Organic Power Ltd.
Organic Power was formalised in 1997 to market and develop the technology known as the Maltin System which was started in the late 1960s. The development has been financed principally by the directors Christopher Maltin and his wife Susan Moore, together with over 100 private shareholders who have to date subscribed over £3million which, together with the directors’ funds, has been invested in Organic Power Holdings Ltd. to enable this work. Organic Power intends to contribute more than any other company in the world to the reduction in environmental pollution and to the mitigation of climate change from greenhouse gases.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Waste to Energy
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 2001
About Us
Organic Power Holdings Ltd is a British company formed in 2001 to develop and license the patented Maltin System which has developed from the ideas originally conceived by Christopher Maltin and his team at Maltin Pollution Control Systems (1967) Ltd.
The multi-tank process treats a wide range of organic materials, either solid or liquid, particularly industrial wastes, energy crops, food processing residues and agricultural slurries.
Adopting a completely natural process and without additional chemicals, the organic materials are degraded by naturally occurring aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.
The process eliminates the pollution normally associated with organic residues and produces high quality methane gas, food grade carbon dioxide and clean fertilisers with no waste products.
Naturally occuring bacteria are used to digest a wide range of organic materials which include most organic wastes and energy crops.
Business Philosophy
Organic Power’s core strategy is to appoint Regional Licensees for specific geographical areas (usually countries or major sub-divisions of countries) all around the world.
After purchasing their Regional Licences, Licensees will have the right to sell sub-licences, to buy plant licences from Organic Power, and also have the right to grant these plant licences to individual site owners. Each plant requires a licence from Organic Power before construction is started, and depending on individual arrangements, a one-off plant license fee or royalties are paid to Organic Power during the operation of the plant.
In order to maximise the income to Organic Power, these Regional Licensees will be major players in their regions and will be selected on the basis of their business plans and their marketing ability. The marketing and management of the plant licences will be handled by these Regional Licensees who fully understand the local situation and the significant players in the areas for which they hold the Licence.
Applications and Environmental Benefits
The Maltin® System can be used to:
- treat organic waste
- convert specially grown crops into biogas
- generate biogas
- upgrade biogas to biomethane for vehicle fuel
- create clean fertiliser and soil conditioner
- create food quality or solvent quality renewable carbon dioxide gas
- create renewable materials such as wood substitutes which are so much better than MDF
Organic wastes can include:
- any biomass, anything which has ever grown
- bacteria do not have teeth, so the more liquid a feedstock, the better it is suited to the digestion process
- where the feedstock is not of a suitable viscosity, pre-treatment is necessary. The Maltin® System includes a high pressure low energy autoclave type pre treatment to ensure that the feedstock is suitably conditioned
- woody substances are not suitable for the Maltin® System
Biogas
Biogas is the name given to the mixture of gases formed during the anaerobic digestion of organic wastes. Biogas consists of methane (c70%) and carbon dioxide (c30%), water vapour, and other impurities and trace gases such as hydrogen sulphide. It can be used in boilers for heating and in stationary engines to generate electricity, but it is not suitable as a vehicle fuel.
It can be used:
- to generate electricity
- for upgrading to biomethane where its uses are the same as those for natural gas
Biomethane
- can be used for heating, cooling, as a source of chemicals, fertilisers or hydrogen, or as a vehicle fuel
Clean fertiliser
- the digestate can be separated into a solid soil conditioner and a liquid fertiliser. The solid conditioner improves impoverished soil structure