In order to reduce the volumes of waste sent to landfill; some authorities have constructed specialist solid waste management facilities - which collect the municipal waste; remove specific materials which can be recycled and produce RDF fuel - refuse derived fuel - from the remaining waste. This entire process requires an enormous amount of power- often provided from the national grid; the electricity having been generated by fossil fuel power plants.
Hawksford provide a consultancy service with a unique, holistic approach which applies energy efficiency methodology and equipment to the sorting and RDF production process; in addition to further exploring the opportunities of providing the waste management facility with electricity generated from a clean, natural and renewable energy. With the added opportunities of utilising the refuse derived fuel to generate further electricity, locally on-site.
By considering the integration of waste to energy technology, the refuse derived fuel plants generate electricity; thereby reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. The electricity is generated on-site from a continuous supply.
