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We are a CHP Partner Company with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Combined Heat & Power Partnership.  One Goal of the EPA CHP Partnership is to Double the Amount of CHP or Cogeneration to the Nation's Power Supply by the Year 2010

Renewable Energy Technologies is a renewable energy project developer.  We are dedicated to ending the use of fossil fuels by providing renewable energy and renewable fuels.  Simultaneously, we are focused on reducing and eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide emissions through our renewable energy projects that generate either sustainable power or sustainable energy.

In association with the Renewable Energy Institute, affiliate companies and investors, we provide "turnkey" Renewable Energy Project development services that range from initial Engineering Feasibility & Economic Analysis Studies through project installation, start-up and commissioning, Operations & Maintenance, and Long Term Service Agreements for the lifetime of our systems.

* FREE SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS!
www.FreeSolarPowerSystems.com

Through an affiliated partner company, we are now installing:

*Free Solar Power Systems 

for qualified homeowners and businesses in the Palms Springs and Riverside County areas of California.

To qualify for our *Free Solar Power Systems, homeowners and businesses must meet the following requirements:

* Have a good credit rating.

* Agree to buy all of the power generated from the Free Solar Power
   Systems under a 20 year Power Purchase Agreement.

* Presently receives their electricity from Southern California
   Edison electric power company.

* For customers who qualify, we will then install our Free Solar
   Power Systems at no cost.

We expect ALL of our customers will be very happy knowing that the clean, green, renewable power they are using is: 

  • More reliable than the electricity from the power company.

  • Saving the environment by reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and helping reverse Climate Change and Global Warming.

  • Generated from their own reliable Solar Power System on their roofs.

  • Saving Money!  At today's Southern California Edison's published electric rates, most of our customers will also enjoy a SAVINGS on their present electric bills by as much as 10% from what they are now paying for their electricity from the electric utility.

  • Under warranty.

  • At the end of the Power Purchase Agreement, the Free Solar Power Systems is then owned by our customers and the savings really start to add us as the power and electricity generated from their Free Solar Power Systems is now free!

To find out if your home or business qualifies for one of our Free Solar Power Systems, call (832) 758 - 0027 today!

 

****  NOW AVAILABLE  ****

1.2 MW Turbine Gensets 

for the following applications:

Back-up Power
CHP - Combined Heat and Power
Cogeneration
Dispersed Power
Distributed Generation
Distributed Power
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Flare Gas
Peak Shaving
Prime Power
Standby Power
Stranded Gas
Trigeneration


One year Warranty

$785.00 / kW
(power generation model only)

****  SPECIAL PRICING  ****

Call:  (832) 758 - 0027 for more information


We provide "turnkey" cogeneration and trigeneration power plant development services through Cogeneration Technologies and Trigeneration Technologies featuring our own cogeneration and trigeneration power plants that are packaged by us in California and our new facilities now under construction near Conroe, Texas. 

Our cogeneration and trigeneration net system's efficiencies surpass any potential competitor.  We guarantee our standard cogeneration and trigeneration power plants will exceed 90% net system efficiency.  Additionally, our cogeneration and trigeneration plants can use renewable fuels such as Biomethane, B100 Biodiesel or Dimethyl Ether, instead of fossil fuels to run them. We also offer an optional selective catalytic reduction technology that takes NOx down to "non-detect" without the use of ammonia or urea on our cogeneration and trigeneration plants.

Our renewable energy projects generate clean power and energy through "Carbon Free Energy" and "Pollution Free Power" technologies we are specialists in that include: Anaerobic Digesters, B100 BiodieselBiogas Plants, Biomass and Biomass Gasification, Biomethane, Cogeneration Plants, GeothermalHydrogenPlasma Gasification, Renewable Energy Centers, Solar, Trigeneration plants and Wind.

Our range of services (some provided by affiliate companies or manufacturing suppliers) include:

  • Design/engineering, Engineering Feasibility and Economic Analysis Studies

  • Legal

  • Energy Service Agreements

  • Power Purchase Agreements

  • Build

  • Finance

  • Own

  • Operate

  • Maintain

  • Long Term Service Agreements

A snapshot of Present Renewable Energy Projects we are involved with include:

  • multiple wind and solar projects in Texas and Oklahoma - from 100 MW to 340 MW. 

  • multiple Anaerobic Digester projects in California, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and New York

  • (2) new Biodiesel plants in New York and Texas

  • several new "Natural Wastewater Treatment" plants that are available only through our company and the Renewable Energy Institute 

  • (10) new Landfill Gas To Energy projects in Latin America

  • (4) "private power" trigeneration plants in California, Texas and New York

  • Multiple Demand Side Management projects in California, Texas, New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania which include: hospitals, universities, casinos, airports, and central laundry/dry cleaners 

  • We are working with a new Plasma Gasification company from Europe that has offered to install (3) of their new Plasma Gasification plants for our customer's locations. We are considering locating them at our first Biodiesel Plant in Houston and a new location in New York City.

  • (2) new Biomass Gasification plants located in Texas and New York

  • (13) Cogeneration power plants for Stranded Gas and Enhanced Oil Recovery operations

  • Trigeneration power plant for dairy in Texas

  • Will have installed over 1 MW of new Solar Power Plants in Southern California by end of 2008

Renewable Energy Technologies is seeking to develop or acquire renewable energy and clean fuel projects in the United States that include the following:

  • Anaerobic Digesters 

  • Biodiesel

  • Biogas & Biomethane Plants 

  • Biomass/Biomass Gasification

  • Cogeneration

  • Dimethyl-Ether

  • Geothermal 

  • Solar 

  • Trigeneration

  • Waste to Energy

  • Wind

If you are an owner or developer of one of the above renewable energy or clean fuel projects and have the following: 

  • solid business plan 

  • experienced management team

  • proven technology - (no unproven technologies or demonstration projects)

  • acquired either the waste stream or the property by lease or purchase

  • have already made a financial investment in the project

we may be interested in assisting you with the development. 

Please send us your contact information, executive summary of your business plan, project details and the total amount of capital (documented) you have invested to date to us at: 
info @ cogeneration .net

If your project is of interest, we will reply with an email and any questions we have.

Our renewable energy projects generate Renewable Energy Credit or Certified Emission Reduction credits, which provide an additional income stream from our projects.  

Our renewable energy projects generate clean power and energy through our "Carbon Free Energy" and "Pollution Free Power" technologies.  These technologies include power and energy produced from: Anaerobic Digesters, B100 BiodieselBiomass / Biomass Gasification, Biomethane, GeothermalHydrogenSolar and Wind.

"The Trigeneration Experts" - the ONLY Company that Builds Integrated CogenerationTrigeneration Plants on a Single Skid with Effective System Efficiencies that Exceed 90%

LEASING OPTIONS NOW AVAILABLE
ON OUR NEW
COGENERATION AND TRIGENERATION POWER PLANTS!

Our Optional SCR System Reduces 
Nitrogen Oxides To "Non-Detect"
Without Ammonia or Urea

Our small footprint Cogeneration and Trigeneration Plants measurements are 
15' wide by 15' in height by and 55' in length

We Can Design, Build, and Install Your Next Cogeneration or Trigeneration Power Plant and have it online in less than 150 days using any industrial engine or turbine*

* We will NOT use - or consider using - Capstone microturbines or Kawasaki turbines in ANY of our power plants.


Our "Turnkey" Integrated Cogeneration & Trigeneration Energy Systems are Available from 60 kW to over 10 MW with system efficiencies > 90% While Providing Practically-free Heating (and Cooling with Trigeneration) and generating power for commercial and industrial customers for as low as 4 cents/kW!  We are the only company that builds, fabricates, packages (on a single skid) and "integrates" Cogeneration and Trigeneration power plants.

Standard Cogeneration and Trigeneration Power Plants sizes in kW:

     60 kW                200 kW                   450 kW                   750 kW          
     75 kW                250 kW                   500 kW                   800 kW
   100 kW               300 kW                    600 kW                   850 kW
   150 kW               400 kW                    700 kW                   900 kW

Standard Cogeneration and Trigeneration Power Plants sizes in MW:

           1 MW          2 MW          3 MW          4 MW          5 MW


Cogeneration Power Plant 
Specifications page - 
Click Here


We can package any combination of standard size plants to come up with your optimum size system. Our standard and customized Cogeneration and Trigeneration power plants use the leading brands of reciprocating engines or turbines and include our proprietary Waste Heat Recovery technologies that help us achieve system efficiencies greater than 90% and effective heat rates as low as 4050 btu's/kW.  We provide both standard and customized Cogeneration and Trigeneration plants that meet our customer's most stringent economic and environmental requirements.

Our Cogeneration and  Trigeneration Power Plants can run on renewable fuels for even greater environmental and economic savings! These fuels or energy sources include: Biomethane, B100 Biodiesel, Dimethyl-Ether and natural gas fuels as well as Solar energy in our Solar Trigeneration power plants.  Efficiencies of our Cogeneration and Trigeneration power plants are now exceeding 90% with up to 95% lower emissions when using Biomethane and B100 Biodiesel fuel.

Not sure what size cogeneration or trigeneration power plant to order or whether cogeneration or trigeneration is right for your business?

We can help as we offer three types of Cogeneration and  Trigeneration Feasibility Reviews & Studies!

Our Cogeneration and  Trigeneration Feasibility will help you make a decision whether one of our cogeneration or trigeneration power plants are right for your facility.

Phase I Cogeneration or Trigeneration Preliminary Screening Review - Depending on the specific type of study, location, amount of time we require, and any additional requirements that may be added by the client.  This  review averages about $10,000.00 to $20,000.00 and requires 30 to 60 days to complete and may include a site visit to one of our affiliated facilities.

Phase II Cogeneration or Trigeneration Feasibility Study and Analysis - Provides a solid basis for moving a potential renewable energy project forward.  The cost for this depends on the type, location, amount of time we require, and any additional requirements that may be included by the client. This study can cost from $50,000.00 and run as high as $100,000.00 and requires 90 to 120 days, on average, to complete. Final result is usually a basis for a loan or other investment funding.

Phase III Cogeneration or Trigeneration Detailed Concept, Engineering and Design Analysis - the actual renewable energy project is conceived, designed and engineered. Final result is usually ready for a company to start construction. A Phase III can take about 6 months to complete and will cost anywhere from 5% to 10% of the overall cost of the project.

Our Feasibility Reviews, Studies and Analyses are led by one of our engineers and PhD's that serve on the Scientific Advisory Board at the Renewable Energy Institute.  Our goal is to help you determine whether your renewable energy is viable, identify the merits of your proposed renewable energy project, identify weak points, provide our recommended course of action, as well as our recommendations for products and equipment that need further review or consideration.  Our Feasibility Studies are an excellent "foundation" for building your next renewable energy project.

If you order your new cogeneration or trigeneration power plant from us within 30 days of the date of delivery of our Phase I Cogeneration/Trigeneration Feasibility, we will reduce the cost of your new cogeneration or trigeneration power plant by half the cost of the study and apply the fee to the purchase.

For us to get started on the Cogeneration or  Trigeneration Feasibility Study, we require one half of the fee or plus the $2,500.00 deposit advance toward our reimbursable expenses.  The 50% balance is due when we deliver our report. 

Call (832) 758 - 0027 to schedule our Cogeneration or Trigeneration Feasibility Study.

For pricing and delivery information on our Cogeneration or Trigeneration power plants, call (832) 758 - 0027 or send an email with your project's requirements to:  info @ cogeneration .net

Our New "Integrated" Cogeneration and Trigeneration Plants have Very High Efficiencies & Low Fuel Costs.
The Effective Heat Rate is Approximately
4050 btu/kW & System Efficiency is 92%


Pictures of the Newest 900 kW Cogeneration Plant Presently Being Built for New Customer Features (2) Guascor Natural Gas Engines 
@ 450 kW each on one Skid for a Total of 900 kW

           

   


Our onsite trigeneration power and energy system can be an ideal solution for customers wanting increased power reliability and decreased energy and environmental costs.  A few of the types of buildings and businesses that would benefit from an onsite trigeneration plant include the following:

Airports

Casinos

Colleges & Universities

Dairies

Data Centers & Server Farms 

Food Processing Plants

Golf/Country Clubs

Government Buildings and Facilities 

Hospitals 

Hotels

Manufacturing Plants

Nursing Homes 

Office Buildings 

Radio Stations

Refrigerated Warehouses 

Resorts 

Restaurants 

Schools

Shopping centers 

Supermarkets 

Television Stations

Theatres 


For pricing and delivery information on our Cogeneration or Trigeneration power plants, call (832) 758 - 0027 or send an email with your goals, objectives and requirements to:  
info @ cogeneration .net

 

NOW AVAILABLE DUE TO ORDER CANCELLATION -
TEN (10) 3 MEGAWATT COGENERATION POWER PLANTS
NEW - ZERO HOURS ON ENGINES - MUST SELL -
****    ONE YEAR WARRANTY    ****
$1.595,000.00 EACH (approximately $500.00/kW)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CALL (512) 220 - 1498
OR SEND EMAIL TO: info @ cogeneration .net
(End-users only - No Agents, Brokers or Dealers)

We are now offering a no-cost Demand Side Management audit for new commercial or industrial customers that can answer yes to the following four questions:

1.  Does your commercial or industrial facility use more than $100,000.00 of electricity and/or natural gas per month?

2.  Has your facility experienced increased energy expenses?

3.  Is your facility at least 5 years old and the facility has not completed any energy improvements in the past 5 years?

4.  Would you be willing to install our recommended energy improvements that we find from the Demand Side Management audit - wherein we would guarantee that the savings of the improvements would pay for them?

If you answered yes to the above 4 questions, and your facility's energy expenses are over $100,000.00/month, call us today at:  (832) 758 - 0027 to schedule your Demand Side Management audit!


WE PRODUCE AND SELL B100 BIODIESEL!

We can Produce
B100 Biodiesel 
for as
little as $.50/gallon when you supply the feedstock - under the terms and conditions of our Tolling Agreement!

Turnkey Biodiesel and Biofuels Plant Development Services

Building a new biodiesel plant? Through our biodiesel development partners, we provide turnkey design and construction of new Biodiesel Refineries - including long-term feedstock acquisitions.  

Our affiliated company has nearly 10 years experience in production of B100 Biodiesel and we can design and build very efficient and economic Biodiesel Refineries that run on multiple feedstocks. 

Our present line of Biodiesel Refineries are the results of over five years research and development and collaboration with the leading Biodiesel companies from six countries where B100 Biodiesel has been very successful in replacing petroleum diesel. 

Qualified customers are invited to tour our 70 million gallon/year biodiesel plant and the western hemisphere's first B100 Biodiesel fueled powerplants that generate "green electricity."


We are now seeking Joint-venture participants with a goal of raising $14 million to fund our new Biodiesel plant located near the Houston Ship Channel.  This new Biodiesel plant will produce approximately 105 million gallons of B100 Biodiesel per year when completed.

Prospective joint venture participants are invited to send an introductory email regarding your interests in renewable energy along with your financial abilities and expectations to:  info@cogeneration.net or call our attorney, Mr. Roberta Webb:s(512)1478 - 533671for more information.

THE SITE FOR OUR NEXT BIODIESEL PLANT HAS BEEN SELECTED:

LOCATION: HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL.

YEAR 1 PRODUCTION OF B100 BIODIESEL:  34 MILLION GPY

YEAR 2 PRODUCTION OF B100 BIODIESEL: 105 MILLION GPY

CONSTRUCTION TIME TO COMPLETE NEW BIODIESEL PLANT (CONVERSION OF EXISTING FACILITY):  6-8 MONTHS

THIS BIODIESEL PLANT WILL RUN MULTIPLE FEEDSTOCKS.

For more information on our newest biodiesel plant, call invited to call: (832)9758 - 00277 or send an email to:  info @ cogeneration . net

B99 BIODIESEL AND B100 BIODIESEL  
(and custom biodiesel blends)
NOW AVAILABLE IN HOUSTON OR CAN SHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD FROM
PORT OF HOUSTON

Minimum order: 100,000 gallons/month 

Maximum order: 3 million gallons/month

ASTM D 6751 Specifications

FOB Port of Houston

12 Month Contract

Will also consider producing B100 Biodiesel under
Tolling Agreement

Buyers (principals only) may call:   (832) 758 - 0027
for pricing information

or send email to:  info @ cogeneration .net

We have clients interested in buying all types of Vegetable Oil & Animal Fat in the USA & Europe, including the following:

Crude Vegetable Oil

Refined Vegetable Oil


Rancid Vegetable Oil

Off-spec Vegetable Oil

Used Vegetable Oil

Waste Vegetable Oil

Chicken & Poultry Fat

Beef Tallow

White Grease

Yellow Grease

"Qualified" Sellers call:   (832)9758 - 0027
or send email to:  info @ cogeneration . net


You no longer need to own a biodiesel plant to produce B100 Biodiesel!

We produce B100 Biodiesel under our Tolling Agreement for as little as 
$0.65 cents/gallon (price based on feedstock and quantity).

If you own feedstocks for making B100 Biodiesel, we can produce B100 Biodiesel to ASTM D 6751 specifications, or your specs, at one of our Biodiesel plants through our Tolling Agreement.

Call (832) 758 - 0027 for more information.



What is B100 Biodiesel?

B100 Biodiesel - also referred to as "Neat Biodiesel," is a renewable fuel for diesel engines and turbines that is made from natural oils (either virgin oil or recycled/waste vegetable oil). 

B100 Biodiesel can be used in its' pure, 100% Biodiesel (B100 Biodiesel) form or mixed at any concentration with petroleum diesel for us in existing diesel engines or turbines with little or no modification.

B100 Biodiesel has the following benefits:

  • Biodiesel is very easy to use. B100 Biodiesel can be blended with petrleum-diesel at any time in your fuel tank. In post-1994 vehicles no conversion of the vehicle is required. Older ones may have rubber fuel lines and/or seals in the fuel system. B100 Biodiesel will gradually swell rubber and degrade it. Viton is resistant to B100 Biodiesel and you may need to replace your fuel lines/seals with it. 

  • B100 Biodiesel has up to 95% fewer emissions. Greenhouse Gas Emissionsnitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and carcinogens are all greatly reduced.

  • B100 Biodiesel is both renewable and sustainable as it is made from vegetable oil, animal fats (i.e. poultry fat or beef tallow) virgin vegetable oils or recycled/waste vegetable oils.

  • B100 Biodiesel is non-hazardous and is less toxic than sugar!  There are no governmental requirements or regulations to call out HAZMAT should there be a spill of B100 Biodiesel.

  • Regarding the sustainability of B100 Biodiesel - in a recent cradle-to-grave life-cycle analysis, B100 Biodiesel came out very positive in a "Net Energy Balance study. One study found that B100 Biodiesel yields 3.2 units of fuel-product energy "output" for every unit of fossil energy consumed ("input") in its life cycle. The only biofuel that exceeds the Net Energy Balance of B100 Biodiesel at 3.2 to1  is Biomethane, which comes in at 7.7 to 1 in a Net Energy balance analysis.

  • To produce one unit of "dirty diesel" fuel requires 1.2 units of fossil resources.

  • B100 Biodiesel is produced locally, helps farmers and creates American jobs. Best of all, B100 Biodiesel helps our country become energy independent and ends our dependence on dirty oil from middle eastern counties and OPEC.
     

According to a report by the United Nations:

"It is estimated that Greenhouse Gas Emissions
trading markets could be worth $2 Trillion by 2012."

Click on following link to see the complete article.  


http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=433&ArticleID=4792&l=en

 

Our Centrifugal Chiller HVAC Plant Will
Lower your Heating and Air-Conditioning Costs By At Least 50% to as much as 75%
(for Commercial/Industrial Clients only that have a minimum of 60 Tons A/C)

Call (832) 758 - 0027 for more information

 

What is "Renewable Energy?"

"Renewable Energy is defined as any energy resource that is naturally regenerated over a short time scale and derived directly from the sun (such as thermal, photochemical, and photoelectric), indirectly from the sun (such as wind, hydropower, and photosynthetic energy stored in biomass), or from other natural movements and mechanisms of the environment (such as geothermal and tidal energy). Renewable energy does not include energy resources derived from fossil fuels, waste products from fossil sources, or waste products from inorganic sources."

Why We Need Renewable Energy NOW!

Global warming and climate change are symptoms of a sick planet and the results of unrestrained "dumping" of huge amounts of pollution - in the form of carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.

The vast majority of carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions comes from "dirty" fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) used in making electricity at power plants and dirty fuels (gasoline and petroleum diesel) that run our internal combustion engines in our cars, trains, planes, and trucks. Our planet is home to millions and millions of internal combustion engines that run on dirty fossil fuels - whether they are fueled with gasoline for running our cars and lawnmowers or running on diesel fuel in the engines of trucks and ships like the very large crude carriers that transport the crude oil all around the world...... every internal combustion engine that is running on dirty fossil fuels is dumping millions and millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere - which is aggravating and exacerbating our sick planet - and making manmade climate change and global warming more difficult to resolve through manmade remedies and solutions.

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Since the Year 1750

 
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World CO2 since 1750 (cubic feet)

The carbon clock tracks total carbon dioxide emissions in metric tons since 1750.

Since 1750, humans have emitted over 5 trillion pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Roughly half of this has ended up in the oceans where it is beginning to damage the coral reefs. The other half is still in the atmosphere and causing global warming. Each pound of CO2 takes up as much space as a 500 pound person.

The formula (which should be good for a year or two) is:
C(t) = 2.58 ×1012 + 1240×t, where t is seconds since the start of 2007.

C is tonnes (metric tons) of carbon dioxide emissions.
2205 x C gives pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.

That comes to over 43 billion tons/year or over 86 trillion pounds/year.

Carbon dioxide (2) = 1 carbon atom with 2 oxygen atoms.
Carbon has relative weight 12 and Oxygen 16.
Therefore, it takes only 12 pounds of carbon to make 12+16+16 = 44 pounds of Carbon Dioxide (CO2).


"The basic insight is to realize that global warming, the geopolitics of oil, and warfare in the Persian Gulf are not separate problems --- they are aspects of a single problem, the West's dependence on oil."
- R. James Woolsey, former CIA Director


We believe "carbon free energy" and "pollution free power" are the best possible solutions for the many economic, environmental and political/geo-political and societal problems caused by fossil fuels. We must  become less dependent on unstable, foreign oil and energy supplies and reduce our "addiction" to fossil fuels so that we can become energy independent - so that we will not be held hostage by counties with large supplies of fossil fuels such as Iran or Russia.

Since energy and power are the lifeblood of our economy - and we need to discontinue the use of all fossil fuels to stop/reverse the pollution from carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions - how do we provide for the energy and power that we need that keeps our economy healthy? The answer and the future is "renewable energy."

Renewable energy includes; B100 Biodiesel, Biomass / Biomass Gasification, Biomethane, E100 Ethanol, Geothermal, Solar, Waste to Energy (including Waste to Fuel and Waste to Watts) and Wind.  These renewable energy technologies produce "carbon free energy" and "pollution free power."  This will reverse the problems caused by fossil fuels which include global warming and climate change.  Renewable energy technologies will improve our country's energy security, economy and reduce the trade deficit.

Biomethane -
the Perfect, Renewable Fuel?

As Biomethane is a near perfect fuel, and since Biomethane represents the best of all biofuels in terms of Recycling Carbon, and has the highest Net Energy Balance, and as Biomethane technologies such as Anaerobic Digesters and Biomass Gasification development increases and becomes even more commonplace, one of the fundamental questions is: what is the size of the potential biomass resource supply in the U.S.?

In April 2005, the DOE and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) co-published a report assessing the potential of the land resources in the U.S. for producing sustainable biomass: Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply. Looking at forestland and agricultural land, the two largest potential biomass sources, this study estimates that the U.S. can sustainably produce up to 1.3 billion tons of biomass feedstock by mid-century. This would be enough feedstock to produce 60 billion gallons of B100 Biodiesel and E100 Ethanol with today's technologies.

This study doesn't address the opportunities for Biomethane production from biomass feedstock or Biomass Gasification technologies. Some recent estimates indicate that Biomethane could replace up to 50% of present natural gas consumption in the U.S. and in some countries, such as Iceland, Biomethane already provides 100% of the natural gas requirements.

There are many assumptions in the Billion Ton Study report that impact these estimates, but we believe the estimates reasonably reflect the potential availability and impact of biomass resources.

Of the total estimated resource, the study suggests that forestlands in the contiguous United States can produce approximately 368 million dry tons annually. This projection includes 52 million dry tons of fuelwood harvested from forests and woodlands, 145 million dry tons of residues from wood processing mills and pulp and paper mills, 47 million dry tons of urban wood residues including construction and demolition debris, 64 million dry tons of residues from logging and site clearing operations, and 60 million dry tons of biomass from fuel treatment operations.

Biomass to Biofuels By "converting" biomass wastes – such as municipal solid waste, sewage sludge, crop residues, energy crops, and manure – into biofuels, this will resolve the energy, environmental and political problems in an economical and environmentally sound manner - that will produce over one million new jobs.

According to Jeff Seisler, Director of the European Natural Gas Vehicle Association, "Biomethane has an outstanding potential as a multifaceted solution to multifaceted social problems: urban and agricultural waste management, water purification, and clean air. Urban and agricultural waste can be processed into usable methane, as can the sewage during the water purification process. Cleaning and compressing the gas for use in vehicles then provides cleaner air than petroleum-consuming vehicles."

Continuing, Mr. Seisler states about
Biomethane; "this environmental 'closed loop waste-to-energy-to-fuel used in vehicles that again truck the next load of waste to the energy processing plants-substitutes fossil fuels with a renewable resource and reduces greenhouse gases 100% as compared to over gasoline vehicles (on a well-to-wheel basis).

According to Peter Boisen Chairman, of ENGVA, "various well respected European research institutes now estimate more than three times better fuel output per hectare of land used than if going for ethanol or biodiesel. Sweden currently has a 51% Biomethane share, and Switzerland 37%. France, Norway, Germany and Austria use smaller amounts for vehicles. Iceland, completely without natural gas, uses 100% biomethane in its NGVs," Boisen says.  Continuing, Boisen adds, "China, India, Korea, the Ukraine, Spain and Italy are other examples of countries now starting up projects where Biomethane will be used as a vehicle fuel." 

"With the energy efficiency of the gas production process at 50% to 70% it's hard to think of a more socially acceptable and economic energy value for the transportation sector," Boisen says.

"Governments need to get out of their liquid fuel paradigm to refocus and balance their policies and communications to support the development of a
Biomethane infrastructure. In Europe Biomethane has the potential to replace 20% of the petroleum consumed in the transport sector by 2030."

Renewable Energy Technologies provides the following products - those not directly provided by us are provided by our strategic partners and qualified suppliers: