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Alberta Woody Biomass Syngas to Renewable Natural Gas/Combined Heat
and Power (RNG/CHP) for Oil Sands
Summary presentation of report commissioned by NRCan (Proposal 500018271)
Sept. 2016
Scott Stanners
Craig Louie
Chris Norman
9 November 2016 1Commercial Confidential Sysene Consulting Inc.
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Agenda
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SysEne Company Background
Alberta Context
NRCan Project
Objective 1 – Woody Biomass to RNG
Objective 2 – Woody Biomass for CHP in the Oil Sands
Alternatives
Conclusions
(Link to Full Report )
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Company Background
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Engineering and Management Consulting for Energy, Transportation, Resource, and High Tech
Systems Approach to Technology, Process, and People
Flyn McCarthy
Chris Norman
Scott Stanners
CraigLouie
Ophir Kendler
Michael Eiche
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Projects in the Bioenergy Sector
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FortisBC Glenmore Landfill to RNG Community Fuels Biodiesel Plant (Calif.)
Microsoft Data Center Wyoming Landfill to Fuel Cell
Chip, Pellet and Dust Handling System Upgrades
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Alberta Context
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Coal phase out
Strategic interest
Social license
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Oil Sands SAGD requirements
Suncor Fort McKay
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• 12 MW electricity• 345 MW steam
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Conventional CHP pathway at SAGD site
•Fort MacKay •172 MWe Natural Gas
Gas Turbine with Steam Bottoming Cycle•77% of steam in 2013•Excess electricity sold to
grid•Operating since 2004
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NRCan Study - Evaluation of 2 Pathways
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Woody biomass
Renewable Natural Gas
Combined Heat and Power
Gasification
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RNG Cost with Current Technology
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Natural Gas Wholesale Alberta ~ $2/GJ
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Woody biomass characteristics vary and are difficult to convert
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Worldwide woody biomass RNG plants
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• FICFB = Fast Internally Circulating Fluidized Bed• MILENA = ECN brand name for their indirect gasifier technology• WoodRoll = Cortus Energy brand name for their biomass-to-syngas technology
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Fuel feeding system
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Current technology is complex with many reactors
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Technology maturity is still low
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Well-funded, large scale (20 MW) demo projects have often experienced many problems and low availability.
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There are many technology challenges
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The “Achilles Heel” of biomass gasification
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GoBiGas cost breakdown ($USD)
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Pilot and prefeasibility example
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Bio-RNG Pipeline interconnect costs
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Preferred options for Alberta conditions
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Valmet• Full scale 10-200
MW• Capable company• Successful projects
Cortus Energy• Promising technology• Modular plant design• Reasonable momentum
ECN• Promising technology• High efficiency• Reasonable momentum
New Technology companies
Established large suppliers
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Mapping Alberta Biomass to Oil Sands
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Supply challenges
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Wood chip costs
Unsubsidized
Operation Cost per green ton, $USD
Harvesting $81
Chipping $18
Transportation $15
Total $114
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Subsidized
Operation Cost per green ton, $USD
Harvesting $0
Chipping $18
Transportation $15
Total $33
$114/ton = $20/GJ RNG for fuel
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Example: depot strategy
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Current supply chain
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• High risk• High costs• Uncertain future• Difficult to make high capital
plant investment decisions
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A preferred future
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Nexterra business case in UK
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• 10 MWe• $100 million• “Free” wood
• Renewable Obligation Certificates
• 25 cents/kWh
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Biomass co-firing: partial gasifier (140 MW), partial coal (560 MW)
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Case study: Lachenaie Landfill, Montreal
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Progressive Wastes
104 MW RNG Landfill to pipeline injection
Commissioned 2015
Project cost $44 million
$6/GJ RNG production cost
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Alternate pathway biomass combustion to heat
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Valmet CYMIC Boiler
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Conclusions
1. Biomass combustion to heat (steam)
2. Biomass co-firing (but coal)
3. Waste-to-RNG
4. Supply chain modernization
5. Government strategy/policy adjustments
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Contact Us
Chris Norman [email protected]
Craig Louie [email protected]
Scott Stanners: [email protected]
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