Standard unit

A typical CHO-Power unit produces 10 MW net power (equivalent to 42 000 inhabitants consumption) from about 50,000 tonnes/year of fuel.

This fuel, called CHO-Fuel, is obtained after sorting and preparation. It is therefore derived, for example, from 75,000 tonnes/year of household waste, 55,000 tonnes/year of non-hazardous industrial waste or 50,000 tonnes/year of ready-prepared biomass.

A total investment of €35-45 million is needed to build such a unit.

Commissioning takes about 18 months.

A typical unit has an excellent environmental footprint.

The residue from the filtration of the gas only accounts for 0.5% of the incoming fuel. With no dioxins or furans, emissions are very low, meeting the strictest standards in force, notably European standards, and are capable of anticipating future restrictions. The ash waste can be used in civil engineering on roads due to the proper preparation of the fuel upstream.

CHO-Power units emit CO2 without contributing to the greenhouse effect, depending on the proportion of biomass in the fuel.

For instance, when the fuel is drawn mainly from mixed waste, more than 65% of the fuel is biomass. CO2 generated from this biomass integrates the carbon cycle with no contribution to the greenhouse effect.
The rest does generate CO2 when passing through the engines, but it would be worse to allow it to turn into methane or another gas more harmful to the environment.

A CHO-Power plant is compact, taking up less than 10, 000m².

This enables excellent environmental integration.