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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#009900" vlink="#009900"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I posted this to the list because it represents a scenario that we have often felt would work with small scale gasifiers. It shows that you need more than just a price incentive to make gasifiers work in a community. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have worked with Winrock International on similar projects over the years and we discussed this project while they were considering funding it. In the past we often rejected small gasification projects due to the lack of infrastructure and continuity to make the project work beyond the subsidy period. In this case APL and partners have worked out an arrangement where the parties have created a support community that should survive the subsidy period. Congratulations to APL, Winrock, and partners for launching what looks like a useful program. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Gasification [mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>All Power Labs<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> gasification@bioenergylists.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Gasification] Case study: Liberia, making energy from scratch + new videos<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in;background:white'><tr><td width=600 style='width:5.0in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=801 style='width:480.6pt'><tr><td width=523 valign=top style='width:313.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id="sorcerer_tagged_content_title1"><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Power Pallet Case Study: Liberia</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="sorcerer_tagged_content_img1"><div><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=263 height=174 src="cid:image011.jpg@01CEBA89.E4F63670" align=left hspace=3 vspace=3 alt="DSC_0075" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In recent months there's been a noticable spike in the interest in our Power Pallets, especially from places where energy is either very expensive, or not available at all. That's certainly the case in Liberia, in West Africa, where buying energy from the grid ( when available ) is more than $.50USD per kWh. While recovery from the past civil strife is occurring and the outlook is bright; there’s <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ALLPowerLabs/deb47a858a/71bda0f77f/dd1dccda9d/v=_df0XjSAyHE&feature=share&list=PL5lxl424rCpbk4U7qb8P7KqUlQN6j1BEt">still a lot more work to be done.</a><br><br>But a while ago a former APL staffer ( Yoav Palatnik) teamed up with a local entrepreneur ( Vickson Korlewala) to take on this challenge, and what they've accomplished is deeply impressive.<br><br>They founded <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ALLPowerLabs/deb47a858a/71bda0f77f/33f691aa8f">EcoPower Liberia </a>, and funded by a grant from Winrock International via USAID (part of the broader Liberia Energy Sector Support Project) EcoPower Liberia and a bunch of students known as the "biomass brothers" are bringing electricity back to the Liberia's technical college, the Booker Washington Institute. In July, the students fired up their two new Power Pallets, and as soon as they were making power, immediately grabbed shovels, pickaxes, and PVC pipe. Their goal? To install an instant “micro-grid” to an adjoining building, where machine tools had been idle for years for lack of power. In four days, they had it up and running, and over the next several months have plans to extend their network across the tidy campus of brick and tin buildings.<br><br>Inspired by the success with the students, a unique partnership of the private sector, NGOs, aid agencies and government has come together to form the "Liberia Center for Biomass Energy" at BWI. A first of its kind facility, the LCBE is a “one stop shopping” hub of education, research and training in the use of indigenous biomass to create electricity, heating, evaporative cooling and shaft power—all using readily available waste biomass.<br><br>By June of next year, BWI will have 70kW of biomass generation on site, as well as a fresh crop of students. As the students graduate, they’ll move into the private sector, taking jobs operating gasifiers expected to be snapped up by the private sector, eager to avoid costs as high as $0.50 to $0.70 per kilowatt hour of energy from diesel power in remote rural areas.<br><br>To learn more about the work of EcoPower Liberia, we've posted their reports, along with one from USAID, <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ALLPowerLabs/deb47a858a/71bda0f77f/98dd879073/v=_df0XjSAyHE&feature=share&list=PL5lxl424rCpbk4U7qb8P7KqUlQN6j1BEt">here. </a><br><br>We're now looking to replicate the success of this Center for Biomass Energy in other regions around the world, combining education and job training to build capacity--if this sounds of interest to you, drop us a note.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div id="sorcerer_tagged_content_title1"><h5><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Biomass gasification: how to meet the world's most interesting people</span><o:p></o:p></h5></div><div id="sorcerer_tagged_content_img1"><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="RBclean" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:145.8pt;height:193.8pt;z-index:251659264;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:2.4pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:2.4pt;mso-wrap-distance-right:2.4pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:2.4pt;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
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We play a small part in this video from National Geographic--around 2:20 there's mention of a Power Pallet providing the electricity for a village of more than 40 families--but you really should watch the whole thing.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></td><td width=13 valign=top style='width:7.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=13 valign=top style='width:7.5pt;background:#E8E8E8;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=213 valign=top style='width:127.5pt;background:#E8E8E8;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id="sorcerer_tagged_content_img3"><div id="sorcerer_tagged_content_sidebarsub1"><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We're now turning out 2-3 new videos a week on <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ALLPowerLabs/deb47a858a/71bda0f77f/cce75e0a9a">our YouTube channel.</a> Here are some of our favorite new ones:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ALLPowerLabs/deb47a858a/71bda0f77f/1d5863815b"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=263 height=184 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image016.jpg@01CEBA89.E4F63670" alt=g101></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nuts and bolts: gasification basics</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Can't come to one of our workshops? Here are the basics, in three managable slices.</span><br><br><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ALLPowerLabs/deb47a858a/71bda0f77f/8b50f050e9/v=MOwwFG7Y42c&feature=share&list=UU4E_vZftsMPmFfzTTlHW5Ag"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=252 height=209 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image017.jpg@01CEBA89.E4F63670" alt=State></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where we've been, where we're going</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>For those considering significant projects like the one in Liberia, or for those interested in where design/development at APL is headed, here's Jim's latest "State of the Power Pallet"presentation from our August workshop</span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ALLPowerLabs/deb47a858a/71bda0f77f/de727de718"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=273 height=184 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image018.jpg@01CEBA89.E4F63670" alt="State 2"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How to use a Power Pallet, step by step</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Can't say enough great things about these new "how to" videos Ike Cantrell in our shop is making-even the soundtrack is great.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ALLPowerLabs/deb47a858a/71bda0f77f/a4e822e5ec"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=266 height=205 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image019.jpg@01CEBA89.E4F63670" alt=5th></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Happy Birthday To We</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No summary of last month's events would be complete without sharing this short video on our recent 5th anniversary, wherein the vice mayor of Berkeley summarizes our tulmultuous, but ultimately very positive, relationship with our home town. </span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=6 valign=top style='width:3.75pt;background:#E8E8E8;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td width=418 valign=top style='width:250.8pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=13 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:7.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td width=6 valign=top style='width:3.75pt;background:#DADADA;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id="sorcerer_tagged_content_footer"><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Contact Us: Phone: 510-845-1500 | Toll Free: 888-252-5342 <br><a href="mailto:sales@allpowerlabs.org">sales@allpowerlabs.org</a></span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt'>| <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ALLPowerLabs/deb47a858a/71bda0f77f/3d1722f665/utm_content=tmiles%40trmiles.com&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=www%2Eallpowerlabs%2Eorg&utm_campaign=%5BGEKnews%5D%20Case%20study%3A%20Liberia%2C%20making%20energy%20from%20scratch%20%2B%20new%20videos">www.allpowerlabs.org </a></span><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>