Take organic waste, food scraps, farm manure, crop leftovers, the stuff we’ve always treated as a problem to get rid of. Put it in a sealed tank. Introduce the right microbes. Then get out of the way.
Those microbes eat. They digest. And in doing so, they produce gas, mostly methane and CO₂. (Yes, microbe toots!)
That gas gets captured, cleaned, and transformed into something that can fuel trucks, heat homes, and feed into the national grid. The leftover material becomes a nutrient-rich fertiliser that goes back onto the land.
So, waste goes in, energy and fertiliser come out. The stuff that used to be a liability becomes an asset.
That banana peel you threw away this morning? It had more potential than you thought.
But wait…there’s more.
Every project that gets built creates skilled local jobs. Engineers, technicians, and operators in the rural and agricultural communities that need them most. It gives farmers and rural communities the ability to generate their own energy, breaking dependence on volatile fuel prices and unreliable supply chains. It captures methane, turning a climate problem into a climate solution. And because it runs on waste that’s being produced constantly, it’s as reliable and circular as energy gets.
One technology, multiple wins, already working right now in communities around the world.
This is the part of the energy transition that doesn’t always make the headlines, but it’s been working in the background for decades. And it’s only getting more interesting from here.
