A Better Tomorrow for the next generation: “Implementation of Waste to Energy in The Netherlands???”
Posted on: Monday 03 November 2008 at 17:21By: Peter Doeve
Categories: Renewable Energy
Todays most important challenges are the world’s environmental matters, the worldwide usage of fossil fuels, the growing dependence on the import of oil and gas and the economic consequences of the Peak-oil moment. The development of renewable energy technologies, new combinations of existing technologies and the implementation of wind energy farms, solar energy parks and waste-to-energy plants will become increasingly important in the political agenda in the world. The World has been granted to us in order to keep the eco-systems and the existing minerals and raw materials in a sustainable balance for our future generations. Presently the world is endangered by large volumes of contaminated waste streams that can not be processed and are either thrown in a deep pit or stored in specially designed storage rooms with plastic folie to prevent leakage to our ground water system. Additionally the usage of our existing raw materials and energy supply of fossil fuels will bring us beyond the point of recovery. In different discussions we expect to reach the Peak Oil moment between 2012 and 2017, based on the expected resources of the existing oil fields and the existing rising demand on fossil fuels. Government and the mainstream companies should prepare for alternative energy supply and ACT NOW in order to have the alternatives implemented in the expected period in time. ECO Port wants to implement through its waste to energy business plan and its contacts with wind energy and solar energy providers alternatives for our energy generation and our construction materials. By delivering green electricity from biomass and direct gasification we can also deliver an alternative for fossil fuels and alternative for our energy intensive concrete.
The concrete business is one of the most polluting industries in the world and according to the Economist it creates 5% of the world’s CO2 emissions and consumes massive amounts of fossil fuels. This industry also does not generate innovative ideas to change the large quantities of fossil fuels that are used to produce the concrete products. The increasing worldwide demand on concrete and the challenging construction plans of the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia will pressurize the sector even more. The implementation of sustainable products that result from alternative energy generation should be received with enthousiasm.
Waste to Energy is a good alternative for generating our electricity for tomorrow and in combination with wind and solar energy it could fully replace fossil fuels. ECO PORT owns patents and an extensive network of private companies and governmental institutions in the sector of waste management and energy generation. In the past two years we have developed a strong business case to combine the waste management industry and the energy generation and generate green electricity and process the complete waste streams of a region including the category 2-3 industrial waste sludge that until now could not be economically processed. By combining Biomass volarisation stations, direct gasification units and patented solidification and cementation technologies the waste streams can be fully processed resulting in green electricity, green fertilizers and sustainable construction materials for a competitive price. ECO Port has developed the business case for the Province of North Holland and calculates a return on investment of 44%, making use of conservative assumptions within the business case.
In our quest for implementing the innovative waste to energy technologies we are seeking for investment in Western Europe, South East Asia and Africa. Based on our experience of the past months we have found our way towards Africa, Saudi Arabia and China in order to organize the funds necessary to start the waste to energy initiatives and provide green electricity to the electricity grid. Strategically ECO Port will build its network in Africa where the need for stable electricity is enormous and the potential for minerals, raw materials and waste streams is extensive.
But will the proven Dutch business case be implemented in the coming months? It depends on finding available funds and organizations who have the ambition to solve a waste problem and provide green electricty without the use of fossil fuels. The experiences in Africa learn that funds are there available and people are truly committed to bring the continent to the global development goals and objectives. What is the reason for this inactivity in The Netherlands and Western Europe in general? The financial crisis could be one of the reasons why funds are not easy to organize for innovative renewable energy initiatives in this part of the world. It is also possible that entrepreneurship in The Netherlands and Western Europe is fat and passive. Will our continent lose the race for tomorrow?
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