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Plasma Gasification progresses whilst HK Government regresses to the stone age with blinkered recalcitrance

Feb 13th, 2013
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BA and Solena Partner on Biofuel Plant using plasma gasification to convert 500,000 tonnes of MSW to create 50,000 tonnes of bio jetfuel per annum

The industry’s commitment to green aviation was on show throughout Farnborough this year. In this video, British Airway’s Jonathon Counsell and Solena Group’s Dr. Robert Do discuss a collaboration to build the first plant in Europe which will produce aviation jet fuel from household rubbish. The UK facility will produce 16 million gallons of fuel from 500,000 tonnes of waste. Watch the video and learn about the science behind and future for this innovative collaboration.

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The Environmental Report

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Gasification: The Waste-to-Energy Solution

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The Gasplasma Plasma Conversion Process Published on Jul 3, 2012 An animation of the plasma gasification process that will convert waste at the Closing the Circle enhanced landfill mining project in Belgium, generating up to 100 MW.

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NRG Energy: Plasma Gasification

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British Airways GreenSky project

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British Airways pledges 10-year offtake agreement as GreenSky project with Solena gathers momentum

Artist’s impression of proposed Solena facility

Fri 30 Nov 2012 – The British Airways and Solena GreenSky London project to build a sustainable jet biofuel facility in East London is gaining momentum, say the two partners. They won’t reveal the location but an exclusive option on a site for the facility and consent work has begun, with the aim of having it operational and in production by 2015. The airline has now confirmed its commitment to purchasing, at “market competitive” prices, the anticipated 50,000 tonnes of jet fuel produced annually by the plant for the next 10 years, which equates to around $500 million at today’s price for conventional jet kerosene. Barclays has been appointed as advisor to explore the optimal funding through export credit agencies and the consortium providing the facility’s key technology functions has also been announced. British Airways expects enough sustainable fuel be produced to power two per cent of its fleet departing from London Airports.

“We are delighted that the GreenSky London project is getting ever closer to fruition,” said Keith Williams, the Chief Executive of British Airways, which is aiming to reduce its net carbon emissions by 50% by 2050. “With world-class technology partners now in place, we are well on our way to making sustainable aviation fuel a reality by 2015.”

Around 500,000 tonnes of municipal waste normally sent to landfills will be converted annually into 50,000 tonnes of biodiesel, bionaphtha and renewable power at the facility as well as the 16 million gallons of jet fuel. Solena Fuels Corporation will provide the proprietary high-temperature gasification process that converts the waste into synthetic gas and the overall Integrated Biomass Gasification to Liquids (IBGTL) solution.

The Fischer-Tropsch reactors and catalyst that will convert the cleaned synthetic gas into liquid hydrocarbons, such as diesel and jet fuel, will be supplied by Oxford Catalysts. Marketed under the brand name Velocys, the company says its systems are significantly smaller than those using conventional technology, enabling modular plants that can be deployed more cost-effectively in remote locations and on smaller scales than is possible with competing systems. Fluor Corporation, which has extensive international experience in project execution and biofuel projects, is providing engineering services to support Solena and has started the pre-front end engineering and design for the project.

On the financing, a Competitive Letter of Interest has been obtained from one of the export credit agencies, including associated term funding. More than 150 jobs are expected to be created to operate the facility, with 1,000 workers involved during the construction.

An independent life-cycle assessment by UK-based North Energy Associates of the Solena jet biofuel showed that greenhouse gas savings exceeded both the 60% requirement of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the 50% minimum of the methodology established by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB).

“Our GreenSky London project will provide clean, sustainable fuels at market competitive prices that will help address British Airways’ sustainability goals,” said Dr Robert Do, CEO of Solena. “The British Airways offtake agreement represents the largest advanced biofuel commitment ever made by an airline and clearly demonstrates the airline’s leadership and vision in achieving its carbon emission reduction targets.”

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Garbage in – Power out

Feb 13th, 2013
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Plasma Arc Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste

Feb 12th, 2013
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Letter to Legco

Feb 8th, 2013
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£75m waste-to-energy plant plan for Billingham

Feb 8th, 2013
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Scott Brothers Group's managing director Frank Cooke on the site where the £75m waste-to-energy plant is set to be built

Scott Brothers Group’s managing director Frank Cooke on the site where the £75m waste-to-energy plant is set to be built

A MAJOR waste-to-energy plant is being planned for Teesside.

The £75m Billingham Energy gasifier, on the old Haverton Hill ICI Billingham site, will be the largest UK scheme of its kind if it goes ahead.

The 14 megawatt plant, a joint venture between Haverton Hill-based Scott Brothers Group and Devon company O2N (Old 2 New), will create around 150 construction jobs over two years and up to 40 permanent positions.

AECOM – the company that built the Shard in London – will carry out the design, procurement, construction and operation of the project.

The plant, which will take 160,000 tonnes of household, commercial and industrial waste a year and turn it into clean energy, could be up and running by 2015.

Bosses say financing is at a “well advanced stage” – and 20 similar UK plants could also be in the pipeline over the next 10-15 years.

They claim their project, which comes hot on the heels of Air Products’ announcement of a second energy-from-waste facility at Billingham, will help cement Teesside’s growing status as a major hub for waste-to-energy technology.

Scott Brothers Group managing director Frank Cooke said: “Often with gasification technology in the UK, projects turn out to be long-term and are difficult to get off the ground.

“This is an American design, there are more than 20 similar ones in operation around the world, particularly in Scandinavia and Germany – it’s tried and tested technology.

“There are some in the UK, but none of this size at the moment.

“We are in well advanced discussions on finance. We are also talking to both local and national waste suppliers.

“The majority of the electricity generated could be used by local chemical companies.”

He added: “The old ICI site employed tens of thousands of people in the 50s and 60s; now we are hoping to create employment there once again.

“This project will not only create jobs but renewable electricity using clean technology.

“We are so confident in the technology that O2N is developing, we’ve taken a 25% stake in the company

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Gasification

Feb 3rd, 2013
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Advanced Thermal Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste

Feb 1st, 2013
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Chinese renewable energy investment company

Jan 30th, 2013
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alter nrg Plasma Gasification Turning Waste to Fuel in China

Chinese renewable energy investment company, Wuhan Kaidi has successfully completed the commissioning of an Alter NRG Westinghouse plasma gasification waste to biofuel system at its demonstration facility in Wuhan, China.

According to Canadian plasma gasification specialist, Alter NRG (TSX: NRG; OTCQX: ANRGF), unit is designed to take approximately 100 tons per day of biomass waste and convert it into clean syngas.

The company explained that the clean syngas is then to be converted into diesel fuel and other transportation fuels at the Kaidi facility.

Alter NRG said that the demonstration facility is the first fruits of a broader business plan being implemented by Kaidi, to convert waste biomass in central China into renewable energy utilising the Westinghouse Plasma technology.

Under the contract the plasma specialist said that it has access to operational data from the Kaidi facility.

Walter Howard, CEO of Alter NRG commented: “This is a significant reference plant that shows how our Westinghouse Plasma conversion technology has the ability to take a societal problem of waste products and convert it into useful renewable energy.”

“China is a large market with aggressive mandates for renewable energy and we are excited by the interest in the region for waste to energy technology and the foothold we now have in the China market with Kaidi,” he added.

Wuhan Kaidi originally purchased the Westinghouse Plasma gasifier design and plasma torch systems in 2010.

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Is Waste Gasification Finally Coming of Age?
Spurred by government incentives and a stable regulatory environment, Air Products has begun construction of a 50 MW plasma gasification facility in Teesside. With the company already planning a second such plant at the site – as well as others around the country – is the waste industry entering the age of gasification?

Mobile Waste Gasification Demo by U.S. Marines

Jan 30th, 2013
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Mobile Waste Gasification Demo by U.S. Marines

U.S. Marines in Hawaii have demonstrated Micro Auto Gasification System (MAGS) which has been developed by Canadian small scale waste gasification technology specialist, Terragon.

According to the Marines, operators start MAGS with diesel fuel, bringing the inside of its insulated drum to temperatures exceeding 1000 degrees Fahrenheit (538 degrees Celsius).

The machine is loaded with waste at a rate of approximately 50 pounds (23 kg) per hour, turning 95% of it into gas which is used as fuel to sustain the process.

The remaining 5% is converted to inert ash which the Marines said can be safely disposed of in landfills, or mixed with compost, asphalt or cement. One machine is capable of meeting the daily waste disposal needs of approximately 1000 troops.

“It’s not burning,” explained Ben Tritt, the MarForPac (Marine Forces, Pacific) science advisor for Office of Naval Research. “It’s gasification under a very controlled environment, and it’s much cleaner than burning… It’s (also) a self-sustaining process.”

“It not only (handles) mixed solid waste,” he continued. “We’ve also done some testing with petroleum, oil and lubricant.

According to Tritt, virtually the only materials MAGS cannot “digest” are glass and metal, which the system sanitises and leaves intact ready to be recycled.

Aside from the environmental and health benefits of reducing landfill usage and burn pits, the Marine Corp said that MAGS, and similar waste to energy, technology can be operated expeditiously in austere and remote environments.

According to the Corp, the system’s mobility provides an economic benefit by greatly reducing the amount of waste that needs to be shipped from the forward operating base to the nearest disposal site.

“The best thing about this machine is not having to load all our trash into Humvees and other vehicles to get it out of our training site,” commented Lance Cpl. James Russell, an electrician with Combat Logistics Battalion 3.

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50 Gallon Waste Gasifier Tested by U.S. Marines

U.S. Marines based at Camp Smith, Hawaii are testing a small scale waste gasification system developed by Terragon Environmental Technologies.

Plasma Gasification Turning Waste to Fuel in China
Chinese company, Wuhan Kaidi has completed the commissioning of an Alter NRG plasma gasification waste to biofuel system at its demonstration facility in Wuhan, China.

Green Chemicals from Waste Gasification Study
Synthesis Energy Systems, which specialises in the use of gasification to produce energy and fuels is to assess the feasibility and optimal uses of its gasification technology to produce ‘green’ chemicals from waste.

Commissioning of Westinghouse plasma biomass gasifier at waste to liquids facility in China

Jan 29th, 2013
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29 January 2013

Alter NRG Corp. announced that Wuhan Kaidi, which purchased a Westinghouse Plasma gasifier design, and plasma torch systems, from Alter NRG in 2010, has successfully completed the commissioning of the unit at its demonstration facility in Wuhan, China.

Westinghouse Plasma is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alter NRG that licenses and sells the Westinghouse Plasma technology solutions worldwide. The Westinghouse plasma gasification unit is designed to take approximately 100 tons per day of biomass waste and convert it into clean syngas. The clean syngas is then to be converted into diesel fuel and other transportation fuels at the Kaidi facility.

The demonstration facility is the first instance of a broader business plan being implemented by Kaidi to convert waste biomass in central China utilizing the Westinghouse Plasma technology. Under the contract, Alter NRG has access to operational data from the Kaidi facility.

This is a significant reference plant that shows how our Westinghouse Plasma conversion technology has the ability to take a societal problem of waste products and convert it into useful renewable energy. China is a large market with aggressive mandates for renewable energy and we are excited by the interest in the region for waste-to-energy technology and the foothold we now have in the China market with Kaidi.

—Walter Howard, CEO of Alter NRG

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