Renewable Energy Switchboards – How Metroid Can Help
Metroid contributes to the Waste-to-energy space in a number of different areas. From building switchboards for waste water treatment systems and potable water treatment systems, through to the processing of the waste to create the bio-gas, we’re sure we can help your project. Our experienced team of engineers are able to help you produce a value for money design, that will last the lifetime of the plant. Our experienced commissioning team can help you get your system up and running anywhere in Australia.
What is waste-to-energy and Bioenergy?
As defined by the Australian Renewable Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) “Bioenergy is a form of renewable energy generated from the conversion of biomass into heat, electricity, biogas and liquid fuels. Biomass is organic matter derived from forestry, agriculture or waste streams available on a renewable basis, it can also include combustible components of municipal solid waste.
The waste-to-energy industry has seen a meteoric rise in the last couple of years with large projects in places such as Lara, Wollert and Maryvale, Laverton North, Dandenong South. These five major waste-to-energy projects in Victoria would see roughly a third of the 5 million tonnes of waste sent to Victorian land fills each year.
How does it work?
There are many waste-to-energy technologies, but ones commonly used are Large scale incinerators or gasification technology.
The incinerators have large furnaces that use garbage as fuel. They then power boilers from the heat that the furnaces produce. This then creates steam which is fed into turbines, ultimately creating energy that can be used to power the whole facility and leave the rest to be fed into the grid for the rest of the state to use.
Gasification is not as straight forward. The process involves using extremely high heats to vaporise trash instead of burning it, turning it into a gas called “Syngas”. Syngas can then create electricity by using this gas to heat boilers.
