All the gasification concepts I am aware of that are "just a little" close to a technical definition of "working" loose between 1/3 and 2/3 og the energy in parasitic losses if they are fired with biomass - thus REAL invention is needed :)
Thomas Fra: Gasification [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne af Tom Miles Sendt: 29. september 2014 03:03 Til: 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification' Emne: Re: [Gasification] New Gasification Project Good question. I haven't followed Red rock. Tom From: Gasification [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Koch Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 4:21 PM To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification Subject: Re: [Gasification] New Gasification Project Tom What type of gasifier du they use? Best regards Thomas Koch Fra: Gasification [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne af Tom Miles Sendt: 28. september 2014 20:34 Til: 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification' Emne: Re: [Gasification] New Gasification Project The Lakeview projects picks up after a failed $100 million biomass project there by Iberdrola<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iberdrola.es%2Fabout-us%2Flines-business%2Fpower%2F&ei=VVEoVNDTK8uwigKf2YHACQ&usg=AFQjCNFWi2vcKxPabr7LqUiIsEpriZcJhw&sig2=X0onbOS_zs10iNFxEboqQg&bvm=bv.76247554,d.cGE> who reportedly stopped in 2011/2012 due to the lack of a suitable power purchase agreement and uncertainties about the California renewable portfolio standards. They were also looking for higher emissions allowances than permitted on the site. The infrastructure is there. The resource can be expensive if it is coming from forest restoration. That project would have consumed 160,000 tpy biomass. The Red Rock project is looking for 140,00 tpy. That's equivalent to a 14-16 MWe power plant which is the smallest standalone biomass plant that you would build today due to economies of scale. Is there enough margin and market for a new technology? Lots of challenges. We'll see. Tom AK>It gets even worse. They plan to build their gasification plant in Lakeview, OR. That area has what we in Western Oregon call a "shrub forest" compared to the density and size of the trees along the Pacific Coast. They must have struck a pretty good financial deal to make them site their plant in a fairly challenging resource area. Art
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