About AgriPower
THE AGRIPOWER WASTE-TO-ENERGY, COMBINED HEAT AND POWER
SOLUTION.
AgriPower, Inc. (“AgriPower”) is about to commence manufacturing, selling and servicing its proprietary, modular and transportable Waste-to-Energy (“WtE”),
Combined Heat and Power (“CHP”) systems (the “Systems”) that were specifically engineered to provide a reliable on-site source of low cost electricity and
Heat Energy suitable for “Co-Generation” (described below). The Systems will use “Biomass” (described below) and plastic waste materials as fuel and
well-established combustion and turbine technologies to continuously generate from 130kW to 780kW (gross) of base load power and up to
50MMBTU/hr of additional Heat Energy in an environmentally friendly manner. The Heat Energy will be available for “Co-Generation” which has many
valuable applications such as heating and air conditioning buildings; for producing hot water; for refrigeration; for desalinating and purifying water and
making ice; 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). The Systems will come in a wide range of sizes and outputs that can be custom configured for the 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 and about 26 months after tax benefits. The off-grid payback period is projected to be less than 3 years before tax
benefits and less than 2 years after 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 to operate, highly efficient and easily transported to on-grid and off-grid remote locations. They were engineered to operate continuously (i.e., 24/7) with minimal operator input and easily and safely used by unskilled and inexpensive labor. Additional benefits are they will use low air pressure and be non-condensing (i.e., they will not use water or steam in their operation) and will usually be exempt from or comply with applicable U.S. and EU environmental permitting regulations. They will utilize a proprietary, technically superior, “high temperature”, “clean air” design and will include a robust, fully automated, PC-based operating software module that will permit constant remote monitoring via telephone, satellite or the Internet. Their unique prefabricated, modular and transportable design will enable them to be easily transported to the fuel source, whether at the customer’s 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. The Systems will have a wide variety of applications across multiple industries including municipal waste and landfill companies, malls and shopping centers, supermarket chains, “Big Box” stores, paper and pulp companies, farmers, ranchers, lumber mills, energy and utility companies, hospitals, hotels, schools, universities, prisons, food processors, greenhouses, casinos, paper and pulp mills, furniture manufacturers, municipal buildings, etc.
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 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-390 System will combust 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 and emerging “clean technology” incentives.
