Renewable Resources Analysis
Renewable resources analysis can be undertaken at both the supply (input) side and demand (output) side using a land use analysis approach.
Supply side analysis can be undertaken to ascertain the availability and timing of inputs to resource recovery and other processing facilities, generally to meet demand and to inform the facility design. This can range from wastewater to a range of biomass materials.
Demand side analysis is undertaken to ascertain demand for a range of processed and unprocessed products such as water, biobased fertilisers and soil conditioners (e.g. compost, biochar, digestate), bioenergy or other services such as carbon sequestration or offsets.
Both supply and demand side analysis inform planning of resource recovery or processing facilities such as water resource recovery facilities, anaerobic digestors, composting and pyrolysis facilities. See some project examples below.
Analysis for biobased soil conditioners
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Supply side analysis
Analysis of potential supply of dried digestate pellets and biochar from 127 red meat processing facilities across Australia.
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Demand analysis
Analysis of potential demand for dried digestate pellets or biochar by mining, forestry, municipal, NRM and Landcare related land uses in a 50km catchment of the red meat processing facilities.
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Supply:Demand analysis
Analysis to assess whether supply would meet notional demand for each red meat processor.
Analysis of potential biochar demand
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Demand side analysis
Analysis of land use types and areas for use of biochar and compost for urban water management in relation to proposed pyrolysis facility
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Demand analysis
Analysis of areas (ha) for target land use types for use of biochar and compost.
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Supply:Demand analysis
Analysis to assess whether supply would meet demand to inform prefeasibility.
Recycled water planning for urban infill precincts
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Supply side analysis of drainage yields
Analysis of potential yields from Water Corporation drains in the Perth Central sub-region.
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Spatial analysis
Spatial analysis of potential supply of water from Water Corporation drains to 110 urban infill precincts..
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Demand assessment & storage scenarios
Analysis of demand and potential integrated water storage scenarios for 110 urban infill precincts in the Perth Central sub-region.
Treated wastewater re-use planning
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Supply side analysis of recycled water availability
Analysis of treated wastewater supply data for 110 wastewater treatment plants across Western Australia.
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Water demand assessment tool
Development of a ready reckoner for determining water demand for different land use types e.g. trees, turf based on outflow, soil type, irrigation system and climate scenarios
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Storage design tool
Development of a module to enable assessment of water storage / dam requirements having regard to land use area being irrigated and climate options.