Biogas Generation

#MoveTheDate Solutions

Personal / Community: Community project

Energy sub-category: Power generation

Description: Biogas production from waste (eg landfill)

Website about this solution: https://energy360.com.au/

Video about this solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO2hQ_nruHk

Why I love this solution: Energy360 takes gases generally being emitted to atmosphere and processes them to be used for electricity generation, or to burn off and reduce the impact of GHG's to atmosphere. They come up with innovative solutions applicable to various industries, and is without a doubt a method of energy generation for the future.

Comments

• • Arnaud C.
  • 2019-09-23T08:01:48.419807+00:00
  • Thanks for explaining Laetitia, I appreciate :)
• • Laetitia M.
  • 2019-09-23T04:37:16.741257+00:00
  • Arnaud, Biogas isn't generated from plastic and that kind of recycable solid waste, but from organic waste such as food waste, sludge from wastewater treatment plant and manure from animal farms. Except from food waste, there's no reducing sludge and manure as long as humans eat and poop, and raise livestock. Biogas is generated through the biological degradation process caused by beneficial bacteria in biodigesters. It typically contains 60% methane that can generate electricity or be scrubbed to be injected into pipelines as renewable natural gas. In the process, the volume of organic waste is reduced while anaerobic digestion transforms it into a compost-quality product that can find many positive applications. So yes, enhancing and capturing biogas, and reducing organic waste, is definitely required if we're to transition to one-planet prosperity.
• • Arnaud C.
  • 2019-09-22T00:41:00.071800+00:00
  • While I understand the benefits short term, I am not sure how burning waist in the long term is a good option. Shouldn't Focus be given to reducing waist as much as possible and then transition what can't be recycled to non plastic use? E. G. Plant based plastic that can be composted?