Organic Waste Management in Municipalities

Renewable energy from biomass can substantially contribute to the environmentally friendly energy supply of municipalities. Organic waste, which is usually collected for disposal in municipalities, is especially interesting. In most cases, collected waste is composted. The CarboREN^® process developed by SunCoal Industries uses the energy potential of this waste. A city with a yearly collection of 60,000 tons of organic waste can produce approximately 17,600 tons of SunCoal^® biocoal. This amount of biocoal can supply 10,200 two-person households with heat.





Currently this technology can be used to create energy for a municipality at the same cost as composting, with an additional 500 kg of CO₂ savings per ton of organic waste.

Additionally, this process can currently be used without competing with the production of foodstuffs, as opposed to other biomass-to-fuel technologies.

Considering this enormous potential it is not surprising that as of 2015, according to German recycling management laws, organic waste will have to be separately collected. The law supports the use of organic waste for special purposes as long as it is technically and economically feasible, the first priority being environmentally friendly recycling.

The deployment of a SunCoal Industries CarboREN plant offers municipalities a value-added, economically feasible and lawful use of accumulated organic waste as well as a means to improve their carbon-footprint.

> CarboREN Plant for Municipalities
> CarboREN Plant Concept for Municipalities
> Typical Raw Materials
> SunCoal Biocoal
> Uses for SunCoal Biocoal
> Economic Feasibility
> Carbon Footprint