Technology
Energy Resources Recovered
Increased energy prices do have an upside. Previously uncommercial and end-of-life sites are re-emerging, now able to offer value and sovereign energy security in an inflationary era.
Found at surface, and stored in waste and tailings facilities, these resources can prove to be commercially recoverable, with no mining requirement, in an energy challenged marketplace.
Often referred to as ‘brownfield sites’ or ‘tailings facilities’ environmental disturbance is either eliminated or at the very least minimised.
Being ‘at-surface’, these sources of energy eliminate the need for new mining, thereby significantly reducing project carbon footprint.
Further, exploration risk is minimised, documented records often confirming the location, composition and quantum of materials to be recovered. This makes for a compelling investment case.
- Exploration
- Environmental disruption
- Capex
- Known offtake
… a compelling investment case … compelling for the environment … compelling for Australia.
Conserving Water
AFE is leveraging advanced and globally proven technologies to recover valuable energy resources from legacy operations without the need to use water.
AFE delivers a commercially focused resource recovery solution designed to support Australia’s energy supply, conserve precious water resources and facilitate responsible environmental rehabilitation.
- Energy availability
- Water requirement
- Proven technologies
- Well defined domestic markets
… a compelling investment case … compelling for the environment … compelling for Australia.
Process
MeOH utilises GTI Energy’s U-GAS® technology to enable large-scale production of sustainable transportation fuels from carbon-based feedstocks.
The gasification process operates at high efficiency with low emissions, converting a wide range of feedstocks into clean syngas for sustainable diesel, gasoline and aviation fuel.
More than 25 feedstocks have been tested globally, including plastics, end-of-life tyres, coal-derived materials and various forms of biomass such as municipal waste and paper pulp residues.
U-GAS® has been commercially deployed and operated for over 30 years across multiple international facilities.
Proven
30+ years
13+ plants
in operation
Operational in China & USA
Key Metrics
Sustainable Transportation Fuels
- Capacity - 240m litres pa
- Quality - 99.5% purity - Low Sulphur
- 1.05m tonnes of waste diverted from landfill
- Production Cost - consistent with leading first-quartile global fuel producers
MeOH Supplies:
- Jet A1 Aviation Fuel
- Diesel
- Gasoline
- Naptha
- Kerosene
- Methanol
- Ammonia
- Hydrogen