Wildfire has signed a contract with Eigigu Procurement (EP) to deliver the FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) stage for its second commercial project, proposed to be constructed on the Republic of Nauru (Nauru), an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean.
Over recent months the Wildfire team has successfully completed a comprehensive Feasibility Study to investigate the long-term viability of a 10,000TPA MIHG Waste-to-Power Project (WPP) on Nauru. Nauru has a population of 12,000 people however it is very remote and relies significantly on very expensive and emissions intensive diesel fuel for its electricity generation.
The nature of the rocky/sandy terrain makes disposal of waste by landfill very difficult and, as is the case across many other Pacific Islands, the existing landfill is uncapped and unlined and creates a range of water table, air, land and marine pollution, including significant methane emissions, which are approximately 80x more damaging than CO2.
Wildfire were appointed by EP to deliver a WPP Feasibility Report to assess the commercial viability of a MIHG Project on Nauru. The scope or work included three separate components, including;
Pilot Plant Trials which analysed and categorised the waste that exists on the island, and then replicated that waste in Brisbane in order to undertake a series of six pilot plant runs to identify any special challenges and to calculate the amount of energy that would be produced by the WPP.
Scoping Study to investigate a range of sites across the island and apply a Multi Criteria Evaluation methodology to identify the preferred site to take forward for the final Feasibility Report.
Feasibility Report which included completion of a concept design and used 20-year financial models to accurately consider a range of technical configurations and grant funding options and to calculate the resultant Levelised Costs Of Electricity (LCOE).
The WPP Feasibility Report showed that a Wildfire Energy MIHG solution deployed to Nauru has the potential to produce 1.1MW (or 26MWhr per day) of carbon negative “green” electricity and over 4TPD of construction aggregate. In addition to providing almost 20% of the islands annual power needs, the WPP could reliably reduce the waste going to landfill by over 95%, as well as to progressively reclaim a proportion of the existing landfill, rehabilitating the site and eliminating approximately 15,000TPA of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions per year.
The LCOE including CAPEX amortisation was shown to be significantly less than the current electricity charges and the variable cost of operating the plant would be less than half the variable cost of the existing diesel solution.
EP has reviewed the Feasibility Report and has decided to proceed to the FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) stage. After a highly competitive tender process, a world-class engineering company was identified as the preferred tenderer to undertake the Nauru WPP FEED and it is expected that the FEED study deliverables will be submitted within five months, to enable a Final Investment Decision in 2025.
3D model of the proposed Nauru Waste to Power project.
Ends. 9th October 2024
For inquiries contact:
Greg Perkins, CEO and Managing Director, Wildfire Energy
+61 488 150 695
About Wildfire Energy:
Wildfire Energy’s vision is to eliminate landfill by turning residual wastes into renewable energy, hydrogen and sustainable fuels. Global solid waste generation is over 2 billion tonnes annually and landfills are responsible for over 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Wildfire Energy’s solution is called MIHG (moving injection horizontal gasification), a simple process which converts waste into electricity, hydrogen and sustainable fuels with net negative carbon emissions. Wildfire Energy has developed modular plants which can be rapidly deployed and used to convert biomass and waste into renewable energy products at low cost. This makes Wildfire Energy’s solutions ideally suited for industrial decarbonisation and improving waste management in outer urban, regional and remote communities, where landfill is currently the only option.
Website: https://www.wildfireenergy.com.au