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ASK A QUESTION

ASK A QUESTION

"The tax concession is 41.5% of the total investment in the Combustion Kit. That’s a fairly significant sum.”

Hans Jacobs

Consultant for ‘Subsidiefocus’

ADVANTAGES

Hans Jacobs, a consultant at Subsidiefocus, explains: “I was aware that the government encourages industries to invest in energy and sustainability via the Energy Investment Schedule (EIA), allowing a 41.5% deduction from profit before tax. But it was not a done deal at that stage. To be considered for the concession we had to prove that Pon Power’s Combustion Kit really worked.”

Adds Peter van Hoek: “We were about to install the kit on a Caterpillar machine owned by Delpeut brothers, an agri and horticulture business in Langenboom (NL). They were happy to cooperate with the experiment. Together with our Technical Specialists we performed an on-site test that allowed us to accurately measure emissions and fuel consumption, before and after installing the kit.” The outcome, as expected, satisfied the regulatory norms. On the basis of those results the firm of Delpeut applied for the Energy Investment concession, and, to everyone’s excitement, their application was approved. Peter van Hoek: “Thanks to close cooperation between Pon Power, Subsidiefocus and the Delpeut brothers we were able to create a precedent that has now paved the way for other customers to apply for the tax concession on our combustion kit. A fabulous result, that we’re all very proud of!”

“We’ve done a lot of prep work that’s now paying off for customers.

It’s a good feeling”

Peter van Hoek

Accountmanager Service

Pon Power

FACTS & FIGURES

GLASSHOUSE INDUSTRY

CHP installations generate both electricity and heat. Especially in the glasshouse industry medium range capacity CHPs are widely used for illumination and heating. The Activities Decree has been in effect since 2010 for newly built systems, however, all installations including older ones must comply with stricter norms by January 2017.

Observes Peter van Hoek, Account Manager Service at Pon Power: “With the majority of existing engines it is certainly feasible to achieve the new norm, however, meeting the new norm does require modifications to the combustion chambers in the cylinders. For this purpose we’ve developed the Combustion Kit, a modification, akin to the reconditioning of a cylinder head, that enables us to reduce hydrocarbon emissions to within the norm. We were excited to note that the kit, apart from producing more efficient combustion, had also resulted in achieving a small but notable fuel economy gain. It took a while before the penny dropped, but we eventually realized that our customers might successfully apply for a government subsidy on the required engine modifications. To really get to the bottom of the matter we took it up with ‘Subsidiefocus’, an organization that assist industries throughout the subsidy application processes. They quickly saw the potential.”