Solution
Power plants
Heat for your production, electricity for the grid. We supply heating plants that produce heat from a renewable energy source, and gasification plants that turn waste into electricity and heat.
Heating plants
A thermal power plant uses fuel to heat water into steam under high pressure. That steam supplies heat, or drives a turbine and generator that produce electricity.
In Poland, wood pellets supply the heat for a truck assembly plant in Niepołomice: up to 13.8 MWth for offices, production halls and the coating and drying of the trucks.
Gasification
Gasification converts the carbon-containing materials in municipal waste into a gas of methane, carbon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. It takes place at high temperature with a controlled amount of oxygen, without combustion. The resulting gas is called syngas.
With automated pre-treatment we first prepare the waste into a high-calorific refuse-derived fuel (RDF). Our thermal treatment turns the RDF into syngas, which our combined heat and power (CHP) unit uses to generate electricity and heat.
The two-stage process gets the maximum energy out of the RDF and uses the heat in the flue gases to generate steam, with very low emissions and a minimum of non-hazardous bottom ash.
The plants are relatively small: about 5 MW of electricity or heat per line. That makes them a good fit for smaller cities and remote areas that lack suitable infrastructure, and for clients with specific fuel or waste requirements.
Waste streams we can gasify
- Municipal waste
- Commercial and industrial waste
- Wood waste
- Medical waste
- Sewage sludge
Advantages of gasification
- Proven technology: a reliable and environmentally safe way to turn the energy in waste into electricity and heat.
- Suitable for difficult waste: at high temperatures, even potentially infectious and hazardous waste decomposes quickly.
- Better return: the two-stage, close-coupled process gives the plant a high efficiency and investors a better rate of return.
- Fewer harmful substances: because gasification takes place with little oxygen, fewer harmful chemicals and gases are formed.
- Clean operation: flue gas cleaning and continuous emission monitoring comply with the strictest standards.