Although many would argue otherwise, the inevitable concept of centralised power plants is slowly dissipating. We are moving into an era where consumers of energy are also becoming producers of it, where communities and businesses are now generating their own power. But, even though conversations around decentralised energy systems are happening more often, the Waste to Energy conversation is still on the sideline and hasn’t become a familiar topic to many.
PowerHouse Energy Group plc (AIM:PHE) has developed the innovative PHE G3-UHt waste-to-energy, ultra-high temperature gasification reactor technology together with auxiliary waste and power solutions. The company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in June 2011.
This technology provides a mechanism to dispose of a wide range of waste streams by using them as feedstock that can be converted to synthesis gas (syngas).
This in turn can be used to generate electricity for export to the grid or for use within an enterprise. Unlike competitive techniques for converting municipal wastes to energy, the reactors do not produce toxic residues and have a small footprint, making them suitable for deployment at enterprise or community level.
