Project
Challenges
Establish the business case for an industrial scaled biogas project.
Establish the most suitable energy crop to produce biomass to produce biogas.
Goals & Objectives
The primary objective was to develop a profitable and productive use for 4,000 hectares of marginal land previously leased for mining purposes.
Through a biomass analysis it was established that cactus cultivation could yield 2 million tons of biomass annually.
This biomass is proposed to be processed into biogas using a lagoon anaerobic digester.
The biogas is then upgraded to remove H₂S and H₂O utilising ANG technology, and then compressed to 20 MPa, to be transported via pipeline to supply energy to a cardboard manufacturing facility.
Solutions
Service provided
Biomass to Energy – Conceptualization and basic design
Biomass to Energy – Pre-Feasibility Study
Results and Benefits
Financial Results
20% IRR
Capital Investment $40M
Annual Gross Revenue $10M
20% COGS
Technologies applied
Farming for Biomass
Anaerobic Biogas digester
Biogas Upgrading
Waste to Energy (Green Coal).
ESG Impact
175,000 ton CO2 savings
380 jobs created
Project Location
Richards Bay, South Africa