Vote for Advanced Plasma Power ~ Eco12 Awards

Dear APP supporter!

Advanced Plasma Power (APP) is revolutionising the way in which we treat waste sustainably – maximising the value derived from it as an energy and materials resource whilst minimising the impact on the environment.

The Rushlight Awards in the UK recently recognised this contribution by APP to reducing as far as possible the environmental impact of waste – APP winning both the Clean Environment and the Environmental Management awards.

APP has also been nominated for the international Eco12 Award as part of the upcoming international EcoSummit 2012 in Berlin in March. Should you support APP’s mission for a cleaner environment without waste and should you have a Facebook account (or know anyone who does) then please do vote for us. Please also spread the word! Your support counts.

Please also follow us on Facebook and on Twitter and have a look at our website for more information. You might find the following link to coverage by BBC news both interesting and informative.

APP is contributing to a cleaner environment and to sustainable waste management in a number of important ways. It has developed the Gasplasma® process which is clean, modular and scalable, delivering high efficiencies and maximising landfill diversion whilst minimising visual and environmental impact.

Waste to resource
APP has pioneered a solution for advanced waste to energy/fuel plants – its globally patented Gasplasma® technology. After the removal of valuable recyclates, the Gasplasma® process treats a wide range of non-recyclable feedstocks produced from residual municipal solid waste and commercial/industrial waste converting it all into two high value outputs: a clean, high quality, energy-rich synthesis gas (syngas) and a solid, vitrified product – each with multiple applications.

The syngas can be used to generate electricity directly in gas engines, gas turbines and/or fuel cells or it can be converted to synthetic natural gas (SNG), hydrogen or liquid fuels. The solid product, Plasmarok®, is strong, inert and non-leaching and has a variety of valuable end uses, for instance, as a building material.

Maximum energy efficiency
Converting waste to a gas to generate electricity directly in gas engines, turbines or fuel cells dramatically improves energy conversion efficiency and maximises electrical output. Soon the gas will be able to substitute natural gas for distribution to homes and businesses in existing gas grids.

Maximum landfill diversion
The Gasplasma® process enables almost complete landfill diversion and is complementary to recycling. It can be used in conjunction with existing recycling schemes, as it takes waste that cannot be recycled and uses it to produce energy. The process produces a high value construction material called Plasmarok® that is recognized as a product not a waste. This removes any environmental, regulatory and commercial risk stemming from concerns over the eco-toxicity of bottom ash produced by incinerators and other thermal processes.

Low environmental and visual impact
A Gasplasma® plant is around 15m high, meaning that it can fit into a standard warehouse similar to the kind seen in edge of town business parks. Emissions from the plant are very low allowing for a very low stack of only some 10 metres above the height of the building.

Local solution
The low environmental impact means that a plant can be located, unobtrusively, on the edge of a town, taking waste from that town and supplying power and heat in return—a local, community solution to local waste management challenges and sustainable energy requirements. This further reduces the carbon footprint of the management of a community’s waste in that it reduces the distances which waste must be transported. It also allows plants to be located close to heat users, whether industrial or domestic, thereby further improving energy efficiency.

Landfill mining
Around the world, large quantities of waste are sitting in landfills causing environmental issues. The sites emit methane which is a very potent greenhouse gas and with many sites there is a risk of land and groundwater contamination. Furthermore, given the relatively recent onset of recycling and source segregation, there are large resources of valuable materials buried in our landfills. The concept of recuperating a landfill site opens up a whole spectrum of opportunities especially as our primary sources of materials and fuels become ever more depleted. The sites themselves, around which in many cases populations have grown, can be returned to developable land or parkland with amenity value.

APP is putting this very concept into action at the landfill site of Remo Milieubeheer NV in Houthalen-Hechteren, Belgium, where APP and global waste management firm Group Machiels have embarked on a pioneering project to convert some 16 million tonnes of landfilled waste into recyclables and clean energy. In the period of reclamation, the waste will be processed through APP’s Gasplasma® plants, producing power for the local community and heat for nearby greenhouses to grow vegetables.

We will begin rolling out our plants in the UK and overseas from this year. If you would like to show your support for our endeavours then please do vote for us by clicking on one of the voting links above and please spread the word by forwarding this e-mail.

Your support is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Kind regards,
 
Rolf Stein
CEO