About AgriPower
THE AGRIPOWER WASTE-TO-ENERGY, COMBINED HEAT AND POWER
SOLUTION.
AgriPower, Inc. (“AgriPower”) designs, manufactures, sells and services its unique, proprietary, modular and transportable Waste-to-Energy (“WTE”), Combined Heat and Power (“CHP”) “Systems” that provide a reliable source of low cost electricity and Heat Energy suitable for “Co-Generation” (described below) using “Biomass” (described below) and plastic waste materials as fuel. Using well-established combustion and turbine technologies and various configurations of its Waste Heat Generators (“WHGs”), the Systems can continuously generate from 125 kW to 2.2 MW (gross) of on-site, base load power and (>50 MMBTU/hr) Heat Energy in an environmentally friendly manner. The Heat Energy is suitable for heating buildings and producing hot water, steam and numerous valuable “Co-Generation” applications such as air conditioning, refrigeration, water desalination and purification and making ice, and other commercial applications and for commercial processes such as heat bonding and drying various products such as paint and wood or excessively wet fuel (above 50% moisture content). Their prefabricated design enables them to be easily transported to the fuel source, whether at the customer’s on-grid premises, at remote, off-grid locations, or at disaster sites. The System was designed to be installed and fully operational in only 3 to 5 days. They come in a wide range of sizes and outputs that can be custom configured for each customer’s requirements. They were designed to use readily available, recurring customer and/or agricultural waste, thereby providing additional economies from avoided disposal fees and taxes as well as from carbon credits, tax credits and “clean energy” grants. Each System is expected to have a typical on-grid payback period of about 3 years before tax benefits. The off-grid payback period is projected to be less than 3 years before tax benefits from significant diesel fuel oil savings of approximately $10 to $15 million relative to a similarly sized diesel generator, over their expected respective 20+ year useful lives.
The Systems were designed to be fuelled by a wide variety of abundant, renewable and low cost wood, cardboard, paper, agricultural and animal waste materials including manure (i.e., “Biomass”) and many types of plastic waste with up to a 50% moisture content. They are intended to be affordable to acquire, inexpensive and quiet to operate, highly reliable and efficient and easily transported to on-grid and off-grid remote locations. They are designed to operate continuously (i.e., 24/7) and safely and provide a low cost and reliable source of electricity and Heat Energy with minimal operator input, requiring only unskilled and inexpensive labor. Their uptime is expected to be >95% and at least 40,000 hours (5 years) between overhauls with minimal maintenance and a low Total Cost of Ownership (“TCO”). Their economies will result from avoided waste disposal fees and taxes, reduced costs of electricity and avoided natural gas and fuel oil purchases (and possibly carbon credits). The Systems have a wide variety of applications across multiple industries including municipal waste and landfill companies, supermarket chains, “Big Box” stores, malls and shopping centers, hospitals, hotels, casinos, colleges and universities (especially those with dormitories), prisons, food processors, greenhouses, paper and pulp companies, lumber mills, furniture manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, utility companies, government and charitable organizations, and at municipal buildings such as libraries, schools, town halls, etc.
ADDITIONAL SYSTEM BENEFITS:
- They utilize a proprietary, technically superior, “multi-zone, variable temperature” combustion technology that can operate below the chemical reaction point thereby reducing pollution and enabling the use of more waste materials as fuel.
- Their “high temperature” WHG technology provides higher net power outputs and greater customer value than other systems.
- Their proven software enables maximum operating flexibility, continuous System optimization and constant emissions compliance.
- Their robust, fully automated, PC-based operating software module permits constant remote monitoring via telephone, satellite or the Internet.
- They use low air pressure and are non-condensing (i.e., they do not use water or steam in their operation).
- Numerous System and 50-Hz and 60-Hz configurations provide a wide range of electric and heat, hot water, steam and Co-Generation options.
- They have numerous on-grid and off-grid applications.
- They will usually be exempt from or comply with applicable U.S. and EU environmental permitting regulations.
- A large, worldwide service company will be available to handle installations and service.
- Systems can currently be delivered and operational in less than 6 months.
- Flexible sale, leasing and Power Purchase Agreement programs available.
Generators of usable waste streams will be able to utilize their own Biomass and plastic waste as a low cost fuel, thereby reducing their disposal costs and the expense of purchasing electricity, natural and propane gas and diesel fuel to generate their own electricity and Heat Energy. The Systems were designed and sized to be installed and operated where the Biomass is produced or stored, thereby eliminating fuel transport costs. In doing so, the Biomass can be used productively rather than being burned in the open air or decomposing and converting into methane gas. Methane gas is more than 21 times more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide. Depending on the composition, density and moisture content of the fuel, the AG-375 System will require about 15 tons of fuel for each 24 hours of continuous use. Less suitable Biomass, such as leaves, paper and other low BTU materials, can be mixed with denser materials such as woodchips and cardboard and thereby used as fuel. The Systems are intended to capitalize on and benefit from rising waste disposal, energy and fuel costs, growing environmental awareness and regulation, emerging “clean technology” incentives and increasing interest in achieving energy security and reliability from on-site energy production.
