"Besides the ethanol there is also a quarter ton of lignin per ton of biomass which is a substitute for coal to provide the electricity and heat for the biorefinery."
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For Communities
Support for Communities Biomass4Energy will provide detailed information and advice regarding the following to a community interested in attracting a biomass dependant investor.
Communities interested in this approach are encouraged to contact Maurice utilizing the “Contact Us” feature of this web site. For elected officials or their staff, Industrial Commissioners and others representing community interests an initial one hour telephone conversation is offered without cost or obligation. If there is interest in retaining Bionass4Energy services, the costs are modest for an initial two or three day visit to the community to cover the above listed topics through site visits and at meetings arranged by the host individuals or organization. A written report covering these points will be provided along with a plan to make the community an attractive location for biorefinery and other investors that are dependant on biomass.
- How to demonstrate community support to a potential investor.
- Biomass issues of particular interest to processors such as security of supply, quality and quantity, long term supply contracts, storage, delivery logistics, etc. and how to project this information convincingly to an investor.
- Community specific challenges and opportunities for various types of biomass such as the actual long term availability of agricultural residues, dedicated biomass crops, forestry residues and woody biomass.
- Biomass pricing and contracting options and strategies.
- Identify existing helpful statistics/studies that may not have been considered.
- Managing possible community opposition by skeptical residents.
- Infrastructure requirements.
- What economic benefits (both financial and employment) are there for the land owners and the local community?
- Possible environmental or sustainability issues such as the excessive removal of agricultural residues. Which biomass to energy technology (ies) is/are best suited for the quantity and type of biomass. These include gasifiers, densification (pellets/pucks), various combined heat and power applications, cellulosic ethanol, etc.
- Develop an approach to government to secure funding to become biorefinery ready. Probably the most effective move would be through a critical mass of growers becoming familiar with producing perennial biomass crops on small trial acreages.
Communities interested in this approach are encouraged to contact Maurice utilizing the “Contact Us” feature of this web site. For elected officials or their staff, Industrial Commissioners and others representing community interests an initial one hour telephone conversation is offered without cost or obligation. If there is interest in retaining Bionass4Energy services, the costs are modest for an initial two or three day visit to the community to cover the above listed topics through site visits and at meetings arranged by the host individuals or organization. A written report covering these points will be provided along with a plan to make the community an attractive location for biorefinery and other investors that are dependant on biomass.
