Waste-to-Energy (WtE).
What is WtE?
WtE is the process of taking discarded organic and inorganic material and extracting energy from it using a range of processes. As well as clean energy, these processes produce valuable by-products such as construction aggregate and fertiliser.
Unlike other renewables like solar and wind, WtE plants offer continuous energy generation without relying upon unpredictable environmental factors and costly energy storage systems like batteries and pumped hydro.
Africa has the world’s largest energy access deficit. 57% of the continent’s population or 573 million people are without electricity.
Why Africa?
Only 55% of waste is collected in Africa and just 4% of this is recycled. Meanwhile, the continent’s energy demand is predicted to rise by almost 130% by 2040, with electricity demand almost tripling. The share of renewables in Africa's fuel mix is expected to grow from 1% today to 16% over the same period.
This creates an amazing opportunity for new waste collection and renewable energy generation methods on the continent.
Clean. Viable. Sustainable.
By providing an alternative to landfill disposal, our WtE projects can act as an integral part of a business or local community’s waste management strategy.
Industries.
Our WtE plants use a variety of organic and inorganic feedstocks. This makes the technology applicable to a number of different industries from food processing to healthcare and agriculture to municipal waste, amongst others.
Organic.
Residential Food waste
Agricultural by-products such as animal muck and plant waste
Food processing by-products such as husks, pips, skins and whey
Human waste
Manufacturing waste such as wood chips, saw dust and fabric offcuts
Inorganic.
A wide variety of unrecyclable plastics
Building waste including wiring and plaster sheeting
Chemical products
Electronic waste
Unsorted municipal waste
Medical waste
Hazardous and toxic waste