The next focusIR Investor Webinar takes places on 14th May with guest speakers from Blue Whale Growth Fund, Taseko Mines, Kavango Resources and CQS Natural Resources fund. Please register here.
Previously posted presentation by JVL to the Solid Waste Management Working Group of the Connecticut General Assembly, 15th December 2022.
"....we now have partners for methanol as well" (00:06:08)
https://www.youtube.com/live/HsxNGJyNk1I?feature=share
'OCI Global and Petrofac announce exclusive partnership for gasification-based green methanol programme'
https://www.petrofac.com/media/news/oci-global-and-petrofac-announce-exclusive-partnership-for-gasification-based-green-methanol-programme/
Some more detail on the project here,
https://oci-global.com/products-solutions/methanol/gasifhy-project/
The supplier of the gasification technology for the project hasn't been named yet, but we know (from EQTEC/Petrofac/Billingham RNS 18/07/2022) that,
"The Company (EQTEC) has been working with Petrofac since 2021, during which the Parties collaborated on pre-FEED work including a thorough review by Petrofac of EQTEC's technology."
"To formalise its collaboration with Petrofac on the Project, the Parties (Petrofac & EQTEC) have signed a LoI which specifies they will
......
Continue joint qualification of further collaboration opportunities beyond the Project; and
Continue joint consideration of a broader, collaboration agreement for joint business planning, target identification and pursuit and co-development of projects that apply EQTEC technology."
Just saying.....
I also came across this Crocqman,
A short interview (in French) with Cyril Brunie, Energy Transition Director, Limoges MĂ©tropole (subtitles are available)
They plan to use oxygen produced from the on-site electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen, as part of the (steam-oxygen) gasification process....and the CO2 produced will be recovered in greenhouses.
https://netzerotube.com/videos/the-limoges-energy-hub/
Morning Crocqman,
Regarding the Gardanne opportunity, EQTEC have recently set up an SPV for the project, 'BIOGAZ GARDANNE 1'
https://www-affiches--parisiennes-com.translate.goog/annonce-legale-7e88278ddb6977c42e27d5a64f596af86b8c35b3.html?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
They also have an SPV for the France MDC project, 'Grande-Combe'
https://entreprises-lefigaro-fr.translate.goog/grand-combe-sas-75/entreprise-919005819?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
Other than that, nothing to report....
Sorry to contradict your 'expert' knowledge visiting host, but syngas to methane is not the fischer-tropsch process. Come back when you've done a bit more research....
...and yet more pics.....from the Open Day, 19th October 2022
https://twitter.com/USAbiomass/status/1583121354500341760
https://www.facebook.com/ysrcanddcouncil/posts/pfbid037kE87PxzSprfjLp9Ky2WEfwTiGKS2zLiaVLtZPDMBJNN3QkhpXrdKF88BqPviNnhl?__cft__[0]=AZXVA9eHHEGUcIJCkzTG4eyL_QHInXbevmBEjdEcybClTjHXpN--4FD0w6wSSze2OLvQGH8UpPHLVjOBjVcucdwjpIlAKRMWQFjmLPsF3vK0z0NRaugFA7jELpcU1HVPEe95vT_Fv5bYCefR9LDpVIS83Q-YtggDYOwGZhd9eVuFhkbqjWxD5mI59id_wwWGAuA6kdpgtjScV7l9PfRuYiju&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
Greenhouses have been mentioned at least a couple of times in the past, in connection with utilising the waste heat from power generation in EQTEC plants, eg,
This article from 2014, during the construction of the EBIOSS/EQTEC 10MW (at that time) Karlovo plant in Bulgaria. (This plant, now 3MW, is currently decommissioned but is a 'future target' for EQTEC - I don't believe the greenhouses were never built.)
https://my.hidrive.com/lnk/X9qgYDtH
Heat recovery
In addition to producing electricity, engines in this application can provide either low temperature heat as hot water or high-grade heat in the form of steam.
At the Karlovo plant, the engines produce hot water, mainly for heating greenhouses to be built nearby. Heat is essentially delivered to a common hot water circuit from three sources.
Firstly, it is recovered when cooling the syngas from 750°C to 300°C, before the syngas is fed to the gas cleanup system. A heat exchanger uses thermal oil to transfer this heat to a hot water circuit to heat water to a temperature of about 90°C.
Exhaust gas from the engine provides the second source of heat. Gas temperature at the engine exhaust is about 470°C. Cooling exhaust gas to about 180°C and the use of another heat exchanger also allows the production of hot water at about 90°C.
The third heat source is the engine’s two cooling circuits. The circuit cooling the engine’s jacket water, oil and the first stage of the intercooler uses water at a temperature of about 85°C, which can also be used for heating purposes.
Most of the electricity will be fed into the grid. “We have our own substation, where we increase the voltage for the plant to 20 kV for feeding into the public grid,” noted Sanchez.
In combined heat and power mode of operation, the plant will have a predicted overall efficiency of 70-75 percent (30 percent electricity and 40 percent heat). According to EBIOSS, one advantage of the configuration is that the plant can run the whole year round for maximum electricity production.
Sanchez commented: “For a cogeneration plant employing a Rankine cycle, i.e. using a conventional steam boiler, you would have to reduce the electrical power in order to maintain high heat output. In our case, you always produce 100 percent of your power at 30 percent efficiency, with no reduction in heat. This would be a big advantage in a district heating application.”
aandi, the 'sierranevada.ca.gov....' link you posted below is a dead link now
For anyone who's interested there is a copy of the document here, https://my.hidrive.com/lnk/gGBpl3mx#file
For Tatty, and anyone who's interested, a good article on the failure of the Air Products gasification site in Teeside,
https://web.archive.org/web/20170106151615/https://www.recyclingwasteworld.co.uk/in-depth-article/up-in-the-air/141467/
Look at the size of the gasifiers used there, two of 'em, massive,
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/business/gallery/air-products-gasifier-4034475
The former Air Products site is now the home another gasification based project, Alfanar's Lighthouse Green Fuels, which intends to produce SAF from residual solid waste – such as municipal solid waste, refuse-derived fuel or solid recovered fuel.
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23205425.11m-alfanar-groups-lighthouse-green-fuels-project-teesside/
Dave, as aandi says, we know Wood and EQTEC are having regular meetings (monthly, rather than weekly, I believe) and have pipeline of opportunities that they are pursuing together.
Currently, the only confirmed project that they are collaborating on is the 'Southport H2 MDC' where EQTEC will gasify RDF to produce syngas, which Wood's VESTA technology will convert into hydrogen for injection into the gas grid. This project is still awaiting submission of a planning application (submission was anticipated Q4 2022).
https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/eqtec/news/rns/story/r79djgx
https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/eqtec/news/rns/story/rg984zx
An Bord Pleanála, the Irish planning appeal body, have posted their decision regarding Carbon Sole's Bio Energy Park in Sligo.
Carbon Sole had appealed against the decision by Sligo County Council to refuse planning permission for the development on 20/10/21.
ABP's decision is to uphold the original decision and refuse planning permission for the development. Details in the documents here,
https://www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/case/311963
Still no decision from ABP on the planning appeal for Carbon Sole's Shannon development...
Posted by EQTEC on Linkedin this morning,
https://vimeo.com/instinctifpartners/review/786569924/fc81350fd9
mjallen, I think you'll find it's these guys who are involved with Plot 4 at Protos,
https://www.greenergy.com/protos-biofuels-first-commercial-scale-municipal-waste-to-bi
and it's ABSL's 'innovative gasification technology' referred to. They have a pilot plant in Swindon being commissioned this year (not sure if it's actually up and running yet) but no commercial plants....
https://absl.tech/plant-at-protos-energy-park
Here's the location of the Italia MDC, in the middle of durum wheat country...
https://goo.gl/maps/E5whAb2RezCq721R7
Jim, the agricultural waste feedstock for the Italian MDC is 'a mix of straw and forestry wood waste from regional farmers and forests'
https://eqtec.com/agricultural-forestry-waste-plant-italia-mdc-tuscany-italy/
The problem is that MNRG haven't taken part in the new investment in the Italian project announced today. As a result their ownership has dropped from 26.6% to 15.88%.
https://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/23122429.marie-mcnair-voices-concerns-potential-hydrogen-plant/
Some more photos of North Fork from last week's tour to celebrate National Bioenergy Day.
https://www.facebook.com/ysrcanddcouncil/posts/pfbid037kE87PxzSprfjLp9Ky2WEfwTiGKS2zLiaVLtZPDMBJNN3QkhpXrdKF88BqPviNnhl?__cft__[0]=AZXVA9eHHEGUcIJCkzTG4eyL_QHInXbevmBEjdEcybClTjHXpN--4FD0w6wSSze2OLvQGH8UpPHLVjOBjVcucdwjpIlAKRMWQFjmLPsF3vK0z0NRaugFA7jELpcU1HVPEe95vT_Fv5bYCefR9LDpVIS83Q-YtggDYOwGZhd9eVuFhkbqjWxD5mI59id_wwWGAuA6kdpgtjScV7l9PfRuYiju&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R