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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Mark,<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'>Shame on you for doing the math. It was probably pitched as a least cost disposal option with the added benefit of power generation. Nutrient management, heat and material balances, or life cycle costs may not have been considered. We’ll have to get Joel Arcus of BioWaste Technologies into the conversation. With the instability of power generation in South Africa you would think that gasifiers could compete. <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'>Just to throw a “spanner” into the works have a look at a recent Spanner gasifier installation in the UK. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.holz-kraft.de/images/Blog/FW_article_Nick_Helme.pdf">http://www.holz-kraft.de/images/Blog/FW_article_Nick_Helme.pdf</a><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'>£500,000 (USD $767,000) for 90 kWe and 216 KWth. $8,500/kWe. With the right fuel these gasifiers have a very high availability of 7,000-8,000 hours per year. In Germany they have sold 400+ as heating devices for farms. Since the German utilities pay something like $0.28/kWh it helps pay off the investment. We can’t justify the in North America. In the UK, as the article points out, the customer is the government. You need the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and the Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROC) to justify the investment. So when it comes to gasifiers the UK ROCS! At least this year. <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'>It would be nice to see gasifiers pay their own way with real revenues but fossil fuels keep a lid on that opportunity. <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><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Gasification [mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Elliott Ludlow<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 25, 2015 6:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification' <gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gasification] Abattoir's pyrolysis plant bucks methane power-making trend<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>This is surely over-hyped, Tom. Eleven-tonnes of waste (which is likely 85%, or more, water) implies that over 9,000 kgm of water will need to be evaporated each day just to end up with a couple of metric tons of pyrolyzable waste. This is beyond ludicrous! Why not simply enzymatically digest the offal, pasteurize it, and overland apply it as a soil amendment? HAS to be some govmint money pushing ridiculous projects like this one!<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'>Mark<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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Gasification [<a href="mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org">mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Miles<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 25, 2015 5:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification' <<a href="mailto:gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org">gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Gasification] Abattoir's pyrolysis plant bucks methane power-making trend<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>An alternative to anaerobic digestion for abbattoir waste in South Africa <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Abattoir’s pyrolysis plant bucks methane power-making trend</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span> <br><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Read the article now. <a href="http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/innovation/2015/10/13/abattoirs-pyrolysis-plant-bucks-methane-power-making-trend">http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/innovation/2015/10/13/abattoirs-pyrolysis-plant-bucks-methane-power-making-trend</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>BioWaste Technologies, Gauteng, South Africa, Joel Arcus <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.biowastetech.co.za/">http://www.biowastetech.co.za/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><br><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>BDlive is a premium digital news publication focusing on the South African economy, business and politics, updated all day long by a newsroom of expert journalists.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Read more (link to <a href="http://www.bdlive.co.za">http://www.bdlive.co.za</a>)</span> <br><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Subscribe now (link to <a href="http://www.bdlive.co.za/subscribe">http://www.bdlive.co.za/subscribe</a>)</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>