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THE CLEANEST AND GREENEST ENERGY SYSTEM

If we go by the following statement in the original Discussion Subject:

"A Philippine-based Industrial Plant (using up 1 million liters of Bunker and 36 thousand liters of Diesel a month ...) is seriously considering the shift from Fossil fuel to Bio-Mass Farm Waste ... cutting its Fuel Cost down to 1/30^th ..."

... we could consider THE GREATEST RENEWABLE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN PLENTY IN THE HIGHLY RAIN FED PHILIPPINES ... plants/ vegetation matter/ agrowastes/ farm organic wastes ... as being the BEST bet for ALTERNATE ENERGY.

As mentioned in the earlier thread (http://cr4.globalspec.com/comment/207309/Re-What-makes-an-Ideal-Design-for-a-rural-based-Philippine-Industrial-Plant) ... The estimated Power production on every 1000 ha farmland/ village/ vegetation growth areas is 2.5 MWe, apart from Heat "extracted" through Combined Heat & Power processes to the extent of not less than 43, 000, 000 k-cal per day. The technology and Engineering needed ARE NOT new inventions or "unknown" theories, BUT TIME-TESTED AND PROVEN ANAEROBIC METHANE GAS GENERATION TECHNOLOGY and CHP power generation.

The illustration here would show that every 1000 ha in a highly rain fed region such as Philippines would offer the following:

# Power .................................. 2.5 MWe

# Heat energy through CHP ..... 43, 000, 000 K-cal per day

# Bio-Fertilizer (sludge form) ... 558.5 Tons per day

See illustration here:

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It may be apt to mention that while technology and engineering could be organized and managed by Engineers and Scientists, Entrepreneurs should reinforce them with VISION, MISSION and long-term Goals to grab such opportunities, so that we do not become mere "also-ran" members.

Best wishes

pvhramani