A $28 million biosolids gasification plant is ready to be unveiled, and world-first technology officially ready to begin.
Logan City Council will today show what the finished plant looks like, in a form which is ready to turn the city’s human waste into biochar.
The technology is being watched globally as an example of advanced recycling.
Two massive sewage sludge dryers, each weighing 34 tonnes, had to be imported from Germany, and were last year craned into place.
Project partners Pyrocal and Downer successfully trialled a process in 2020 to thermally treat sewage sludge into biogas.
The biogas is used as a renewable energy source to heat and dry remaining biosolids, turning it into biochar, which would be used on farms as a fertiliser for crops.
“This is a pioneering project that has captured global attention for its innovative approach to reducing carbon emissions,” mayor Darren Power said at the time.
It is believed the gasifier will cut council’s carbon dioxide output by 4800 tonnes a year and prevent organic pollutants from entering the soil.
Today’s launch at the Loganholme Wastewater Treatment Plant will mark the official start to production.
Logan is the first local government authority to perfect such technology.
