<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Crispin. and list:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The present price. for TEG. devices </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(At <a href="https://tecteg.com/thermoelectric-generator-power-products-for-sale0" class="">https://tecteg.com/thermoelectric-generator-power-products-for-sale0</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is roughly 100 time the stated $100/kW below. Same as $1 for 10 Watts. </div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> Looks like a decimal point problem here. It took PV 40 years to achieve a factor of 100 cost decline. and that didn’t involve temperatures of 1000 degrees C.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ron</div><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 2, 2021, at 9:36 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <<a href="mailto:crispinpigott@outlook.com" class="">crispinpigott@outlook.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Friends<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This is really of interest to people living in Ontario, however it points a way forward to include more biomass-fired heating and cogeneration of electricity.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">It is public knowledge and posted here to stimulate discussion.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">There is a new technological breakthrough for Thermoelectric Generators (TEGs) which should hit the market in a few years. It gives a dramatic improvement in conversion efficiency (heat to electricity). According to disparate sources, the efficiency might be in the range of 35% and the cost is slashed. We can talk of $100 per KW for the modules.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The laws in Ontario have been updated with advice from the CSA technical committee rewriting B415.1 – the standard for space heating appliances that burn wood. There is even a new method for assessing the emissions of site-built masonry heaters in B415.1. The general idea is to promote wood fuel over diesel in remote communities.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">As new TEGs become available, it is a very attractive option and smaller and smaller scale.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Regards<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Crispin<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Malcolmson, Heather (MECP) <<a href="mailto:Heather.Malcolmson@ontario.ca" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Heather.Malcolmson@ontario.ca</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, June 01, 2021 14:51<br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Please find attached an opinion editorial by Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Jeff Yurek, highlighting the benefits of combined heat and power systems in Ontario and the province’s commitment to support them. We hope that you will enjoy this article and also share it with your membership, through newsletters, direct email or on your websites. As you know, the decision posting on the Environmental Registry is live, and we want to reach as many people as possible, to raise awareness of this important initiative.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The province remains committed to making the approval and implementation of CHP technologies as efficient a possible. As you know, the changes Ontario has brought<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">forward help to match up the required level of approval with other comparable energy technologies and environmental impacts, saving businesses and communities time and money, all while ensuring appropriate environmental protections are in place.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We hope that you will share this article with your membership. If you receive questions, please keep us informed through an email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:enviropermissions@ontario.ca" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">enviropermissions@ontario.ca</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Heather Malcolmson<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Director, Client Services and Permissions Branch<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks</span><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">P</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">hone:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">416-302-4063 (cell)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><span id="cid:8662DF430FCA5A43BCC801E04B23E752@namprd18.prod.outlook.com"><Op-Ed - Realizing the Benefits of Combined Heat and Power Systems.pdf></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; 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