at renewables presentation on anaerobic digestion
DESCRIPTION
AT Renewables, a division of Active Technologies designs and supplies On Farm Anaerobic Digestion Systems from 100kWh to 500kWh outputs.TRANSCRIPT
Business Proposal
July 2012 Rev AA
Facility Size: 10160 ft² (1000 m²)
Occupancy
terms: Leased
Floor space
utilization: 80%
Business
Functions:
Engineering
Manufacturing, Test
Quality
Sales & Marketing
Purchasing
Finance
Operating
Pattern: 1 Shift / 5 Days
Production
Type: Manual Operatives
Products
manufactured:
Automotive Components,
Custom Tooling, Equipment,
Test
Employees
(2011): 35 – Non-unionized
Image below does not show Hethel Engineering Centre expansion of area ‘AT’ completed in Oct 2010, primarily housing Active Technologies growth into tooling design & manufacture and test services. Further expansion of Hethel Engineering Centre is currently under planning review
LOCATION
Hethel Engineering Centre, Norfolk
2005
• Active Technologies Limited established by Paul Spinks
• Consultancy Division established
2006
• Winner of “Launchpad” - Hethel Engineering Centre tenancy awarded
• First Throttle Body design released for Formula Ford
2007
• Production manufacturing capability for Throttle Body products added
2008
• Consultancy expanded to serve Renewables and Industrial markets
• Total Revenue exceeded £1M
2009
• Installation of significant commercial solar PV Systems
• Throttle Body range expanded, > 40 products designed and manufactured
2010
• EEEgr Member of the Year
• Launched product for OEM sports road car platform
• Tooling Division established providing Toolroom, Controls & Test and Equipment Build
capability
2011
• Environmental Testing Division established
COMPANY HISTORY
Increasing company growth and significantly enhanced competences
DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE
Divisional structure created based on significantly leveraged competences
5 Diversification within and beyond Sectors
DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE & MARKET
SECTORS
TRANSPORTATION
• Motorsport
• Off-Highway
• Aerospace
• Defence
• Marine
• Train & Bus
• Automotive
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
• Industrial Automation
• Assembly Equipment
• Electronics Controls
• Cable Applications
• Over-mould Equipment
• Sensor Applications
• Environmental Validation Testing
ENERGY
• Solar PV
• Anaerobic Digestion
• Wind Turbine
• Range Extenders
6 Breadth of capability of significant industry experience
COMPETENCE & EXPERIENCE
ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
• 40 Engineers
• Significant Automotive capability
• Mechanical Design
• 3D CAD Software
• Solid Works
• Pro Engineer
• Catia
• FEA capability
EXPERIENCE
• Automotive
• Off-Highway
• Aerospace
• Oil & Gas
• Marine
• Agricultural
• Research & Development
• Renewable Energy Sector
• Consultancy Engineers at Lotus
• Design of JCB’s first in-house Engine
• Design functions for STG Aerospace
• Design of subsea well tool
• Ship deck equipment + re-fuelling system
• Design of large scale harvesting equipment
• University collaboration for medical and renewables sector technology
• Anaerobic Digestion, Wind, and Solar technologies and systems
• Automation industrial equipment
EXPERIENCE
COMPETENCES
Active Technologies
Ltd
Engineering Product Design & Development
Polymer Materials
Specialists
Program Management
Rapid Prototype
& Prototype
Manufacture
Design & Manufacturing
Automation
Electronics Design & Controls
Environmental Validation
Testing
Production Manufacturing
Assembly
Full Life Cycle service offering and technical capability
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Experienced, Entrepreneurial
Management Team D
IRE
CT
OR
S
Paul Spinks
Managing Director
Antony Howell
Business Development Director
Paul Amos
Finance & Operations
Director
Martyn Bensley
Engineering
Director
TE
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NO
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GIS
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Tom Cree
Technology
PLA
NN
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Ben Woolnough
Planning
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AD SYSTEM PROCESS DESCRIPTION
Multi-Tank System provides supportive redundancy without loss of output
AD TANK 2
AD TANK 1
AD TANK 3
PRE-TREATMENT
POST-TREATMENT
Manure/
Slurry/Feedstock
HEAT
BIOGA
S
ELECTRICI
TY
BIOFERTILISER
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AD SYSTEM BENEFITS
Significantly simplified Planning
Permission
Underground Installation
Thermophilic
55 Degrees
Recovery of Waste Heat
Eradication of Odour
Exposed Access
Points for Ease of
Maintenance
Technical Support
Remote Monitoring of AD Network
Scalable
High Performance & Technically supported AD System
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HISTORY
SEPT 2009 Small Scale On-Site Anaerobic Digestion unit designed by Active Technologies Ltd
APR 2010 Installation completed at Channel Farm, Ilfracombe by Active Technologies Ltd & Green Oils
APR 2011 Government FIT review (Delayed to NOV 2011)
SEPT 2011 FIT backdated to Sept 2011
AUG 2011 Commissioning completed for Channel Farm, Ilfracombe
SEPT 2011 AD Unit connected to Grid at Channel Farm, Ilfracombe
TBD NewCo to be created
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Benefits Thermophilic 500Kw Anaerobic Digester Plant
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• Significant income stream
• Easily scaleable
• Underground design maximising space
• Multi-Tank System provides supportive redundancy
• Minimised on-going transportation to site
• Simplified planning process
• On-farm waste used as Digester fuel
• Livestock food used as back-up Digester fuel
• Digester Plant efficiency monitored remotely
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COMPETITIVE IMPACT TO LANDSCAPE
CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY IMAGES PROPERTY OF
ACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
OUR AD SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Our potential client base matched to our system
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Ideal Clients
• Small to Medium scale livestock farm (Pigs, Poultry, Dairy, Beef)
• Medium to Large scale fruit and vegetable growers
• Location near to existing 3 phase Electricity connection or sub station
• Continuous availability of feedstock throughout the year
Our approach
• Export Electricity between 100kWhr and 500kWhr
• Working with the farmer to size the plant to suite the farm
• Underground tanks reduce visual impact of the installation
• Underground tanks provide consistent thermal gradient
• Unique modular tank design
• Thermophilic anaerobic process to maximise gas production, minimise volume
of feedstock and produces bio fertiliser
• Automated and controllable system
OUR AD SYSTEM INPUT REQUIREMENTS
Animal Feedstock
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• Recommendation: 100% on-farm produced manure and slurry
• Additionally: 3% Glycerine with 6% Energy crop feedstock and water
Pigs
• Minimum number 1,000 head of finishers = 100kWh = income of £166,000 per yr
• Maximum number 6,500 head of finishers = 500kWh = income of £717,500 per yr
Cow (Dairy)
• Minimum number 200 head of herd = 100kWh
• Maximum number 1,500 head of herd = 500 kWh
o Income above excludes renewable heat incentive revenue stream
o The selective use of imported materials can increase BioGas yield and reduce the minimum number of livestock
OUR AD SYSTEM INPUT REQUIREMENTS
Fruit and Vegetable Feedstock
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• Recommendation to use 100% produced on farm vegetable wastes and
peelings
• Cauliflower - Fodder beet - Fodder carrot - Molasses (sugar beet) - Potato
flakes - Potato peeling wastes - roughly Sugar beet - fresh Sugar beet - dried &
shredded Sugar beet tops - clean Vegetable wastes – Clover - Green maize -
Green Mustard before flower- Green oats in flower - Meadow grass green -
Sunflowers green start of flowering - Barley grain - Maize grain - Field bean
grain - Grain Peas - Mixed grain Oat grain - Rye grain - Soy beans seeds steam
heated - Sunflower seed - Wheat grain - Corn gluten - Oats fodder flour - Oat
bran Rolled oats - Wheat bran - Wheat chaff - Wheat flakes - Wheat germs -
Wheat semolina bran - Butter milk - fresh Whole cows milk - fresh Skimmed milk
- dry Skimmed milk - fresh Sour whey - Glycerin - Linseed Oil - Rapeseel Oil -
Soya Oil - Sunflower Oil - Palm Kernell Pellet - Sunflower cake - Baking wastes
- Cheese waste - Leftovers
THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE
Service and Team Work
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Service
• Feasibility Study and Site Appraisal
• Initial approach with local Distribution Network Operator to establish existing
electrical export capacity of the grid
• Site Design
• Planning Submission
• Detailed schematic design and schedule of work
• Appointment of approved Civil Engineering Contractor to undertake construction
and installation works
• Commissioning and testing of all machinery and equipment
• On-going Maintenance agreement with site owner
• All equipment has passed AT Renewables due diligence tests
Current Experience
• One system installed and running in Devon
• Several sites with Planning approval
• Three sites currently seeking Planning approval
• Long list of potential clients across the UK (see map)
FINANCE
Strong financial viability
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Payback • Electricity Fit = £0.137/Kwh + £0.05/Kwh export tariff + RHI
• Resulting earnings per annum = £100K to £700K+
• Profit of £50k to £300k+ per annum once overheads are taken into account
• Capital equipment and installation costs £0.5M to £2.0M (installed/commissioned)
• Payback on capital average 4-5 years
• FiT is guaranteed for 20 years + Index Linked
• Earnings over 20 years = £1m to £6.5m
• With no FiT, systems are still profitable (based on an average 6% yr on yr electricity price increase)
Financing options include • 100% funded by Farmer to 100% funded by AT Renewables
• JV’s
• Partnering and profit share
TYPICAL AD SYSTEM
Existing Site Layout
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TYPICAL AD SYSTEM
Proposed Site Layout
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Scope of UK AT Renewables AD Plants
ID Status Address CountyA Installed Ilfracombe Devon
B Planning Approved Tiverton Devon
C Planning Approved Okehampton Devon
D Planning in Progress Blo Norton Norfolk
E Planning in Progress Gt Hockham Norfolk
F Planning in Progress Bressingham Norfolk
G Customer Enquiry Gt Witchingham Norfolk
H Customer Enquiry Hapton Norfolk
I Customer Enquiry Glastonbury Somerset
J Customer Enquiry Whiddon Down Devon
K Customer Enquiry Bideford Devon
L Customer Enquiry Narberth Pembrokeshire
M Strong Interest South Molton Devon
N Strong Interest Pertersfield Hampshire
Organisation Interest RHS
Organisation Interest Anglian Farmers
Organisation Interest Strut and Parker
Organisation Interest Strut and Parker
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