Farm Power Northwest LLC creates renewable energy projects that sustain family farms, protect farmland, and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
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Kevin MaasWTIA Smart Fuels – June 3, 2010
Background
• Small and medium-sized Puget Sound dairy farms under pressure
• Anaerobic digesters: proven
energy-producing technology that
farmers couldn’t afford to develop
• Two brothers with a farmer-
focused develop-own-operate
model
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LagoonCrops
Nutrient Cycle
Positive Products
Negative Products Odor
Methane
Milk
Fields
Cows
Standard Procedure
Dairy manure provides a closed-loop fertilizer source
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How does the process actually work?
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Dairy Manure:scraped from concrete floor
Food Waste:trucked fromprocessing plant
Anaerobic Bacteria:
thrive in warm,oxygen-freeenvironment
100ºF Digester
Biogas:55% methane,
45% CO2, trace H2S
750 kW internal-combustion
engine generator
Electricity to PSE
Surplus heat to digester
Liquid
Three weeks later
Fiber
Separator
200 tons per day
Our Resource:
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• We make profits on the power so we can provide free bedding to farmers: $100k+ annually to support local food production
Starting Point
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•Many competing carbon offsets come from methane capture at landfills
• Farm Bill has provided predictable USDA grant and loan-guarantee opportunities for digesters
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10,000 MW at any given time
(Wind currently closer to 3%)
CoalAverage plant size:
500 MW Natural GasAverage plant size:
100 MW
HydroelectricAverage plant size:
200 MW
NuclearAverage plant size:
1000 MW
WindAverage plant size:
100 MW
Community PowerAverage plant size:
1 MW
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Natural Gas Citygate ($ per Mmbtu)
10-Year Contract Available (cents per kWh)
Choosing Electricity and Cogeneration
• Regulated market cuts volatility risk for small producers; standard offer contracts available from Puget Sound Energy and others
• Ethanol bankruptcies shows importance of having both supply and sales contracts
• Ample zero-cost process heat from combustion for electricity
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Ribbon-cutting
• first project online August 2009 after two and a half years of work• ceremonial starting of generator at end of September• over 3 million kWh produced to date
Nutrients and Emissions
• 2,000,000 gallons of food waste recycled (almost 8,000 tons)
• 4,000 tons CO-2e of greenhouse gases eliminated
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$405,000 company equity builds $3,545,000 project
Growing Local Impact• Investment in rural agricultural economies• Tremendous leverage possible with federal grants and loan guarantees• Construction jobs attract stimulus money• Long-term cash stream for our investors• Committed partners ready to build more
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The Future
• projects near Lynden and Enumclaw• raising money with SCOR; going for Oregon• continued operations at Rexville
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Electricity to PSERemaining half of surplus heat to greenhouse
80% thermalefficiency
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In Operation
Pre-Construction
Awaiting Grants
Scouting
