How do we convert this into a resource?

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How do we convert this into a resource?
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Is this really the best the we can do with
R200million?
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Biogas to Electricity
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Biogas powered vehicles, Sweden
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5.3 Million Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs)

• In 2005 there were over
• 140,000 buses, 100,000 trucks, 5,100,000 cars

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Solution
Public Transport
Heat
Scrubber
Biomethane
Process Water
Waste water
Industry
Biogas
Anaerobic Digestion
High Rate Algae Oxidation Ponds
OFMSW
Digested sludge
Organic fertilizer
Bioprocess Plant for the extraction of oils,
biodiesel, nutracueticals, metabolites
ß-carotene
Garden refuse
Compost Tree Nursery potting soil
Sweet sorghum biofuel crops
Horticulture and nursery
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2Ml/day waste activated sludge diverted from
pipeline to hoodpoint marine outfall pipe, 800m
of 160mm pipe no additional pumping
8Ml/day existing flows 2nd creek WW pump station,
eliminate requirment for 220kW pump set
10Ml/day wastewater diverted from hoodpoint
marine outfall pipe requirements 4km of 160mm
pipe 150kW pumpset
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Garden Refuse
30 000 tons per year or biomass resource going to
waste
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Garden refuse
East London Generates 30000 tons per year (82.2
tons per day) of garden refuse at four Garden
Refuse Transfer Stations (GRTS) which get
transported to Roundhill Landfill. Divert 15
(4500 tons/a) of grass fresh leafy fraction to
biogas digester Divert 40 (12144 tons/a) of
the mixed woody and leafy waste to co composting
with digester sludge. Divert 45 (13356 tons/a)
of the woody biomass to a 1.35MWe 2.1 MWth
gasifier CHP
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Closing the Rural and Urban Loop in a Zero Waste
Economy Job creation, food
security, energy fuel security, environmental
protection, and nutrient beneficiation