Gas Turbines Power From Wood Chips
Hang onto you NG stocks and lay in a supply of K Rations and candlesticks. I was visiting some of my old CPN pals over on the IV ARTNA board. One of them posted the minutes of a Lowell, Mass town meeting wherein one the reps asked if a new gas peaker could be fired on wood chips. Aside from the rather obvious problems of energy density, chip storage/decay (for a cold snap) and transportation, those turbine blades are very sensitive to little particles hitting them. I suppose you could gassify the chips ;-)
Perhaps I am making too much of this, but one begins to suspect that Americans have seriously bought into the day dream of renewable energy. Additionally, there is a very low level of technical knowledge. I would say that we are in deep kimche.
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From the record of recent public hearing for a proposed gas peaker near Lowell, Mass.
'It would run primarily on natural gas, but could also run on ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel in the event that gas is unavailable due to tremendous residential demand, such as during a cold snap.
Selectman candidate Rome Capobianco, of Andover Road, said he does not approve of the plant burning oil, and questioned whether it could burn wood chips instead during times when natural gas is not available.
"The technology does not allow you to burn wood chips in the gas turbine," said Ed Liston, an engineer and partner in DG Clean Power.' |
