internal combustion engine which utilizes the waste vegetable oil from a deep fat fryer to produce 5 kWe and 15,000 BTU of hot water. The fully automated system uses a four stage cleaning process to treat the waste oil and no chemicals need to be added to the 80 US gallons (about 320 litres) per week fuel requirement.
Vegawatt - Restaurant Power and Hot Water from Waste Vegetable Oil
Date: 1/8/09 - Biodeisel ReportVegawatt is the next step in biofuel evolution from waste product to low priced commodity to valuable resource. Vegawatt is an onsite generator installed next to a restaurant or any food service facility that uses cooking oil. The waste oil is poured into Vegawatt and out comes electricity and preheated water, eliminating disposal costs and reducing electric bills at the same time.
Garage Invention Turns Restaurants Into Power Plants
Date: 1/7/09 - Wired.comWould you like power with those fries?
A new garage-engineered generator burns the waste oil from restaurants' deep fryers to generate electricity and hot water. Put 80 gallons of grease into the Vegawatt each week, and its creators promise it will generate about 5 kilowatts of power.
Massachusetts Restaurant Converts Fry Oil to Energy On-Site
Date: 1/7/09 - Sustainable Life MediaFinz Seafood, a restaurant in Dedham, Mass., has been testing a new cogeneration system that enables it to generate electricity on-site using its own waste vegetable oil.
Since early December, the restaurant has been piloting Owl Power's Vegawatt system to convert its used oil from its fryers to power its operations.
VegaWatt
Date: 1/7/09 - icrtMaybe all that greasy fast food isn’t that bad after all.
According to CNET… an American company is turning old cooking oil into fuel for generating power.
The Vegawatt system, developed by Owl Power Systems, burns old vegetable oil from restaurant fryers to make electricity.
A 6-kilowatt machine has been online for about a month at a Boston area seafood restaurant…taking up the space of a normal refrigerator.
Vegawatt Helps Restaurant Owners Save Money, Save Planet
Date: 1/6/09 - MetroGreenBusiness.comBOYLSTON, MA -- Owl Power Company, developer and manufacturer of clean energy cogeneration systems, has announced Vegawatt(TM), an innovative new cogeneration system for restaurants and food service facilities.
Vegawatt(TM) uses waste vegetable oil from any food service operation as a fuel to generate on-site electricity and hot water, saving the restaurant thousands of dollars as well as providing a clean, renewable source of energy.
Out of the Fryer & Into the Vegawatt:
Used Cooking Oil Helps Power Restaurant
Date: 1/6/09 - GreenBiz.com and Greener Buildings
BOYLSTON, Mass. -- A Massachusetts firm says its new device called the Vegawatt can help restaurants save money by converting used vegetable oil from fryers into fuel to produce electricity and hot water.
of Boylston, Mass., hopes its Vegawatt (pronounced with a soft "g," like the word vegetable) will become the next big thing among restaurants and other businesses with commercial or industrial kitchens that use fryers.
World’s First Clean Energy System for Restaurants
Date: 1/6/09 - Greener.idealAlthough it wasn’t developed by Gordon Ramsay, the world’s first clean energy system for restaurants has been announced by Owl Power, and it seems like something that even the toughest restauranteurs would want to get their hands on. The system works by recycling used vegetable oil and using it to generate electricity, as well as hot water for all of the restaurant’s needs. The system is called Vegawatt, and has been running successfully at Finz Seafood and Grill since last month. It is a great way for restaurants to save thousands of dollars in heating costs, while getting rid of their waste at the same time. That sounds like something Ramsay might agree with.
Vegawatt Helps Restaurant Owners Save Money, Save Planet
Date: 1/6/09 - NYincBOYLSTON, MA -- Owl Power Company, developer and manufacturer of clean energy cogeneration systems, has announced Vegawatt(TM), an innovative new cogeneration system for restaurants and food service facilities.
Vegawatt(TM) uses waste vegetable oil from any food service operation as a fuel to generate on-site electricity and hot water, saving the restaurant thousands of dollars as well as providing a clean, renewable source of energy.