Panel Discussion: Successful Projects. Charlie Niebling

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1 Panel Discussion: Successful Projects Charlie Niebling Principal Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, LLC Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy

2 Commercial/Industrial-Scale Heating with Biomass in New Hampshire Charlie Niebling Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC September 24, 2013

3 How Does NH Heat? Fuel % Households # Households Heating Oil 48.8% 252,000 Utility Gas 19.5% 101,000 Bottled Gas/Propane 14.4% 74,000 Electricity 7.9 % 41,000 Wood 7.2% 37,000 Other (e.g. coal, solar) 2.1 % 11,000 Source: US Census Bureau ACS, 2010

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5 Natural Gas Distribution and Availability Limited in NH

6 Benefits Save $$$ on heating cost Keep fuel dollar in local economy we export $1 BILLION annually for fossil heating fuels Reduce dependence on imported oil/propane Reduce greenhouse gas emissions, wood is low carbon fuel Support strong markets for low-grade wood keeps forests undeveloped Create jobs in New Hampshire Reduce certain air pollutants (e.g. SO2, Hg) RENEWABLE, SUSTAINABLE

7 Refined and Densified Biomass Fuels Wood Pellets Grass Pellets Wood or grass briquettes Wood chips

8 NH is 84% Forested

9 cubic feet NH forest growth vs. removals ,000, ,000,000 = 800,000 cords or 2 million green tons 150,000, ,000,000 50,000,000 - Net Growth Removals Source for all: USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA)

10 1000 cords 2500 Volume of wood harvested in NH Year

11 Advanced Wood Combustion Systems Controlled combustion engineering Fully automated fuel storage/conveying, ash handling Computer controls and monitoring Back-end emission controls (multicyclone, bag filtration, electrostatic precipitator) if needed to meet emissions Hot water, steam, thermal oil, hot air at range of pressures Can be combined with thermal storage and other renewable technologies (e.g. solar hot water) NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER S WOOD BOILER Don t get distracted by anecdotes of past failures technology is advancing rapidly

12 Bulk delivery of wood pellet fuel NH Audubon, Concord Hi-Standard, Jaffrey

13 Pneumatic bulk delivery trucks (Sandri Energy and Maine Energy Systems)

14 Wood chip transport and delivery Generally by livefloor trailers that dump into large fuel storage bin, usually under cover

15 Commercial/Industrial Installations Hi-Standard, Jaffrey NH Ball Bearing, Peterborough Flying Goose Brew Pub, New London Warwick Mills, New Ipswich Cartographic Associates, Littleton Pleasantview Gardens, Loudon and Pembroke New England Wood Pellet LLC Fab Shop/Corp. Offices, Jaffrey Millipore, Jaffrey (2014) Whelen Engineering, Charlestown (2014) 30 wood product manufacturers

16 Municipal/Institutional Wood Chip Heating Systems in NH Androscoggin Hospital, Berlin Crotched Mountain Rehab Ctr, Greenfield GlenCliff Nursing Home, Benton Grafton County Complex, Woodsville Hanover High School, Hanover Littleton Regional Healthcare, Littleton John Stark High School, Weare Kearsarge Elementary and Middle School, Sutton Merrimack Valley School District, Penacook Pembroke Academy, Pembroke Proctor Academy, Andover Rockingham County Complex, Brentwood Sullivan County Complex, Unity Weeks Medical Center, Lancaster Winnisquam Regional High School, Tilton Keene School District, Keene

17 Municipal/Institutional Wood Pellet Heating Systems in NH Carroll County Nursing Home, Ossipee Claremont Fire Station, Claremont Cornish Elementary School, Cornish Dartmouth College Sachem, Lebanon DRED Warehouse, Allenstown Dublin School, Dublin Effingham Town Offices, Effingham Franklin Pierce University, Rindge Gorham Town Garage, Gorham Greenville SAU, Greenville Harris Center, Hancock Hopkinton Town Garage, Hopkinton Jaffrey Wastewater Facility, Jaffrey Lyme Town Garage, Lyme Marlborough Elem. School, Marlborough Mascenic High School, New Ipswich Mason Elementary School, Mason McDowell Colony, Peterborough New England College, Henniker New Hampshire Audubon, Concord New Hampshire SPCA, Stratham Nubanusit Co-Housing, Peterborough Peterborough Police Department Peterborough Public Library Peterborough Town Hall Sachem Village St. Kieran Arts Center, Berlin Tuftonboro Meeting Hall, Tuftonboro White Mtn School, Bethlehem Wolfeboro Water Treatment, Wolfeboro

18 Crotched Mountain Rehab. Center, Greenfield Installation by Messersmith 12 MMBTU (2 boilers) heat 400,000 square feet on campus

19 Winnisquam School District, Tilton Installation by Messersmith 6.74 MMBTU boiler heats high school and middle school

20 Greenville Elementary School/SAU Office, Greenville NH Installation by Biomass Commodities Corporation 56 KW wood pellet boiler

21 New England College, Henniker NH Installed By Propell Energy 300 KW wood pellet boiler, heats Science Building

22 Carroll County Nursing Home Complex, Ossipee Installed by: Biomass Commodities Corporation (2) 500 KW wood pellet boilers

23 White Mountain Nat. Forest Complex, Campton NH Installation by Thayer Corporation KOB Pellet Boiler Pellet-fueled 100 kw Cogeneration Unit Bulk delivery to external silo

24 Pleasantview Gardens, Loudon 6 MW Vyncke Step- Grate Chip Boiler heating greenhouse complex

25 Heat Cost Comparison 40 $/MMBTU #2 $3.61/gal #6 $2.50/gal $2.25/gal $220/ton Natural $0.97/therm $55/ton Source: NH Office of Energy and Planning, Sept data

26 Support NH Thermal Renewable Energy Certificates Valued at up to $25/MWH At $15/MWH = $55/ton for pellets and $25/ton for chips (discount on fuel cost) Rules to implement in 2014 NH Wood Energy Support Team, 3-year grant from USDA announced last week NH Public Utilities Commission Competitive Grants BTU Act, 30% federal investment tax credit

27 Thank You Charlie Niebling