Commercially Operational Waste-to-Energy Facilities

Recycling Waste into Clean Synthetic Gas for Generators

Environmentally Sustainable Alternative to Landfills and Incineration

Reducing Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Producing Clean Renewable Energy

Every 100,000 Tons of Garbage Diverted from Landfill Equals ~ 1.5 Million Tons of GHG Not Going into the Atmosphere.

Every 100,000 Tons of Garbage Processed into Syngas Fuel for Generating Power Produces 7.5 MW of Clean Renewable Power to the Grid.

Our Waste Resources Processing Facilities Increase Recycling of Marketable Materials.

Our Facilities Enable the Closure of Active Landfills, Which Represent ~ 5% of Canada's GHG Emissions.

Landfill Methane GHG Are 25 Times More Harmful than Automotive CO2 Emissions (Environment Canada).

Global Waste Reality

The World Bank projects a 70% global increase in urban solid waste with a projected cost of $205-$375 billion.

Humans generate over 2.1 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually, 70% of which ends up in landfills, where it pollutes the environment in addition to the environmental consequences of to landfill fires.

2.1 billion tons of municipal solid waste is approximately 24.5 quadrillion Btu of energy – enough heat to meet about 10% of the global electricity consumption.

Global Waste Reality

The World Bank projects a 70% global increase in urban solid waste with a projected cost of $205-$375 billion.

Humans generate over 2.1 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually, 70% of which ends up in landfills, where it pollutes the environment in addition to the environmental consequences of to landfill fires.

2.1 billion tons of municipal solid waste is approximately 24.5 quadrillion Btu of energy – enough heat to meet about 10% of the global electricity consumption.

tons of municipal solid waste are generated annually

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of which is transported to landfills, where it sits, decays, and releases environmental pollutants

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tons of greenhouse gas

Comparing Plasma Gasification and Incineration

and why they are not the same thing…

Gasification is a process in which residual derived fuel is thermally heated in a very low oxygen atmosphere. Output is a hot and calorific gas, the syngas, composed mainly of CO and H2.

Gasification turns the calorific potential of a solid compound into gaseous form, which optimizes its potential for energy recovery.

Gasification has largely been used over the 20th century to produce gas from coal for homes and industry. This technique went out of use when natural gas appeared in the 1960’s.

Gasification vs. Incineration video

Waste Incinceration Plants vs. Plasma Gasification Plants

 No air emissions during syngas production

 No smoke stack

 Solids reduced 250:1 to inert slag that has commercial value

 Occurs in an oxygen-starved thermal conversion vessel

 Processed residual derived fuel is converted into energy-rich syngas

 Produced syngas provides energy to run the facility and for sale

Plasma Gasification

“Plasma gasification can create more renewable energy than the projected energy from solar, wind, landfill gas, and geothermal energies combined.” – Georgia Institute of Technology

FSE is partnered with CHO-Power to build plasma gasification facilities.

Morcenx France – CHO Power’s first facility, commercially operational since 2015, was designed for 55,000 tons/year of RDF from over 75,000 tons of mixed solid waste. The energy efficiency achieved is over 35%. The second-generation commercial-sized facility design incorporates several operational upgrades learned during Morcenx facility operations.

 

This is a graphic representation of the design model for next-generation FSE facilities. The engineering design incorporates innovative proprietary front-end processing for optimized RDF production. The facilities are scalable to meet jurisdictional requirements.

 

Plasma Processing Residue

The process results in a 10% by weight of a glass-like slag sand residue, which is inert, non-toxic, clean, and safe and can be recycled and used in civil construction projects.

 

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