ALERT – I made a mistake. I did not research enough of this “Natural Gas” issue. Natural Gas = Methane. You can find out what needs to be done, HERE, to be sure we can Happily go ahead with waste to fuel.
In this post:
So Simple,
Is Smaller Better?,
Tools for organic waste-to-energy anaerobic digestion solutions,
Impact Bioenergy™ – a solution for any size
HomeBiogas
…a list at the bottom of other posts about WasteRushes…..
Anaerobic digestion
This is how quick you can make Bio Gas from organic material and it can be just about Anything Organic from vegetables and fruit to cow dung.
It takes very little money and time to make Bio Gas with an Organic Digester……
DIY video
More DIY videos here
DIY video
And there is more than one way to make one…….
Or you can buy one already made and simple to set up….all the way to the kitchen cooking.
to Electricity
Landfills disappearing into clean fuel would be FANTASTIC! ….and it is being talked about everywhere.
The closest we have gotten, so far, at commercial scale is Renewable Natural Gas from “organic waste” or landfill gases. This is turning into a grid of bio-gas in the pipe lines and filling stations across the USA, if not other countries.
Anaerobic digestion
Return on Investment, Return on Investment, Return on Investment, Return on Investment, Return on Investment, Return on Investment
- Everyone continues to worry about “Return On Investment” (ROI) .
- Scared to try. I do not blame them, but….
- If you ask me, the time has come to take all the risks!
- Governments, at any level, and citizens/businesses with significant organic waste volumes, should find a waste to “bio-energy” solution and spend the money.
- Most of them yield some kind of product at the end of the cycle, if not fuel…. there is more to ROI than just expenditures!
Is Smaller Better?
We find that the world populations are moving more and more into cities, but there is a movement that believes that smaller is better and that “local commerce” will form part of the economies of the future. I have not researched this very much, except to point out that long distance shipping is maybe not the greatest idea. Smaller “waste-to-energy solutions” would be a little less risky and quicker ROI.
organic waste-to-energy solutions – local focus, how to build anaerobic digesters, how to regulate them…..
>>Information about legislating for organic waste-to-energy solutions:
New Toolkit Aims to Keep Food Waste Out of Landfills
July 2019, The toolkit outlines organic waste bans – their potential to reduce food waste and strengthen local economies.
Organic waste bans are an innovative policy solution to divert food waste from landfills. These policies limit the amount of organic waste, including food waste, that businesses and individuals can dispose of in landfills. Organic waste bans thus drive more sustainable practices, such as food waste prevention, food donation, sending food scraps to animal feed operations or sending food waste to composting or anaerobic digestion facilities. Just 10 years ago, these policies were largely unheard of; today, six states and seven municipalities have passed organic waste bans.
“Bans and Beyond: Designing and Implementing Organic Waste Bans and Mandatory Organics Recycling Laws,” published by the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) in partnership with the Center for EcoTechnology (CET), is a printed resource Tool to help and advise states and localities address food waste through policy.
Burning food can’t count as recycling, according to Murphy veto
August 2019 – On Friday, The governor Mr. Phil Murphy announced a conditional veto of a controversial bill that had originally been designed to curb food waste in New Jersey — but was given major loopholes for landfills and incinerators in last-minute amendments.
“I am concerned that these exemptions will disproportionately impact environmental justice communities that are already overburdened by waste facilities, especially incinerators which emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases contributing to global warming,” said Murphy in a statement.
Waste Company is First to Inject Biogas into California Pipeline
October 2018, “Cities that contract with us see their grass clippings and food waste come back to them as an ultra-clean fuel that powers the trucks that run in their communities,” says Paul Relis, senior vice president of CR&R.
CR&R’s endeavor was a pilot project of sorts. It used the established New Zealand Greenlane biogas clean up system but added a Portuguese system to produce a cleaner gas. This is the first time the Portuguese technology has been used in North America, according to Relis, who says it is how the company met California’s pipeline quality fuel mandate of 99 BTUs (British thermal units).
“We have folks visit from China, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, France and other countries as well as from all over the U.S. They are reporting they have nothing that’s this technologically sophisticated,” says Relis
The project was attractive to SoCalGas, which recently announced it will streamline processes to support RNG projects. SoCalGas recently launched a new Renewable Gas website to provide general information on biogas derived renewable natural gas. It also developed a RNG gas toolkit for producers and developers wanting to interconnect to the pipeline.
>>Information about connecting biogas to a grid:
INNOVATION | RNG
RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS TOOL KIT – if you want to connect to the grid
SoCalGas stands ready to support biogas producers and to pursue renewable gas projects with pipeline injection. We created this tool kit to assist producers with information and technical guidance to support the interconnection process, including:
*how to connect
*gas quality standards
*SoCalGas regulations
*present bio-gas suppliers across USA & Europe
Maybe try a small scale project for Anaerobic digestion
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF SMALL-SCALE ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS? By Marjolaine | 2019-07-12
Although anaerobic digestion of small amounts of organic waste was considered unprofitable a few years ago, it is growing today with a new model of biogas production: small-scale digestion (or micro-scale digestion). By the end of 2016, 130 micro-scale digestion facilities were in operation in Europe. Smaller, less expensive, easily self-sufficient, these production units attract farmers, but also investors in eco-neighborhoods, wishing to develop new sources of clean energy.
A FEW SMALL-SCALE DIGESTION PROJECTS
Funded by the European Union under the Intelligent Energy Europe Program, the project BioEnergy Farm 2 aims to open the market for micro-scale digestion. The project was carried out by a large consortium, representing 7 European countries. …..
>>How to build a Biogas facilit – from USA’s EPA
Anaerobic Digester/Biogas System Operator Guidebook
The Operator Guidebook covers technical topics for a wide range of stakeholders, including but not limited to AD/biogas system owners, managers, and operators. It answers fundamental questions about system components, process parameters, and O&M procedures in order to help operators maximize profitability by optimizing biogas yield, improving biogas quality, and improving operating uptime, all while minimizing expenses.
Biogas Toolkits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Biogas Toolkit serves as a centralized knowledge hub for biogas project stakeholders. The toolkit is designed to allow stakeholders to search and browse for information and resources that meet their specific project needs. The toolkit includes information and resources compiled from across several EPA programs, including AgSTAR, the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), and the Global Methane Initiative (GMI).
PART WAY THERE: Anaerobic digestion
BioGas World and/or I would be delighted to help you find a waste-to-bio-energy company or project near you.
For smaller communities, businesses and/or industrial zones, etc. There are organizations that are all ready to help you set up your own anaerobic digester based on your size and economic restrictions.
Here’s one compact Anaerobic digestion system!
Impact Bioenergy’s prefabricated bioenergy units are engineered and sized to fit the unique requirements of organizations and communities for onsite bioenergy food/organic waste diversion and produce useful products that substantially contribute to faster ROI.
Impact Bioenergy™ is an experienced team of professionals with a singular focus: create a community of bioenergy customers who operate as part of an open-source network of small, decentralized facilities wherever high operating costs, environmental and social principles are moving consumers away from disposal/landfills.
We build engineered products and provide the necessary support services to our customers to make new resources from organic materials. We make bioenergy systems happen quickly and cost-effectively.
IMAGINE YOUR OWN BIOENERGY SYSTEM
Portable Bioenergy Systems in the size and capacity that You need, that can convert 1,000 to 35,500 lbs per week of organic waste into renewable energy and biofertilizer. These micro-digester systems can be used in communities, campuses or farm type environments, have odor control and semi-automatic or automatic operation.
Impact Bioenergy creating circular economy on Vashon Island
June 2019 – Vashon Island is a 37-square-mile island with a population of roughly 11,000 people. Currently, the waste on Vashon Island is transported to Cedar Hills Regional Landfill, 45 miles away.
Impact Bioenergy’s new digester, NAUTILUS, is converting tofu manufacturing plant’s leftovers into fuel and probiotic plant food.
Vashon Bioenergy Farm, located at Island Spring Organics tofu factory, is a community-scale bioenergy system that is designed to convert food and beverage “waste” into the cleanest fuel commercially available and organic plant food.
This summer, the new digester will start converting commercial food waste into bioenergy and plant food. Others feedstock on the island may also be diverted to the digester in due time, which is designed to generate enough fuel to power a small fleet of trucks or provide clean energy to more than 40 homes.
Benefits of generating bioenergy and other products from digesters:
-Diverts waste from landfill, saves landfill capacity and transport
-Generates renewable natural gas to power vehicles or heat and power homes
-Creates local jobs
-Waste can be used locally to increase soil nutrients through soil and organic produce
-Provides organic plant food for farmers and residents
-Decreases costs for small producers like Island Spring Organics tofu factory
-Reduces landfill, fertilizer, and vehicle source greenhouse gas emissions
Impact Bioenergy basic units/products:
HORSE AD25 SERIES – High-solids Organic-waste Recycling System with Electrical Output
NAUTILUS AD185 SERIES – High-solids Organic-waste Recycling System with Electrical Output
OX AD550 series solid-phase continuous flow anaerobic digester- also completely portable ranging in size from 8,300 to 42,300 lbs. per week. The OX can digest commingled food, paper, wood, and landscape materials.
BUFFALO Biogas System – designed for offshore fabrication and international markets and is sized for up to 6,700 lbs. per week. It is based on the HORSE but is more cost-effective for developing nations.
The company manufacturers the equipment in the Pacific Northwest and considers simplicity, local equipment sourcing, and local empowerment to be the foundation of success. We focus on proving that a new model of local energy, recycling, and food production can be made possible for any type of need.
What can it cost?
The big commercial digesters run from $5-50,000,000. An Impact Bioenergy unit “costs about what a Tesla costs” ~ $70,000.
Our focus is on macro/micro-scale anaerobic digestion using cost-efficiency, quick deployment, zero waste and waste diversion, distributed and on-site energy production, and improving the triple-bottom line. Our business is biomimicry in every sense of the word by using natural systems. We can provide LEED based systems, Living-Building Challenge solutions, B-Corp solutions, and solutions that address quadruple-bottom line objectives.
Impact Bioenergy is presently working on orders coming in across the USA. For potential projects outside of the North America, please feel free to use this link, for interested people to provide more unformation:
https://forms.gle/5EQJid5qDZazvtVb9 or contact one of our team.
Anaerobic digestion for your Community ?…………….
If Toronto can, maybe your community can too!
Toronto Garbage Trucks Will Soon Be Powered by Biogas From the Very Food Scraps That They Collect
The City of Toronto, in partnership with Enbridge Gas Inc., began installing new biogas upgrading equipment at the Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility in 2019. The new technology will allow the City and Enbridge to transform the biogas produced from processing Toronto’s Green Bin organic waste into renewable natural gas (RNG) and inject that gas into the natural gas grid. Once in the grid, the City will be able to use the RNG to fuel its collection trucks.
The City of Toronto’s existing and closed landfill sites and anaerobic digestion (organics processing) facilities are some of the largest producers of biogas and landfill gas in Ontario. Over the last few years, the City has been looking for opportunities to harness the green energy potential of these gases and identified renewable natural gas (RNG) as a top priority for biogas management.
Circular model showing how waste can ultimately be used to create green energy.
ASK Impact Bioenergy !
Impact Bioenergy’s OX AD550 series solid-phase continuous flow anaerobic digester- also completely portable ranging in size from 8,300 to 42,300 lbs. per week. The OX can digest commingled food, paper, wood, and landscape materials.
OR Anaerobic digestion for one-family? …………….
How does HomeBiogas work?
>>HomeBiogas is designed so that the ordinary person will be able to easily assemble it, no professional or technician needed! Set aside 1-2 hours with a friend or family member to complete the job.
>>You can activate HomeBiogas one of two ways: 1) the natural way, using 100 liters of animal manure from your local farm or ranch, or 2) you can purchase a bacteria starter kit.
>>Once you have activated your system and have a healthy colony of bacteria growing in the digester, it’s time to start feeding the system with your food scraps and/or animal waste. Generate up to 2 hours of cooking gas and fertilizer DAILY.
You can feed your HomeBiogas system approximately 6 liters of food waste or up to 40 liters of animal waste daily. An equal amount of water should be added with the waste when you put it into the inlet of HomeBiogas.
What Else Can You Put into HomeBiogas?
I see liquid fertilizer, but what about the solid part of the waste?: The sludge that accumulates at the bottom of the digestion tank should be removed once every 5 years. The sludge can be applied directly as fertilizer.
Biological breakdown
To produce biogas, organic matter ferments with the help of bacterial communities. Four stages of fermentation move the organic material from their initial composition into their biogas state.
1. The first stage of the digestion process is the hydrolysis stage. In the hydrolysis stage insoluble organic polymers (such as carbohydrates) are broken down, making it accessible to the next stage of bacteria called acidogenic bacteria.
2. The acideogenic bacteria convert sugars and amino acids into carbon dioxide, hydrogen, ammonia, and organic acids.
3. At the third stage the acetogenic bacteria convert the organic acids into acetic acid, hydrogen, ammonia, and carbon dioxide, allowing for the final stage- the methanogens.
4. The methanogens convert these final components into methane and carbon dioxide- which can then be used as a flammable, green energy.
“We took our basic solution, the HomeBiogas 2.0, and thought about how we could use that existing technology for the important goal – “safe and clean toilets for all.”” said Oshik Efrati, CEO and co-founder of HomeBiogas. “We researched today’s solutions and visited target populations. We developed the HomeBiogas 2.0 and Bio-Toilet Kit.”
Simple “do-it-yourself assembly” complete with assembly and maintenance instructions,” makes it quick and easy to set up and does not require a technician to put it together. HomeBiogas is off-the-grid!
Anaerobic digestion to FUEL for the Big City!
Other posts on the subject of WASTE to Energy
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CNG, LNG, RNG Fuelling Stations – #2 Waste To Energy
#3 Municipal Solid Waste – MSW To BioFuel? Yes!
Finally In The Mood To Phase Out Fossil Fuel? Environment
Finally In The Mood To Phase Out Fossil Fuel? People-Civic
Finally In The Mood To Phase Out Fossil Fuel? – Governance
The “Relief” Of Phasing Out Fossil Fuel! …Now!
ALL Islands: Just Go Zero – NOW! – Like Tilos
We CAN Deal With The #1 Mistake: Fossil Fuel – Today
Look To Garbage Dump Sites For The Energy We Need! Sure Fire!
Cleaner Energy Investments! Time To Invest In Your Landfill!
Landfill Gas Projects Worldwide – – – Clean Up The Air, Now!
CH4 Investments Urgent! Today! Landfill Gas (LFG)
Fossil Fuel Is Ancient Waste. But, There’s Plenty Of Waste Now!
Other approaches to waste to energy in these posts
Useful Green WASTE Business Ideas That Scale To Any Size
Harvesting Waste Ideas. Waste Rushes? NOW!
Climate Retrofits On Land Or At Sea
Shipping’s Carbon Footprint And Your Small Business >> Your Vote
Industrial Zone – Closed-Loop Networking
Cellulosic Ethanol – One Of Many DSM Sustainability Projects
We Need To USE THE CO2! …..For Industry – Big Market!
what needs to be cleaned
Too Much Methane !
The Greenhouse Gases List …..A Re-Review
cleaning up the mess
Can We, Are We Pulling In The Excess CO₂ ?
Fuel From Air? – Capture CO₂
Carbon Dioxide – Who Else Has Ideas To Pull It DOWN And OUT?
Urban Mining for clean energy
Urban Mining ! – More Important Than Ever
Critical Minerals & Rare Elements! ….. COLOSSAL WASTE RUSH