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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Tom <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">TK energi delivered a 50 KW biomass gasifier to a holiday hotel. It operated approx. 14000 hours in 5 years. The total cost of the electricity produced was in the order of 1,2-1,5 dollars pr. KWh
which was approx. 20-30 times higher than the market price.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">20 years ago a Martezo gasifier was inatalled in western Denmark. The real figures are not all that easy to get but the rumors told that the electrity price was in the order of 10 dollars pr. KWh.
One of the reasons for the very high is that the gasifier only operated for less than 1000 hours before it was scrapped.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">At conference concerning small scale biomass gasification a young economist presented a study about how much investment support was needed for the Vølund 2 MWel updraft gasifier (that as far as I
am aware is the best working small scale gasifier in the world!) . The study concluded that the gasifier needed 146 % of CAPEX in investment support?? Yes the project had to start with money in the bank to cover the losses.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Thomas Koch <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:tk@tke.dk">tk@tke.dk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">phone + 45 22611047
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Fra:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Gasification [mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org]
<b>På vegne af </b>Tom Miles<br>
<b>Sendt:</b> 17. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">september 2014 22:58<br>
<b>Til:</b> 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification'<br>
<b>Emne:</b> [Gasification] Cost and Performance of Small Scale Gasifiers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Has anyone done a recent analysis of the cost and performance of small scale (<100 kWe, <200 kWe) gasifiers? We have seen several gasifiers on the market in the last several years but it is not clear how long they actually
operate during the year (hours/year), how much heat or power (kWh/yr) they produce, what their average load factor is (40% of nameplate?), or what it actually costs or own and operate them.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Do we have any data for Borealis/Spanner Re2, Superior Gasification, All Power Labs, Ankur Scientific, Victory Gasworks, CarboConsult, Biosynergi, Community Power Corporation, Thompson Spaven, Planet Green, BETEL (India),
3i Energy Systems, Husk Power, Arbor Electrogen, Volter?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">What about the next scale of >200kWe<2000kWe? Cogebio, Xylowatt, Biogen, Advanced Gasification Technologies, Evergreen Energy, Guascor, Milena, Proton Power, PRMEnergy, Primenergy, Zeropoint Cleantech. Mothermik, Dall
Energy, Babcock Volund, Biomass Engineering, BETEL (India), Diversified Renewable Technology, Synkraft,Xylogas, CleanSTGas, Gussing Renewable Energy,Weiss, Agnion, MEVA, Xylopower, Pyrofoce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">How many of these systems can document 2,000, 4,000, or 8,000 hours total or per year? What is a typical capacity factor for these systems. Are any of them run in commercial conditions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">T R Miles Technical Consultants Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com">tmiles@trmiles.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.trmiles.com">www.trmiles.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.gasifiers.bioenergylists.org">www.gasifiers.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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