<div>Thanks Doug and Tom for responding to my inquiry,</div>
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<div>A little clarity is in order. I am a designer for an R&D company that tends to contract to Federal agencies. I have discussions with top level decision makers within the company. I have pointed out the US Army's seven billion dollar energy acqusition program and have suggested that my employer consider a Power Producing Agreement (PPA) with the Army. I have suggested that Federal lands provide the space for biofuel crops. These crops would ultimately be converted via pyrolysis to a coal surrogate that can be handled like fossil coal. However, the PPA power would likely have to be distributed in a decentralized, on-site fashion and on a scale much smaller than the typical gigawatt power plant. </div>
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<div>It's not my interest to employ gasification as the fuel product, but as part of the process to produce a transportable, exportable, friable, solid fuel from the feedstocks. My review of the gasification industry shows that the technology for producing the "bio-coal" is mature and readily available. However, it doesn't appear there are small scale, power-plants suitable for on-site power production. Any suggestions?</div>
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<div>Thanks again, and Bioenergylists is one of the best forums on the web.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:35 AM, doug.williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Doug.Williams@orcon.net.nz" target="_blank">Doug.Williams@orcon.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">Is anyone aware of a US commercial producer of small-scale, solid-fuel (bio-coal fired) power plants in the 1 to 20 MW range?<br><br></div><strong>Please define your version of bio-coal, as it can have differing interpretations. It suggests charcoal, if so, one might expect for you to consider a number of options. </strong></font><font face="Arial"><strong>Tell us more. because there is a huge gap between raw and "pre-charred" fuel gasification. Your range of outputs stretch credibility to supply a pre-carbonized fuel for 20MWe, so what is the direction of your enquiry? Possibly you are researching the capabilities of the technology, but 1-20MWe is rather big when discussing biomass gasification systems. You might also comment on the end use of the gas, boiler of engine power generation? </strong></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><strong>This forum has an affinity with discussing these issues, because the future needs what we may be able to do, given the right challenges, and your question should trigger off comment from the accumulated expertise.</strong></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><strong>Doug Williams,</strong></font></div>
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