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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:
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More
reliable than the electricity from the power company.
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Saving
the environment by reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and helping
reverse Climate Change and Global Warming.
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Generated
from their own reliable Solar Power System on their roofs.
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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.
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Under
warranty.
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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 Biodiesel, Biogas
Plants, Biomass
and Biomass
Gasification, Biomethane, Cogeneration
Plants, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Plasma
Gasification, Renewable
Energy Centers, Solar,
Trigeneration plants and Wind.
Our range of services (some
provided by affiliate companies or manufacturing suppliers) include:
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Design/engineering,
Engineering Feasibility and Economic Analysis Studies
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Legal
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Energy
Service Agreements
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Power
Purchase Agreements
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Build
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Finance
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Own
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Operate
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Maintain
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Long
Term Service Agreements
A
snapshot of Present
Renewable Energy Projects we are involved with include:
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multiple
wind and solar projects in Texas and Oklahoma - from 100 MW to 340
MW.
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multiple
Anaerobic Digester projects in California, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado
and New York
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(2)
new Biodiesel plants in New York and Texas
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several
new "Natural Wastewater Treatment" plants that are available
only through our company and the Renewable
Energy Institute
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(10)
new Landfill Gas To Energy projects in Latin America
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(4)
"private power" trigeneration plants in California, Texas
and New York
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Multiple
Demand Side Management projects in California, Texas, New York, Illinois
and Pennsylvania which include: hospitals, universities, casinos, airports,
and central laundry/dry cleaners
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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.
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(2)
new Biomass Gasification plants located in Texas and New York
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(13)
Cogeneration power plants for Stranded Gas and Enhanced Oil Recovery
operations
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Trigeneration
power plant for dairy in Texas
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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:
If you are an owner or developer
of one of the above renewable energy or clean fuel projects and have the
following:
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solid business plan
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experienced
management team
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proven
technology - (no unproven technologies or demonstration projects)
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acquired
either the waste stream or the property by lease or purchase
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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
Biodiesel, Biomass / Biomass
Gasification, Biomethane, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Solar and Wind.
"The
Trigeneration Experts" -
the ONLY Company that Builds Integrated Cogeneration
& Trigeneration 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:
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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.
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B100
Biodiesel has up to 95% fewer emissions. Greenhouse
Gas Emissions, nitrogen
oxides, particulate
matter, and carcinogens are all greatly reduced.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To
produce one unit of "dirty diesel" fuel requires 1.2 units of fossil resources.
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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
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."
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