Feedstock supply for your project

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New Energy Farms (NEF) provide a complete solution to sourcing biomass feedstock for your project.

Selecting the right energy grass for you

Planning your feedstock supply

Establishing the feedstock plantations

Managing the feedstock long term

Our 4 steps to feedstock supply

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We have extensive experience in commercial production of high yielding energy grasses. NEF operates in the US, Canada and the EU with vertically integrated operations from plant breeding through to commercial supply of feedstock. Our crops are suitable for

thermal, liquid and Anaerobic Digestion (AD) conversion. If your project needs a secure source of high quality feedstock then NEF can assist you.

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Energy grasses are

developed for fuel not

food, and can reduce CO2

emissions by up to 90%

(compared to fossil fuels).

They provide secure, low

cost, long-term feedstock

for your project. In the

US, 40% of the biomass

feedstock is predicted to

come from these energy

grasses. Produced on

surplus or lower quality

land they avoid food v

fuel conflicts. NEF are

funding internal energy

grass breeding programs

and also work with third

party technology suppliers

to provide a portfolio

of different species and

cultivars. This allows

NEF to provide you with

the right option for your

project, now and in the

future.

NEF works with customers

during the development

of the end use conversion

facility. Our service covers

all aspects from initial

feedstock yield prediction

through to establishing

supply contracts and

logistics. There are

four basic scenarios for

feedstock supply that are

outlined in Fig 1. However,

unlike food crops, energy

crops are not available

on a commodity market

today, they are established

specifically for an end-

user. Whilst there may

currently be significant

supplies of feedstock in

some regions, energy

crops will be essential

to ensure continuity of

supply to competing

end-users. As your partner

we cover the agricultural

aspect of feedstock

supply for you.

NEF have developed

CEEDSTM for four energy

grasses with yields of

up to 40t per Ha. These

yields are up to four

times more than current

feedstock row crops,

producing the equivalent

of 3200g/ha (1,300g/Ac)

of ethanol. With CEEDSTM

crops are established for

60% less than current

technology, negating the

need for grant support,

such as ECS and BCAP.

CEEDSTM allows the

energy crop plantation to

be rapidly established and

be productive within the

construction time of an

end use facility of

36 months. NEF is the

only company that can

provide this solution;

other systems do not

have the speed of

upscaling to compete

with CEEDSTM.

NEF, with a leading IT

supplier, Muddy Boots,

have developed

Biomass DirectTM,

based on an established,

proven platform that

already manages food

chains from farm to

supermarkets.

Biomass DirectTM allows

end-users to manage

feedstock from an

unlimited number of

farmer suppliers or any

of the supply chain

options outlined in Fig 1.

End-users have full

visibility and reporting

of feedstock production,

to ensure security, quality

and sustainability of

supply, and the assurance

that their feedstock

meets all regulatory

requirements.

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We explain each of the 4 steps to feedstock supply over the next few pages.

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There is no standard format for biomass supply chains, they can take many forms. However, the key elements will invariably be primary producers (growers), aggregators (who either consolidate feedstock supplies or process biomass into compressed form) and end-users.

End User

LoCaL SuppLy MuLTipLE GrowErSCommon supply format with multiple farmers growing

for the project.

iNTErNaL proDuCTioN rENTED LaNDLowest cost option, with end-user growing

their own feedstock, supported by NEF.

LOCAL SUPPLy VIA AggrEgATOrUsing a farm group or co-operative for aggregation

and possible processing (such as pelleting).

iMporT FroM AggrEgATOrImport from overseas typically pelleted material.

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Development of new cultivars is essential, to increase yield, expand geographic production areas and facilitate new end uses.

The NEF CEEDSTM system is the first to allow the best energy crops to be used, not just the ones that could be easily propagated. Via the CEEDSTM system NEF is focusing on a range of high yielding energy grasses, which fall into three categories.

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NEF holds one of the largest energy grass germplasm collections and also has internal breeding programs for energy grasses. our focus is increasing the yield, security of yield and quality of energy crops.

we operate trial sites in Canada, the uSa and Europe, the images show the types of crops we supply, all high yielding grasses.

Selecting the right energy grass for you

Cold tolerance

Harvest Moisture (%)

Yield (t Dry Matter/Acre/Yr)

Typical end use

Example Crops

High

<20%

10+

Power

Miscanthus

Medium

20 – >50%

14+

Mixed

Arundo donax

Low

>50%

16+

Liquid fuels

Napier grass &Energy Cane

Dry Feedstock Intermediate Wet Feedstock

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NEF provide a service from project conception through to implementation. We aim to be your agricultural partner to deliver the feedstock component.

2 Planning your feedstock supply

There are four basic scenarios for feedstock supply that NEF can establish, all of which were previously described in Fig 1, and which follow common timeframes outlined below (Fig 2).

• Evaluation of yield potential in your supply region.

• Identification of the most suitable species and cultivars for your project.

• Economic modeling to identify optimal feedstock sourcing strategy.

• Determination of project energy balance, emissions and land use concerns.

• Develop logistic plan from harvesting through to delivery of feedstock.

• Establish contracts between end-user and suppliers.

• Supply agreements can be 10-20 years in duration with forward indexing.

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The key points are:

• Feedstock development needs to be concurrent with the end-use facility.

• Long term exclusive supply (20 years +) can be established.

• Energy crops can deliver the lowest cost feedstock options for many projects.

• NEF is the only company that can up-scale and establish energy crops within the development time of an end use conversion facility.

• other options to deliver this can take five years, compared to 18 months with NEF.

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Project Planning

Project Construction

Operation

NEF FEEDSTOCK

Project Planning

Plantation Bulk up

Plantation Established

Feedstock Supply

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The CEEDSTM system* developed by NEF provides end-users and farmers with a solution for establishing large-scale energy crop plantations.

CEEDSTM makes planting energy grasses as simple as drilling conventional arable crops. The main benefits are:

CEEDSTM Automatic planter Miscanthus rhizomes left, CEEDSTM right Established crop Miscanthus

* Patent Pending.

• Totally new, vigorous and easy to handle planting propagule.

• Min till, fully automatic precision planting (no planting staff required).

• Establishment cost for energy grasses can be reduced by over 50%.

• Soil free system so can be exported in line with plant health requirements.

• reduction by up to 80% in transport logistics for planting material.

• greater vigour after planting, maximum yield from a cultivar.

• New cultivars can be bulked up to market volumes three times faster.

3 Establishing the feedstock plantations

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Glasshouse production system, more than 40 times more efficient use of land than field production.

Soilless system for high health production.

Rapid production of micronized

vegetative tissue.

Encapsulation to protect and prime vegetative tissue.

Closed loopproduction system.Cultivars bulked up

three times faster thanconventional methods.

Automatic min till drill for establishing 50 Acres

per day. CEEDS ™ are pre grown, so more rapid growth, get the maximum

yield from a cultivar.

Single plant of new cultivar.

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Biomass DirectTM is a software system that enables total traceability, sustainability and verification through the biomass supply chain.

4 Managing the feedstock long term

Developed by New Energy Farms, in partnership with Muddy Boots, Biomass DirectTM provides a solution for industries sourcing biomass to generate electricity, heating and liquid fuels. The system is based on an existing platform from Muddy Boots that is used extensively in the food supply chain by multinational companies. In many regions, end-users of biomass require full sustainability reporting for any biomass supplied.

Biomass DirectTM enables end-users, aggregators of biomass and growers to have total confidence in their specific biomass supply chain, in particular those from energy crops. The system consists of three elements, which are all interactive and can also be used to address specific aspects of the supply chain.

The system offers the following benefits:

• END-uSErS – Confidence in security and sustainability of feedstock supply.

• BIoMASS proDuCErS – Less paperwork, sell biomass directly to end-users.

• Crop BrEEDErS – Secure royalty collection.

Biomass DirectTM allows end-users to trade with large numbers of growers.

Biomass DirectTM provides management information for both parties, but growers can trade direct with the end-user.

Biomass DirectTM charges a fee per tonne which is 75% cheaper than existing aggregator fees.

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• Track and trace verification procedure with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) including full greenhouse gas calculation (gHg) of the biomass along the total supply chain.

• gIS mapping capabilities to assist in biomass production and movement logistics. Allowing both pre project planning of potential biomass production capability, and ongoing yield prediction.

• Provide plant breeders with a tool to track royalty income either from planted crop areas or end-use royalties.

Farmer contract to End-User End-User pays farmers directlyusing management information

from Biomass DirectTM

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SUSTAINABILITYQUALITY INFORMATION

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