You
can never be too clever ! 
"You are the
only person on earth who can use your ability."
- Zig Ziglar
Breaking News ! Ethanol from
Green Waste - A
World First in Renewable Energy Technology by Moratech !
This
amazing technology produces ethanol from green waste including
household grass and leaves, unlike existing technologies which are
currently influencing food supplies across the globe by producing
ethanol from sugarcane, maize, corn and switch-grass. Calls from the
United Nations to ban the production of ethanol from food crops are
currently under discussion, which makes this discovery even more
significant.
This process extracts ethanol through a fermentation process, and takes
less than 24 hours to complete, producing ethanol (95%) and compost.
Many different plant species were tested during the experimental phase,
and an average yield of 78% for ethanol and between 60% and 70%
for compost were recorded. This ground-breaking achievement was
developed by Morangaphanda Technologies (Moratech), based in South
Africa. The company was founded by Wessel Roux and Daniel Mogano, and
is a leading developer of new renewable energy technologies.
Furthermore, feedstock for the process is plentiful and easily
accessible! Municipalities are currently investigating ways to divert
waste from landfill sites due to capacity problems, and currently have
to incur costly tipper fees for waste removal. The significance of this
technology is that all the green waste which is currently dumped in
abundance at municipal landfill sites, can be utilised and converted
into ethanol, ethanol-gel and compost. The average person generates 200
grams of garden refuse each day, so the refuse of a mere 5,000 people
amounts to a ton of green waste per day !
The ethanol yield per ton of green waste is an amazing 988 litres !
Ethanol is
widely traded in the world, and is in demand at refineries for blending
with fuel (E15 contains 15% ethanol), and other users include the
pharmaceutical and food industries. A targeted 8% ethanol blend to
petrol by the DME will increase the demand in South Africa. The
international market has also increased the targeted blend. Currently
the global production is 36 billion litres. This is projected to
increase to 210 billion litres by 2030.
The flammable ethanol-gel is a safer substitute for paraffin, and is
also coloured to prevent accidental swallowing of the product by
children. It provides more cost-effective energy solutions to the
underdeveloped portion of the community.
The compost generated from the plant material is free of weeds and is
an excellent source of food for plants. Compost is a well
traded
commodity and various blends of chemicals can be added to produce
fertiliser, which can be used by the council and the public. Incentives
to separate garden refuse from municipal solid waste (MSW) could be
introduced, for example, a free bag of compost for every ton of garden
refuse delivered. It can be also be utilised to grow more feedstock,
making the entire process completely renewable.
Due to the constant and economical production cost of this process, I
predict that it will take the world by storm ! The production cost is a
mere 6 US cents per litre which is the lowest recorded production cost
ever ! Besides the pressure of
using food crops to produce ethanol while people are starving, existing
technologies also have other negative factors which influence the
price. Firstly, they obtain feedstock at a variable cost, and secondly,
they have to incur costs for the harvesting and transportation of such
feedstock. Major such existing processing plants are found in the
United States and Brazil. The only major producer of ethanol in South
Africa is Sasol, who produce it from their Fischer-Tropsch process as a
by-product, at an estimated 110 million gallons of ethanol per annum.
New entrants into the market like Ethanol Africa are finding it
difficult to be economically viable at the current maize price. The
major sugar producers are planning to build an ethanol plant that will
utilise the sugarcane waste. The risk is that if more sugarcane is
planted to feed the ethanol production, it may negatively influence the
price of sugar which is the primary focus of these producers.
Other current renewable energy projects by Moratech include the CO2 to
Methanol project. With the threat of global warming looming
over
us, we need to use technology to reduce the amount of CO2 in the air.
Their technology uses CO2 gas and hydrogen to produce methanol which is
used by the chemical industry. The main benefactors of this technology
will be coal-fired power stations and large emitters of carbon dioxide.
Carbon credits can also be claimed for the reduction of CO2 gas.
Future renewable energy projects by Moratech include the
Waste-to-Electricity and Heat-to-Electricity projects.
I believe in promoting innovative products and services which provide
sustainability and good value for money, and this is definitely one of
them. Bravo Moratech ! Should you require more information or
wish to contact Moratech, please click on the link below.
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