Technology - 12
Tracks
Stream 1
| Thursday, May 4, 2017 |
| 4:40 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Osprey Room |
Overview
REMONDIS Australia and the Future of RDF Production.
Gunther Neumann, REMONDIS Australia
Details
Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) is used extensively across the world as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels. RDF is used to power energy from waste facilities, cement kilns, coal power plants and other energy intensive manufacturing processes.
Internationally, REMONDIS operates over 800 facilities, spanning all recyclable and general waste streams. REMONDIS currently operates seven specialised RDF facilities with a capacity to process over 750,000tpa of material into RDF for local and international markets. REMONDIS also operates two combined sewage alternative fuel power plants with 350,000tpa throughput.
As local regulatory environments mature and the cost of landfill rises, the number of RDF manufacturers is on the rise in Australia. REMONDIS’ presentation will focus on the learnings from REMONDIS’ international facilities and what this means for Australia’s emerging RDF market.
Speaker
Mr Gunther Neumann
Branch Manager, Lake Macquarie Organics Resource Recovery Facility
REMONDIS Australia
REMONDIS Australia and the Future of RDF Production
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Gunther Neumann is the Head of the Technical Department of REMONDIS Australia. He leads a team of dedicated engineers that plans, develops, builds and operationally supports new and existing recycling and resource recovery facilities, composting plants, transfer stations and landfills owned and operated by REMONDIS all over Australia.
Prior to this position in Australia, Gunther worked in the international department of REMONDIS in Berlin, Germany on the development of technical and market strategies as well as on biogas and carbon emission projects.
Gunther is based in Mascot, NSW and holds the academic degree of a “Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.) in Entsorgungsingenieurwesen” from the Technical University Aachen (RWTH Aachen) in Germany. This degree is equivalent to a Master of Science in Waste and Water Engineering.
Chairperson
Wesley Knight
Waste Operations & Projects
Tweed Shire Council
