Important!...the "new industry trend" is at hand...and the DOE provides yet another piece of evidence...very recently I must add..the DOE is just starting to "really" wake up here. Bottom floor and ready to start up to the top! Now is the time to review where you stand here:
WASTE: Waste Applications for Sustainable Technologies for Energy Request For Information Number: DE-FOA-0000933 CFDA Number 81.087 Issue Date: June 7th, 2013 Closing Date: July 15th, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT Responses must be submitted via email to: WasteToEnergy@go.doe.gov
SUBJECT: Request for Information (RFI) on the need for federal financial assistance for the research, development, demonstration and deployment (RDD&D) of emerging waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies for the production of fuels, products, and power.
PURPOSE AND NEED FOR INFORMATION: The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other public and private sector stakeholders to assist DOE with the development of a strategic program in advanced WTE and possibly a FOA that supports WTE topics. The program could include, but is not limited to investigation of bioenergy technologies such as pyrolysis, biomass gasification, and anaerobic digestion. BETO is also interested in receiving feedback on high-impact biomass waste feedstock resources including, but not necessarily limited to, the organic fraction of MSW and bio-solids from municipal wastewater treatment plants.
DOE’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATE OF THE INDUSTRY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that the United States has about 87 operational MSW-fired power generation plants that generate approximately 2,500 megawatts (MW), or about 0.3 percent of total national power.1 In addition, there are 3,171 wastewater treatment facilities in the U.S of which 1,351 (43%) currently utilize anaerobic digestion to generate biogas. The cost of electricity for moving and treating water and wastewater in the U.S. accounts for between 25-30% of total plant operation and maintenance (O&M cost. That) costs. This cost can be eliminated or offset through various --WTE pathways. Although interest in WTE has been increasing, the U.S. still lags behind Europe and Asia in utilization of this resource. Without an increase in productivity and/or a reduction in the cost of conversion system deployment, most MSW will continue to be landfilled, releasing almost 1 billion metric tons of methane into the atmosphere annually. In contrast to other biomass-to-energy pathways, a WTE infrastructure is already in place, increasing the likelihood of a near term market entry point for this technology.
!!!! When you extract that information..something should scream out at you. All the information put forth in the recent past here is singing once again...and the Department of Energy is finally paying attention!!! there is a huge void to be filled....and it will happen. That request for information is only one month old!!!!.....repeat.....just one month old!
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