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The Danish Energy Authority has given DKK 22 million in further funding to support the development of a Danish process technology called REnescience, which converts the organic fraction of unsorted household garbage into a semi-fluid mass, so that recyclable components like glass, metal, plastic etc can be recovered. The liquid organic phase can be employed as a biofuel in power stations. The news is reported by professional journal Ingeniøren (The Engineer). The first pilot scale demonstration of REnescience is currently taking place at a publicly owned waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen. The aim with the new funding is to prepare for the construction of the first commercial scale REnescience plant by 2013, but where and whether it will be built depends on finding investors and customers. To advance towards this aim, the DKK 22 million will be used to optimise the pilot plant so that it can continually handle 800 kg of unsorted waste per hour and obtain the best possible value from the various separated fractions.