<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Bert etal<br><br>    Thanks for the update.  It is good to hear that your facility will be started up again.  Probably would have been possible in Kansas, if we accurately accounted for the social costs of natural gas.<br><br>    For others,  EPC means <span class="st">Engineering,  Procurement, and Construction.</span><br>  <br>    Please let us know when and where we can follow - after you are up and running again.<br><br>Ron<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Bert Bennett" <Albert.Bennett@ICMINC.com><br><b>To: </b>rongretlarson@comcast.net, biochar@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Miles" <tmiles@trmiles.com><br><b>Cc: </b>"biochar-policy" <biochar-policy@yahoogroups.com>, gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org, "Jon Orr" <Jon.Orr@ICMINC.com>, "Monique Pope" <Monique.Pope@ICMINC.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, December 24, 2012 12:32:10 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>RE: [biochar] ICM gasifier project comes to a close<br><br>



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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">As our friends have noticed, ICM is planning to decommission our demonstration facility over the next six months.  And although we are sad to see that part
 of our development come to an end … it also marks the completion of our “first phase” efforts to successfully demonstrate ICM’s Gasification and Biochar Production Technology.  The good news for ICM and future customers is that we are planning to move much
 of the demonstration gasifier to our first fully commercial biomass-to-energy project.  ICM and its international EPC partner have now begun to actively engineer that facility, which will be based in a region with incentives that promote renewable energy and
 combined heat and power applications (and do not have access to low cost natural gas).  We are working very hard to fast track our first commercial plant and plan to be back online by early 2014.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">To add to Tom’s comments, it is not easy to finance first-of-its-find biomass-to-energy projects, no matter how good the technology may be.  When we first began
 construction of our Harvey County facility in 2009 we had hoped to eventually be able to move that unit to Harvey County’s nearby Transfer Station.  The goal was to eventually provide a waste-to-energy solution for Harvey County, plus provide a dedicated platform
 that could, on a regular basis, switch to biomass and continue supporting biochar research and production efforts.  Unfortunately, very low cost natural gas has made it very difficult to negotiate a power purchase agreement that could support the financial
 requirements associated with a first commercial deployment.  We are confident, however, that after we have deployed multiple units that we can once again be able to return to our friends in Harvey County with a scalable solution that meets their needs and
 that traditional financial institutions will readily support.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">As a friend of Harvey County’s very progressive Commissioners, County Supervisor and Transfer Station Superintendent, I cannot say enough to express ICMs gratitude
 for their support and vision … </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net" target="_blank">rongretlarson@comcast.net</a> [<a href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net" target="_blank">mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:biochar@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">biochar@yahoogroups.com</a>; Tom Miles; Bert Bennett<br>
<b>Cc:</b> biochar-policy; <a href="mailto:gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">
gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [biochar] ICM gasifier project comes to a close</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Tom, Lists, Bert<br>
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    Because this sounded pretty bad news for biochar,  I have done a little looking around.   I eventually talked to the key individual at ICM -  Dr.  Bert Bennett, who has agreed to comment on your news story below.<br>
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   Bert gave a very informative plenary about this specific ICM plant at Sonoma.  Anyone can watch a  good 15 minute video found at:<br>
        </span><a href="http://2012.biochar.us.com/conference-videos" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://2012.biochar.us.com/conference-videos</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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   I also found a shorter similar 5 minute audio from 2011<br>
        </span><a href="http://domesticfuel.com/2011/05/10/icm-spotlights-biomass-gasification-at-conference/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://domesticfuel.com/2011/05/10/icm-spotlights-biomass-gasification-at-conference/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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    There are also plenty of news releases on the facility - all I saw were very complementary.<br>
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   Because Bert has agreed to give some more background,  I won't say more except to say this should be by no means the end of the biochar story from this 350 person company, that is operating worldwide.<br>
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Ron</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">"Tom Miles" <</span><a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">tmiles@trmiles.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">><br>
<b>To: </b></span><a href="mailto:biochar@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">biochar@yahoogroups.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">, "Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification" <</span><a href="mailto:gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:08:46 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[biochar] ICM gasifier project comes to a close<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">I observed that technically the ICM gasifier worked very well. The ICM gasifier can take wood, straw or corn stover and convert it to gas and biochar in
 various proportions. It makes a good quality biochar that has been tested in various locations. I was impressed by the fuel flexibility.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">The economic challenges are manifold: if it is not feasible to generate and sell heat or power and biochar at one location then you can’t generate the
 cash flow necessary to run the plant.  We hope that Bert Bennett and his team at ICM can find a suitable customer.  </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">December 20. 2012 11:00AM</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">The decommissioning of ICM's prototype gasifier at the Harvey County Transfer Station marks an end — or at least a postponement — of the county's vision of a
 viable waste-to-energy system.<br>
At Monday's county commission meeting, officials announced the project would be coming to a close, and within six months, all the equipment will be taken down.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">"It would bring to a halt our hopes ... of what would be a waste-to-energy facility," said John Waltner, county administrator.<br>
ICM’s Biomass Gasification System, also known as a “gasifier,” burns trash and converts it to synthetic gas, which can be used to generate power in industrial and commercial settings. ICM tested thousands of tons of different types of waste, which are referred
 to as “feedstocks.” Feedstocks tested included wood chips, wheat straw and refuse-derived fuel (this includes junk mail, cardboard and other paper products thrown away).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Using a gasifier to convert Harvey County trash into energy had once appeared to be a possibility. The Harvey County facility likely would have needed to burn
 90 tons of trash per day, a number officials had thought the county could reach.<br>
ICM plans to try to market the technology in a different area, perhaps overseas.<br>
Despite the county's disappointment the project wasn't ultimately viable here in Harvey County, they said their experience working with ICM was positive.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">"It really has been just a terrific exercise for us," Waltner said.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Commission chair Marge Roberson agreed."It feels really good that Harvey County had the tenacity to push to take a good, hard look at doing something with
 trash other than putting it in the ground," she said. "I absolutely do not regret any moment we've spent with this partnership."</span></p>
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Waltner does believe the technology will be prove to be viable in the future.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">"They're going to be successful," he said of the company. "This is something that's going to happen."</span></p>
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