“Our aim is to add value for our shareholders by making a positive environmental impact through reducing emissions of coal mine methane into the atmosphere. In order to achieve this aim we rely on the commitment of our people, the support of our investors and clear policy support from the Government to reduce the impact of coal mine methane on the global environment.
Alkane is a member of the Association of Coal Mine Methane Operators (ACMMO) which is lobbying the Government to include this recoverable energy source in the same band of the revised Renewable Obligation as landfill methane and sewage digester gas. ACMMO campaigns to inform public and Government opinion about the powerful influence of coal mine methane emissions on the environment and the benefits of using them as an energy source.
Coal mine methane was exempted for the Climate Change Levy and this gas is considered to be a renewable source of energy in Germany and France. This is not yet the case in the UK but ACMMO believes that on pragmatic grounds the industry capturing this damaging greenhouse gas should be supported.
Alkane’s engineers and managers have accumulated thousands of man years of operational experience of CMM capture systems and this knowledge is dedicated to providing practical, technologically advanced but cost-effective solutions for the capture and use of this green energy source.”
