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CLASS I REC Eligibility for Biomass

CLASS I REC Eligibility for Biomass. RE workgroup meeting, 5/11/2010 Serpil Guran Ph.D., Research Scientist NJDEP, Climate & Air Management Office of Climate & Energy. Outline. Definitions re. biomass. Exiting RPS language (for reference). Applying for sustainability determination

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CLASS I REC Eligibility for Biomass

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  1. CLASS I REC Eligibility for Biomass RE workgroup meeting, 5/11/2010 Serpil Guran Ph.D., Research Scientist NJDEP, Climate & Air Management Office of Climate & Energy

  2. Outline • Definitions re. biomass. • Exiting RPS language (for reference). • Applying for sustainability determination • Why to apply for sustainability? • Who should apply? • Where and how to apply? • Information need to be provided

  3. Definitions: • “Biomass” Executive order No.13134, published in Federal Register on August 16, 1999 defines biomass as: “…any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis (excluding old-growth timber), including dedicated energy crops and tree, agricultural food and feed crop residues, aquatic plants, wood and wood residues, animal wastes, and other waste materials.” • Bioenergy crop” means plants cultivated and harvested specifically for use as fuel for the purposes of generating electricity.

  4. Class I Renewable Energy • Definition: Class I renewable energy means electric energy produced from solar technologies, photovoltaic technologies, wind energy, fuel cells powered by renewable fuels, geothermal technologies, wave or tidal action, and/or methane gas from landfills or a biomass facility, provided that the biomass is cultivated and harvested in a sustainable manner. Types of Class I renewable energy that qualify for use in meeting the requirements of this subchapter are set forth at N.J.A.C. 14:8-2.5.

  5. Compliance with class I renewable energy requirements: • 14:8-2.5.b. the following qualify as class I renewable energy for the purposes of this subchapter with no prior approval required: • 1.Solar; • 2.Wind; • .. • 5.Electricity generated by the combustion of methane gas captured from a landfill; • 6. electricity generated by a fuel cell powered by methanol, landfill gas, digester gas, biomass gas or other renewable fuel. Fuel cell power by fossil fuel shall not qualify as class I renewable energy; and • 7. Electricity generated by the combustion of gas from the anaerobic digestion of food waste and sewage sludge at a biomass generating facility.

  6. Compliance with class I renewable energy requirements: • 14:8-2.5.(c) For purposes of this section, the term “combustion of biomass” includes both the burning of captured methane gas derived from biomass, as well as the direct firing of biomass. • 14:8-2.5.(c) Electricity produced through combustion of following types of biomass shall qualify as class I renewable energy, provided that the NJDEP provides Board staff with a biomass sustainability determination for the biomass in accordance with (f) and (g) below:

  7. Compliance with class I renewable energy requirements: • 14:8-2.5.(c) • 1. A bioenergy crop as defined N.J.A.C. 14:8-2-2 including wood produced at a biomass energy plantation; • 2. Wood from the thinning or trimming of trees and/ or from a forest floor provided that the wood is not old-growth timber, as defined at N.J.A.C. 14:8-2.2. and that the wood is unadulterated by non-cellulose substances or material: • 3. Gas generated by anaerobic digestion of biomass fuels other than food waste and sewage sludge, including bioenergy crops and agricultural waste; and • 4. Either of the following types of wood, provided that the wood is unadulterated by non0cellulose substances or material; • Ground or shredded pallets or other scrap wood, with all nails and other metal removed, produced at a facility that is classified as a Class B recycling facility by the NJ DEP or at an equivalent recycling facility approved by the state environmental agency in which the facility is located; or • Wood shavings and /or scrap from lumberyard or a paper mill, excluding black liquor, as defined N.J.A.C. 14:8-2.2.

  8. Why apply to NJDEP for sustainability determination? Because it is required by NJRPS as below: • N.J.A.C. 14:8-2.5.(e) requires that NJDEP provides Board staff with a biomass sustainability determination for the biomass in accordance with (f) and (g).

  9. Who should apply? • Supplier/ provider or biomass facility operator shall demonstrate all of the following: • The generation facility meets NJDEP requirements for state-of-the-art (SOTA) air pollution control at N.J.A.C. 7:27-8; • The generation facility’s ash management practices comply with NJDEP requirements; and • All plant matter used directly as biomass fuel was cultivated and harvested in a sustainable manner, in accordance with a management plan approved by the State environmental agency or agricultural agency in the state in which the plant was grown. If the plant matter is not used directly as biomass fuel, but is subject to alteration after its harvest and before its use as biomass fuel, this determination is not required.

  10. How to apply? • There are no forms to fill • Inform/send a letter to NJBPU OCE RE administration that you need to generate RECs with biomass to power project or need to apply for REIP incentives; • NJBPU will forward your request to NJDEP or to expedite the process you can co-apply to NJDEP Office of Climate & Energy; and • Provide • Biomass info • Emissions info • Ash disposal practices info

  11. Contact: Serpil Guran Serpil.guran@dep.state.nj.us 609-341-3124

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