Date: Oct 22, 2016 Source: Company Data (
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I know it has been some time since my last blog, but there has been good reason... I've been busy! This spring, we completed construction of our $4 million demonstration plant. The plant uses commercial grade equipment, and can be easily scaled up for construction of commercial sized plants anywhere a sustainable biomass supply is available.
The demonstration plant serves two needs: 1) building this plant helped us hone our torrefaction and densification processes before building a commercial sized plant, and 2) now we have a demonstration plant to perform smaller scale testing on all kinds of potential feedstock for our waste-to-energy technology. This includes various kinds of woody biomass as well as agricultural residue such as orchard prunings, sugar cane or coconut residue.
On October 18 we held a grand opening and tour of our new facility. This is the first time we have opened the plant to energy policy makers, forestry managers and others in the timber industry, and the response has been fantastic.
I want to thank all those who came to see just what we have been up to lately. Also, a big thank you to all those who helped with the event, including enthusiastic, significant help from Oregon BEST in getting the word out to attendees and members of the press, and Senator Wyden's office in working us into his schedule. We relished the chance to give a tour to Senator Ron Wyden, a strong and most welcome supporter of our efforts over the years.
