Let's use your waste or biomass residues to support your energy needs
Here are the main technologies currently used in Australia to convert waste or biomass residues into fuel, heat or power. Click (i) to see the technology scheme and a case study.
Unigrain, Smeaton, is an oat processing facility selling their oats into the Australian food sector. During their processing the oat hulls are separated and end of as a by-product. These hulls are an excellent biomass fuel. The fact that they are generating a biofuel as part of their manufacturing process, combined with their location being off a natural gas connection, means that using their oat hulls is both the most economical way for them to make the process heat they require and a way for them to make heat with near-zero carbon emissions.
Morton Seed and Grain in Wagin process oats for the local and international breakfast cereal markets. They have replaced their gas and electricity power supplies with a bioenergy unit that produces all the heat and power they need using the oat husks as a fuel source. The biomass boiler is now being used to generate the steam required for the grain processing and the electricity generation turbine is installed and operational. Electricity export to the grid began in October 2015.
