Yorkshire Water R&D Innovation and ATC

Delivery of Transformational Technology

Why would we do this?

Compelling reason to change

R&D Innovation = Options

DRIVERS RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION B.A.U R.O.I

SBO’s

PC’s

INTELLIGENCE

SBO’s

PC’s

R&D Innovation Model

ATC

ATC Programme Timeline

2008

Under-

stand

the

Forces

Research

Academic

Partners

Pyrolysis

Pilot

Esholt

Gasification

Pilot

Plant

Esholt

Build the Business

Case

2009 20122007 2010 2013 2015

First Phase

Commercial

Demonstration 2300 hrs

Operation

Current

Commercial

Operational

Phase

2017

10,000 hrs

Operated

3.2GWhrs

Generated

Technically

proven

Commercial

Model

understood

ATC

ATC Process

Biochar

Syngas

Net electricity

Heat

Sludge

Cake

2000tds sludge

6000t wood

1.0 MW

Dried

Sludge

Fuel prep

Gasifier

CHP

Gen-setDrier

Wood pellets

Demonstration plant =

ATC Programme OverviewPartners, Stakeholders and Contributors

H&S

Asset

Policy

Asset

Integrity

Group

Finance

Asset

Solutions

Asset

Safety &

Integrity

SD

Business Consultants

YW

Technical Consultants

Universities

Partners

What We Said

What We Did

Commitment Criticality Achieved

Consistent quality gas Critical

Permit Compliance Critical Assets in place to verify

Plant availability Financial Assets in place to verify

Throughput Financial Assets in place to verify

Sludge Blend Financial

8000 hrs Operated Not critical

Technical

Commitment Achieved

Deliver technical and

commercial case at

commercial

demonstration scale

Physical

Commitment Achieved

Scenario based

financial model

Understand IP

Feed PR19 options

Commercial

Process Safety

• Asset Standard

• Mechanical plant integrity inspection

• Full regulatory assessment

• Management of change process

Summary

• 10 year programme

• Modular design, technical and commercial model

• Options for commercialisation & deployment

• Risk mitigation and opportunity potential

• Informs step change in frontier sludge and

environmental performance

• Would we do this again???