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SamoaFiber Bio Fuel Concepts. March 2007. Introduction. Technology exists and is producing low cost alternative fuels from biomass. To create a larger scale success, a low cost rapidly growing raw material is needed to supply this existing technology.
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SamoaFiber Bio FuelConcepts March 2007
Introduction • Technology exists and is producing low cost alternative fuels from biomass. • To create a larger scale success, a low cost rapidly growing raw material is needed to supply this existing technology. • SamoaFiber is the catalyst necessary to transform technical successes into large scale supplies of bio-oil for energy and other uses. • The combination of SamoaFiber and Fast Pyrolysis produces a bio-oil that can either be used directly as a primary fuel or co-fired alongside coal, natural gas or oil in a power boiler.
Introduction Continued • $50 million is being sought to ramp-up the production of renewable SamoaFiber BioFuels (SFB). • SFB combines the use of a ligno cellulosic crop with fast pyrolysis processing to create the lowest cost, highest energy yield per hectare cellulosic crude available. • This cellulosic crude can be delivered to the rapidly growing energy, gasification, ethanol and chemical markets anywhere in the world. • Follow on rounds will be used for the installation of additional processing plants and plantations on a global basis to support the growing demand for alternative fuels.
SamoaFiber Features • SamoaFiber (SF ) ( Gynerium Sagitattum ), a member of the grass family grows in the wild in Peru and can be grown on plantations. • SF has the same energy characteristics as wood but SF produces 4 times more per hectare than does the fastest growing wood. • SF can produce 5,000 dry metric tons per year per square kilometer, which is up to 12 times more than other energy crops or agricultural waste material. • SF can be harvested year-round eliminating storage issues as is the case with agricultural crops. • SF does not require subsidies to be competitive with any other biofuel offerings.
Pucallpa/Iquitos Peru – Manaus Brazil .Iquitos, Peru Pucallpa, Peru
Upper Amazon Basin Upper Amazon Basin
Wild Growth in Peru Harvesting Wild SamoaFiber
Fast Pyrolysis Background • Fast Pyrolysis (FP) is uniquely suited to process very fast growing SF into a low cost cellulosic crude oil to supply the gasification market. • FP breaks down cellulose into useful carbon containing compounds in a very cost effective manner. • FP is a proven process that will extract a bio-oil from SF that has the same energy content as low grade coal. • Bio-oil has approximately the same consistency as crude oil and is easily transported via tank truck or large tanker ships. • FP units are relatively inexpensive and can be installed adjacent to SF plantations.
SF Fast Pyrolysis and Markets • Process heat Chemicals Gas Fast Pyrolysis Using SF Cellulosic Slurry Liquid (Cellulosic Slurry Gasification & Ethanol Industries Transport fuels Charcoal Power Pyrolysis heat Charcoal Sales
Air Emissions Characteristics • SOX Negligible • NOX 30% of fossil fuel • Heavy Metals Negligible
Bio Oil Market Dynamics • Mandated usage for Power generation: • EU- 12% by 2010 • US- varies by state…5-10% by 2015 • Mandated usage for Transportation fuels: • EU- 2% by 2005, 5.75% by 2010 ( total market 950 billion gallons, 3,600 billion liters) • US- 7.5 billion gallons by 2012, 30% of the market by 2030.
Market Penetration Strategy • Phase 1- Completed-Proof of Concept. • Phase 2- Market Bio-Oil to Power Plants, Gasifiers, and Ethanol Producers. • Phase 3- Produce fuels in biorefineries adjacent to SamoaFiber plantations between latitude 35 degrees North and 35 degrees South. • In Phase 3 SamoaFiber will be one of the world’s lowest cost producers of biofuels.
Sources & Uses Sources & Uses to Produce 200,000 TPY Bio-Oil Financing $50,000,000 Fast Pyrolysis Plant $41,500,000 Plantation Development 4,600,000 Working Capital 3,900,000 Total Uses $50,000,000
SamoaFiber Has Superior Economics to Tar Sands • 1 Unit of 200,000 metric tons per year bio-oil • SF BOE 1 621,484 • Plantation Cost $ 3,110,000 • FP Costs $ 1,839,125 • Production Cost $ 4,949,125 per BOE $7.96 • Plus SG&A 2 $ 4,269,250 per BOE $6.87 • Total Cash Cost/BOE $14.83 • Alberta Tar Sands 3 $35.00 1-barrel of crude oil energy equivalent 2-includes sales commission 3-Wikipedia
Bio-Oil Has Superior Economics to Other Renewable Oils Used Today Price/ Fuel Tonne BOE Palm Oil $506 $74.42 Soybean Oil $613 $90.54 SamoaFiber Oil $180 $57.93 Source: World Bank, Company analyses
Investment Considerations • LOI executed for output from 1st unit. • Using the Fast Pyrolysis system to produce bio-oil from SamoaFiber will result in a low cost renewable fuel. • SF bio-oil from a fast growing plant, using low cost land and labor makes the fuel very cost effective versus other renewable oils and most fossil fuels. • SF and FP solves the current problems associated with biomass fuels in terms of energy yield, consistent supply and transportation. • SamoaFiber bio-oil meets renewable fuel mandates. • SamoaFiber bio-oil has further downstream applications as a raw material for chemicals and transportation fuels.
Fast Pyrolysis Schematic Gas to process Fast Pyrolysis Samoa Fiber Condenser Cooling Tower Heat Exchanger Air Oil to Market