Anaerobic Digestion Solutions

Anaerobic digestion (AD) has a key role to play in our journey to a more sustainable future. AD is a way to turn organic waste into higher value products, such as renewable energy and compost. This is a circular economy process, allowing resources to be recovered and reused instead of being wasted.

AD is the controlled decomposition of organic waste to produce biogas, a methane rich, renewable fuel which is used to create bioenergy. This process also produces digestate, a nutrient-rich, organic by-product that can be used to create compost. Producing energy and soil nutrients provides the optimal solution for organic waste in a circular economy.

LMS Energy (LMS) has spent more than 20 years developing its AD technology to ensure that Australia’s municipal organics are processed and used most effectively.

Through in-depth research, LMS identified batch dry digestion technology as the best choice for Australian municipal organic waste. Along with producing renewable energy, dry AD preserves the organic material needed for local soils.

LMS’ AD technology is energy positive (producing more energy than it uses) meaning less carbon emissions compared to other organics processing methods.

The renewable energy (biogas) can be used to power on-site infrastructure or supplied to the local electricity grid via existing LMS infrastructure.

Wyndham Organics Processing Facility

LMS is working with Wyndham City Council to develop an organic resource recovery facility within Council’s existing Refuse Disposal Facility (RDF). This facility will utilise dry anaerobic digestion technology to convert municipal or residential food and garden organic (FOGO) waste into renewable energy and compost. You can read more about this project here.

Casino Biohub Project

LMS’ wholly owned subsidiary, Helmont Energy (Helmont) is partnering with the Casino Food Co-op to develop the Casino Biohub. The Biohub will use anaerobic digestion technology to process organic waste from the Casino Food Co-op to create renewable energy and a nutrient-rich fertiliser for local farmers.

You can read more about this project on Helmont’s website.