One of the fastest growing segments of the environmental industry is waste to energy plants. Businesses and companies are looking for innovative ways to turn waste into electricity and heat for homes. Some very unlikely sources have suddenly become valuable as firms are finding more ways to turn waste into valuable energy. Some plants are using food waste, while others are even using things like used baby nappies as a way to create energy. This could certainly be one of the most important developments in green technology over the next few years as it serves the dual function of creating cheap, clean energy, and also keeps waste from reaching landfills.
One company, Biomass UK Limited, has found another unique way to create waste from things that are normally thrown away. The company has found a way to turn cocoa pods into biomass which can then be converted into energy. The company has built three Pelletizers in Ghana which will recycle cocoa pods that are normally thrown away by farmers. Using local labor they will turn the pods into pellets that will amount to twenty five thousand tonnes of biomass per month. Each of the three sites will employ hundreds of local laborers, which will make it a valuable addition to the community, as well as a way to create cheap electricity for the locals.
Because cocoa is cultivated on such a huge scale in these areas it makes it a perfect place to try the experimental energy source. Ghana was chosen over other locations because of its relative peace.
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