Energy from Waste
Carbon negative energy from waste represents a major breakthrough in the transition towards a low carbon economy and in the fight against global warming.
According to the IEA, governments around the world subsidized consumption of fossil fuel to the tune of $620 billion last year—almost nine times greater than supports for renewable energy, which totalled USD 70 billion in 2023.
Global Gateways technology is able to produce energy cheaper than the fossil fuel industry and without needing any subsidies. Our clean energy directly substitutes the need for CO2 emitting fossil fuel energy.
ELECTRICITY Waste is converted to a hydrogen-rich gas during our gasification process, this gas is converted to electricity in our power plant section of the waste to energy process. A typical sized GG waste to energy plant which treats 1,00.000 tons of MSW (municipal solid waste) per year can generate 376 MW per hour of green electricity. equal to approximately 3.0 TWh per year at 8,000 operating hours.
Electricity generated in our waste to energy plants can be supplied either to the national grid system or local smart grids Smart grids are important because they can monitor energy flow and can adjust to changes in supply and demand, supporting higher integration of renewable and distributed energy. The European Union is strongly pushing for the implementation of smart grids and see them as essential for Europe to meet its energy goals.
DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING (HOT & COLD WATER) The power plant section of the waste to energy plant will work in Combined Heat and Power (CHP) mode, apart from generating electricity the plant design reuse the waste heat which is normally released to the atmosphere by conventional power plants, this waste heat may be used for cooling and heating of buildings in a district heating and cooling (DHC) network located near the waste to energy plant.
A typical sized GG waste to energy plant which treats 1,000,000 tons of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) per year can generate 376 MWe, per hour, of electricity and above 200 MWth, per hour, of thermal energy. A DHC network provides local households and businesses with savings in their monthly energy bill due to the effects of energy efficiency optimization.
STEAM FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES In locations where steam is needed, such as refineries, paper mills or other industrial usages, Global Gateways is able to securely deliver at competitive prices the highest quality of steam with a performance warranty for quality and amount of delivery.
GAS TO THE GRID The gas generated in the waste to energy process can be sold to the national gas grid, without needing to convert to electricity in a gas turbine. The Global Gateways generated gas has a comparable heating value as natural gas, we can provide a performance warranty for amount and quality of the gas.