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Wood Pellets: Clean, Efficient Heating with Renewable Energy from New York’s
Forest Resources
Charlie Niebling, General Manager
Adirondack Research Consortium Renewable Energy Conference
Saratoga Springs NY
February 17, 2010
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New England Wood Pellet Facilities
Schuyler Wood Pellet LLC
Palmer Packaging and Reload Center
Jaffrey Plant and Biofuel Energy
Systems
Deposit Wood Pellet LLC
(December 2010)
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Jaffrey, NH Current 72,000 tons ; Potential 85,000 tons
Schuyler, NY Current 78,000 tons ; Potential 85,000 tons
Deposit, NY Current 0 tons ; Potential 100,000 tons
Facilities
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Pellet Fuels Ideally Suited to Northeastern US Market
• Abundant, underutilized forest and agricultural resources; roundwood, chips, manufacturing residues – growing forest inventory and decline in pulp & paper manufacture; clean waste wood as well
• Highest energy prices of anywhere in US • Huge thermal (heat) market, currently largely dependent on
fossil energy (oil, natural gas, propane) – one third of total energy consumption in the region
• Long tradition of using wood as fuel; aging demographics favor more convenience in burning wood
• Population and demand density that enhances potential for bulk pellet fuel distribution
• Generally favorable policy climate
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Status of Pellet Industry in Northeast (New England, NY, NJ and PA)
• Approx. 400,000 homes heated (primary or back-up) with pellet fuel in Northeast; annual growth >10% until 2009
• 19 manufacturers of pellet fuel in Northeast – 8 are startups facing typical start-up challenges (4 of these recently closed), 2 in ME are currently closed but will reopen
• Total consumption approaching 700,000+ TPY; total manufacturing production (2009) about 500,000+ TPY; import from other regions led to oversupply
• At least 11 new plants announced (ME-3, NH-2, MA-1, VT-1, NY-2, PA-2)
• Limited distribution by bulk; 99.5% of fuel distributed in bags vs. <40% in Europe
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Northeast Pellet
Corinth Maine Woods
Inferno
Curran Renewable Energy
Geneva
NEWP Jaffrey 78,000/70,187
NEWP Schuyler 84,000/77,012
Empire
Dry Creek
Instantheat
Barefoot
Energex
Allegheny
Greene Team
PA Pellet
Wood Pellets Co.
From western Canada 40,000+
From Quebec and Maritimes 100,000+
From north-central and midwest states 30,000+
From mid-south/south 100,000+
2009 Demand = 650,000+/-
Regional Supply = 500,000+ Import from other regions =
250,000+/-
Treecycle
NEWP Deposit 100,000/0
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Making pellets is not a simple proposition
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Key Considerations in Siting Pellet Manufacturing Plant
• Wood supply; proximity to wood supply
• Market; proximity to market
• Transportation access: highway, rail, port for export
• Electricity cost
• Supportive community/region
• Labor/management talent
• Capital to build it right, cannot cut corners!
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Wood Supply – Schuyler and Deposit
• 70% Green mill chips and sawdust
• 10% Kiln-dried sawdust, shavings, grindings
• <5% Clean pallet grindings
• >15% De-barked roundwood chips, HW and SW
• Whole tree chips for Deposit burner
Total procurement at full capacity =
450,000 green tons
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The manufacturing process begins when tractor trailer loads of raw material (wet and dry sawdust, shavings, chips etc.) arrive at the plant. The material is unloaded by a skid steer, a live-floor or a truck dump.
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…and here’s the Truck Dump
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Schuyler Wood Pellet
One acre covered wood storage – will hold 6,000 tons
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Deposit will likely rely on HW and SW roundwood, with on-site flail debarking and chipping
New low-grade markets!
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Job Number 1:
Building the Market
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Pellet Stoves
<85,000 BTU
30-50 lbs/day during winter
Thermostatically controlled
350,000 in Northeast
1 million+ in U.S.
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The Future…..not that far off, but we need help!
1. Home or Business Delivery of Pellets in Bulk
- Much like oil, gas, or propane
- Convenient - you don’t need to be there
4. Easy Installation/Service
- Simple venting
- Simple, once-a-year maintenance includes ash removal
3. Fully Automated Central Heating System
- Boilers and furnaces support existing distribution system
- Automated feed system
- Self-ignition and self-cleaning
- Safety that is superior to propane or gas
2. Sufficient Storage
- 1-3 deliveries a year
- Attractive and/or unobtrusive
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Biomass heating technologies
• automatic wood pellet heating
systems
• biomass district heating networks
• large-scale combined heat and power plants
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Propell Energy
• Import, sell & service commercial boiler systems
• 50-1,000 kW (170KBTU – 3.4 MMBTU)
• Swedish and Austrian technology
• Bulk fuel delivery
• Energy services
• Office buildings, schools, prisons, public works garages, apartment complexes, hospitals, shopping malls etc.
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Bulk delivery
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America’s Energy Usage Has Three Major Slices
Transportation
29%
Heating
31%
Electricity
40%
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Necessary Drivers of Energy Policy
• Efficiency
• Emissions
• Greenhouse Gases
• Sustainability
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Actual Drivers of Energy Policy
• Corn belt/Farm Bill politics
• Oil/gas state politics
• Auto industry
• Myth of clean coal
• Technology-biased policy rather than outcomes-based policy
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EFFICIENCY: Energy loss of different conversion technologies for woody biomass
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Thanks to ProPellet Austria
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Public Policy in the US (and NY) Favors Transportation And Electric
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% of Households with Oil as Primary Fuel
% of Households with Oil as Primary Fuel (2004, US Census)
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New York Case Study
• 36% of households heat with oil
= 2.47 million households
• At 40-year replacement rate = 62K boilers/year are being replaced
• 10% biomass replacement rate/year = 6,200 boilers/year
• Approximate fuel need = 10 T/yr in central heating of average home
• = 62,000 T/yr growth in demand
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• Government and Regulatory Affairs • Education and Outreach • Research and Analysis
• Business to Business Networking
www.biomassthermal.org
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April 27-28, 2010 Manchester NH
Hosted by: Biomass Thermal Energy Council, NY Biomass Energy Alliance
Biomass Energy Resource Center, Alliance for Green Heat Maine Pellet Fuels Assn, Clean Air – Cool Planet
www.heatne.com
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THANK YOU
For more information:
New England Wood Pellet LLC
www.pelletheat.com
www.propellenergy.com