Our Processes

Sustainable Solutions

Glanpower constantly strives to find innovative and sustainable solutions to the challenges of energy creation and supply in all its research, development and operations. These solutions take a common approach in that they must all be sustainable, dependable and environmentally responsible, as well as taking into consideration the needs of, and advantages to the local community in which they operate. One of the most sustainable and efficient technologies adopted by Glanpower is Pyrolysis. Glanpower’s Pyrolysis System is an energy-from-waste (EfW) system utilizing biomass and mixed municipal waste materials to make renewable energy. The system can process virtually any organic material, converting it into forms of usable energy that can be consumed at the source or supplied to customers via the electricity grid.

The history of the pyrolysis process goes back many decades however Glanpower’s uniquely configured system has incorporated the best elements of past designs and performances, coupled with process improvements, to yield a very flexible, fuel diverse, low capital, and reliable energy-from-waste system.

In the context of global and national challenges with respect to energy policy, growing energy needs, high environmental expectations, increasing land fill requirements, minimal economic availability, and local sustainability, Glanpower’s systems and technology address all these factors to recover energy-from-waste using the ‘3R’s’ principle: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Our goal is to build and develop as a part of local townlands and communities in order to bring the benefits of energy creation initiatives to everybody.

Although Pyrolysis is a thermal process, it is an endothermic process i.e. it needs heat to cause decomposition to occur. Remove the heat and the process will immediately cease. This is a distinct difference between it and exothermic processes such as burning, combustion and incineration, which release heat and light as a result of the oxidation of materials. In addition, with pyrolysis, many naturally occurring toxic substances e.g. volatile organic compounds, are broken down by the heat into inert chemical components.