Bioenergy Site Tour

Take a bus tour of 3  bioenergy sites. The bus will leave and return from the Temporary Set Down Area, Stanley Place, State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane, and include a hosted tour of 3 different and unique local bioenergy sites. This is an opportunity not to be missed. 

Site 1 Murrarie R & D Facility

Wildfire Energy is a cleantech start up established in May 2016 which is developing a revolutionary new gasification technology called Moving Injection Horizontal Gasification (MIHG) to convert biomass and waste feedstocks into energy and chemicals.Wildfire Energy has a MIHG pilot plant at its Research and Development facility located at an industrial estate 8 km from the Brisbane CBD in the suburb of Murarrie. 

Wildfire Energy’s MIHG pilot plant can convert up to 1 tpd of feedstock into synthesis gas (syngas) and also includes a gas treatment train to clean the gas prior to use. The purpose of the R&D facility is to optimise the design and operating procedures for the MIHG technology and to gather performance data for the conversion of various waste feedstocks prior to scaling up to bigger projects. The next step is a planned commercial demonstration project to process 30 to 50 tpd of feedstock and generate electricity.

The main activities at the facility are development of the MIHG technology, operation of the pilot plant to convert waste feedstock into synthesis gas, product sampling and testing of different design configurations.

The visit will include:
•    Introduction to the Wildfire Energy and its MIHG technology
•    Tour of the pilot plant equipment and explanation of their functions
•    Viewing of samples of feedstocks and by-products that have been processed

Tour Facilitators:

Greg Perkins, Director Wildfire Energy and Denis Doucet, Managing Director Wildfire Energy

                

Site 2 Luggage Point, Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU)

QUU is the fourth largest water distributor-retailer in Australia by geographical area, supplying drinking water, recycled water and wastewater services to a population of over 1.4 million in South East Queensland through the management of over $5 billion of assets. QUU is focussed on innovation and has a long track record of implementing new technology as part of our transition to become a ‘utility of the future’. As part of the commitment to innovation and sustainability, QUU has implemented cogeneration technology at both the Oxley Creek and Luggage Point Sewage Treatment Plants, where the biosolids (sludge removed during the treatment process) undergo anaerobic digestion treatment process to produce biogas. The biogas is used in Cogeneration equipment to generate electricity. Up to 40 per cent of the plants’ electricity is generated from biogas, decreasing the reliance on the electricity grid. QUU’s energy generation strategic target of 50% generation by 2030. This strategic target seeks to both optimise existing generation assets, aligning output with installed capacity, and exploit available onsite resources such as biogas, solar, heat, wind, and hydro to displace site energy purchases. 

The visit will include:
•    Introduction to QUU and its application of cogeneration equipment
•    Tour of the Luggage Point Cogeneration equipment and installation, and background on challenges & experience with operation
•    Tour of QUU’s Innovation Centre where additional technologies are demonstrated / evaluated for full scale adoption

Tour Facilitators:
Wakib Khan, Senior Process Engineer (QUU) and Jason Dwyer, Research and Development Business Partner (QUU)

                    

Site 3 CABOOLTURE WASTE FACILITY, LGI 

Tour facilitators:
Dr Jessica North (Chief Executive Officer) and Jarryd Doran (Chief Operations Officer)