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1 The Pennsylvania Wood Energy IniHaHve EMS Energy InsHtute Seminar Series Coal UHlizaHon Laboratory, Penn State March 5, 2014 Michael T. Palko PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry

2 Pennsylvania's Wood- Energy Program MISSION n Establish decentralized, small thermal, sustainable woody biomass energy systems for community and economic development n Utilizing several woody biomass feedstocks: low-value / low-use wood, mill residue, short rotation woody crops

3 WHY BIOMASS ENERGY n Saves Money n Locally Produced Feedstocks n Boost to Local Economy n A Renewable Resource n Utilizes Wood Residue n Diversifies Our Energy Portfolio n Carbon Neutral n Benefits to Environment

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7 Pennsylvania Wood Energy Systems 2013 School Districts: Central Crawford Sr High School, Pool Complex, Admin (kw electric gen.) Northern Bedford Elementary, Middle, High School Northeast Bradford Elementary & High School Sullivan County Middle & High School, Admin Penns Valley Elementary & High East Lycoming Sr High School (600 kw solar PV + 45 ac. Hybr. Willow) Kane Sr High School Benton High School Wyalusing Elementary & High School Clearfield Middle School Mountain View Middle & High School Blue Ridge High School

8 Pennsylvania Wood Energy Systems 2013 Hospitals: Warren State Hospital (40 buildings), North Warren Evangelical Community Medical Center, Lewisburg (some kw generazon) Elk Regional Health Systems, St Marys Greenhouses: Esbenshades, Brickerville (250 kw electric generazon) Twin Springs Fruit Farm, Ortanna Dillon Floral, Bloomsburg Village Acres, Mifflintown UniversiZes: Bloomsburg University (campus heazng)

9 Pennsylvania Wood Energy Systems 2013 Prisons: Cresson SCI (steam turbine, about 300 KW generazon) Greensburg SCI (co- firing with waste coal, 30 MW) UZlity- Scale Power Plants: Viking Energy GDP Suez, Northumberland (month- balled next 4 years, 18.5 MW) Piney Creek Waste Coal, Clarion (co- firing with waste coal) Koppers Inc., Montgomery (recycled railroad Zes, 12 MW electric generazon) Evergreen Community Power (at Corrstack, Reading, 12.5 MW generazon) Gladelter Pulpwood Co, Spring Grove (co- firing with coal, same boiler as Evergreen Community Power)

10 Pennsylvania Wood Energy Systems 2013 Other Industrial: Bakery Feeds, Honey Brook Kennee Square SpecialZes, Kennee Square Lehigh Cement, Cement Plant & Quarry, Evansville OEM Enterprises, Inc, Redbank Government & Community: Lancaster Township Municipal Building, Lancaster Caledonia State Park, Fayeeeville Weiser State Forest Office, Aristes Susquehannock State Forest, Cross Forks Penn Nursery, Poeers Mills The Cooperage, Honesdale (pellet, bulk delivery) The Bruderhof, Spring Valley, Farmington (6 buildings) InternaZonal ConservaZon Center, Somerset Co (Pie Zoo Elephant Farm)

11 Pennsylvania Wood Energy Systems 2013 Wood Industry: Alan McIlvain, Marcus Hook Allegheny Wood Products, Marble Baillie Lumber, Titusville Babcock Lumber, Champion Bingaman & Son Lumber Inc, Selinsgrove Brownlee Lumber, Brookville Catawissa Lumber, Paxinos Cherry Hill Hardwoods, Richfield Clear Lake Lumber, Spartansburg Coastal Lumber, Hopwood Crajmaster Mfg, Towanda Cummings Lumber, Troy Deer Park Lumber, Tunkhannock Donald Dean & Sons Lumber, Montrose

12 Pennsylvania Wood Energy Systems 2013 Wood Industry: Dwight Lewis Lumber, Hillsgrove Gutchess Hardwoods, Latrobe Holt & Bugbee, Mount Braddock Horizon Lumber, Kersey Industrial Hardwoods, Mount Union Industrial Timber & Lumber, Endeavor Industrial Timber & Lumber, Ridgway Mallery Lumber, Emporium Masco Retail Cabinet Group, Athens Twp Matson Lumber, Brookville Matson Timber- Land, Corsica Nydree Flooring, Piper Penn Pallet, St Marys

13 Pennsylvania Wood Energy Systems 2013 Wood Industry: Plunkee Webster, Inc, Brookville RAD Woodwork, Inc, Nescopek RAM Forest Products, Shinglehouse Sawmill Valley Hardwoods, South Gibson Strick CorporaZon, Hughesville Temple Inland, Mt Jewee Tuscarora Hardwoods, Ellioesburg Weaber, Inc, Lebanon Weaver Pallet, Cochranton Wheeland Lumber, Liberty Wood Mode, Inc, Kreamer York Group, Inc, Piesburgh Yorktowne Cabinetry, Inc, Mifflinburg (and many more)

14 Pennsylvania Wood Energy Systems 2013 PA Wood Pellet Manufacturers: Energex Pellet Fuel, Inc. Mifflintown Log Hard Premium Pellets Spartansburg Wood Pellets C&C Smith Lbr Summerhill Tri-State Biofuels Pellet Mill Lemont Furnace Penn Wood Products, Inc. East Berlin A Pellets, LLC Ulysses Nazareth Pellets Nazareth Greene Team Pellet Fuel Co Garards Fort Barefoot Pellet Company Troy Allegheny Pellet Corporation Youngsville Stein-David Hardwood Newcastle Great American Pellet Palmerton Alexander Energy Pellet Kane Pellheat Inc. Glen Hope Bald Eagle Pellet Co. Tyrone Roaring Spring Biofuel Roaring Spring (wood/plastic cube) A.J. Pellets Marion (under construction)

15 Examples of Cost Savings n Mountain View School District- $131,000/yr. n versus #2 fuel oil n Dillon Floral Corp. (Greenhouse) - $191,000/yr. n versus #6 fuel oil n Elk Regional Health Facility (Hospital) - $300,000/yr. n versus natural gas n Benton Area School District - $72,800/yr. n versus #2 fuel oil

16 Sullivan County School District n Laporte -- north central Pennsylvania n Heat & hot water -- Elementary School, High School, Administrative Office n Providing 85% heating for 126,000 sq ft n Reducing heating costs up to $133,000/year n Retained 15% oil heating for peak demand and shoulder months

17 Sullivan County School District n Utilizing 800 tons sustainably harvested local wood chips ($42/ton) n Replacing 46,500 gallons fuel oil annually ($3.59/gallon) n Effectively eliminating 830 lbs/year SO2 n Net reduction of 1,000,000 lbs/year CO2

18 Sullivan County School District n Project installation: n Fully automated chip delivery system n 150 cubic yard chip storage n 2.8 mmbtu/hr biomass gasification unit & boiler, controls, boiler room equipment n External, integrated hot water thermal storage tank, 3000 gallons n 450 ft pre-insulated pex piping and interconnection to existing central hydronic system, variable frequency drive motors n Total project cost -- $1.65 million

19 Sullivan County School District n Project Benefits: n First year fuel savings $115,000 n First year cash flow $65,000 n Ten temporary construction jobs created n Sustainably harvested fuel keeps $825,000 in local economy over project life ($33,000/year) n Modern wood energy systems are automated, clean, & efficient n Wood fuel considered renewable & carbonneutral

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25 East Lycoming School District -- Hughesville High School Biomass boiler - heating & domestic hot water Boiler handles about ¾ of thermal load o displaced all oil usage Boiler portion of project: $2.1 M Received $800k in grants 15 year payback Used ESCO process Planting hybrid willow to fuel the boiler Plus a 600 kw solar array

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49 Michael Palko Biomass Energy Specialist PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry

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