Emergence Bioenergy

1. EMERGENCE BIOENERGY INC.

2. 2
Emergence Bioenergy Inc’s
«Waste4Energy»
Project
from
Principle
to
Prototype
and
Pilot

3. EBI Concept & Project Presentation
1. Challenge and Project Background
2. Technology Solution and Project Rationale
3. Business Concept
4. Risks and Mitigation
5. Project Milestones
6. Comparsion of EBI/Solar/Diesel Alternatives
7. Exclusive EBI Project Contributors, Side Effects
8. Pilot Objectives, Farmer/EBI/MNO
9. Pilot site #1, Bir Uzali – Dhaka, photo session
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4. Market for Distributed Micro-Power
• Only 41% people have
access to Electricity*
• Per capita electricity
consumption is 279 kWh*
• Pre-paid electricity is
increasing in popularity
• < 50 kW generation is
unregulated
• High availability of biomass
feedstock (cattle and agri
waste) across country
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* Source: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS/countries

5. Core Technology
• Micro-Combined-Heat-and-Power
(micro-CHP) Cogeneration
• External combustion, can run on
• biogas / biofuels
• any liquid or gaseous fuel
• Continuous Operation 24/7
• > 70,000 hours lifetime (compared
to 5,000 hour for diesel generator)
• No noise, < 60dBA
• Low Maintenance
• 3.5 to 7.5 kW electric + heat
• Heat to be used for cooling
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6. Project Rationale
Main market segments for power supply:
• Telecom power – reduce cost of remote telecom power by
40%. Provides significant increase in reliability of services.
• Rural Dairy / Agricultural Supply Chains – Dairy sector in
Bangladesh is inhibited by lack of supply chain infrastructure
including cold storage and power
• Remote Consumer / Light Commercial Power for hotels,
hospitals, innovative small commercial operations that require
less than 10 kW of reliable, continuous power
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7. Business Concept
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Dairy/Chicken Farm
Commercial Customer
manure
Micro-CHP
biogas
Additional Waste:
•Used cooking oil
•Kitchen Waste
•Crop Waste
Backup Fuels:
•Natural Gas
•CNG / LPG
•Diesel
•Solar Array
heatcooling
Telecom
Dairy
Consumer
Village Power

8. Risks and Mitigation
Risks Mitigation
Fuel Availability Need regular supply of waste in excess of 1 ton per day. Farmer
to invest for active involvement; Engine can run on multi-fuels to
ensure operations 24/7
Cost of Engine Manufacturing in India and volumes would drive down costs
Credit Risk Agreed tariffs with telecom operators on long-term
Pre-paid electricity for consumers
Telecom
companies
Bangladesh telecom companies are profitable; Multiple operators
expressed interest to implement renewable energy solutions
Site Selection Management has deep understanding and experience;
have past set up nation-wide operations;
Cooling Solution Explore to commercialize solution to for additional revenues from
the existing installations
Digester
Maintenance
To invest in low maintenance digesters which accepts multi-
feedstock.
Control over
Engines
Remote control and analysis of engines possible, by available
built-in CPU and utilizing access to telecom
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9. Project Milestones
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• Initial 1 kilowatt prototype in Bangladesh operated 5+ hours /
day for 6 months powering telecom tower + power to
consumers from 1,200 bird chicken farm.
• Commercial 5 kilowatt demo unit deployed Nov 2014 to supply
24/7 power to telecom and consumers from biogas
• In discussions with IDCOL, Bangladesh energy financing
group backed by Asian Development Bank, to provide
financing for farmer’s investments
• Formal expression of interest (MoU) for orders from
Grameenphone, largest telecom company. Pilot-Phase
Cooperation at 3 selected telecom sites

10. Sub-10 kilowatt Continuous Power
EBI SG (Raw
Biogas)
Solar Diesel
Intermittency Multi-fuel 6 hours peak sun Supply chain issues
Backup
Requirement
Battery bank (200
ah) for transient
loads
Full diesel backup +
battery
Battery Bank (500+
ah)
Maintenance Limited Minimal Significant
Heat Recovery Yes No No
Capex Moderate High Moderate
Opex Low Minimal High
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11. Leveled Cost of Electricity over 10 Years
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EBI Stirling Solar +Diesel Backup Diesel
Cost / kW hour $0.32 $0.44 $0.86
$-
$0.10
$0.20
$0.30
$0.40
$0.50
$0.60
$0.70
$0.80
$0.90
$1.00
EBI Stirling (3 kw) Solar PV (10 kW) + diesel backup Diesel (20 kW)
Levelized Cost of Electricity Breakdown
Capex Maintenance Battery Fuel

12. Net Present Value Comparison
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Revenue / kW hour EBI Stirling Solar + Diesel Diesel
$ 0.45 27,542 (9,275) (48,347)
$ 0.50 34,605 (2,247) (41,378)
$ 0.55 41,667 4,780 (34,409)
$ 0.85 84,042 46,944 7,404
Key Assumptions:
• Discount Rate: 9%
• Duration: 10 years

13. Impact vs. Solar
• EBI installations provide the
following community benefits not
possible through solar installations:
• Job creation through processing of waste
• Direct payments to farmers for biogas
production (increasing the productivity of
existing farms)
• Reduction of methane emissions in
atmosphere through processing of
biomass into biogas
• Removal of pathogens through
remediation of waste in digester
• 24/7 operation, no intermittency issues,
no need for diesel backup
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14. Impact vs. Solar (cont.)
• EBI installations add-ons:
 Production and sales of organic fertilizer
provides manual human healthy works
 Locally produced organic fertilizer replace
energy intensive chemical fertilizers
 Procedures by handling of manure leading
to improved animal welfare and hygienic
conditions for farmer and hurdle
 Heath converted to cooling at the farm
will improve food condition and quality
 Excess Gas volumes may be used for
cooking, instead of firewood that pollutes
both air and human lounges
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15. Farmer’s Pilot Objectives:
• Find optimal build principle and materials for power plant
building and biodigester
• Find optimal mix of waste ingredients and test add-in of
materials to obtain maximum biogas production
• Determine the market price for biogas
• Identify potential farmers to sell off overload of fertilizer
• Investigate market for commercial fertilizer sales
• Explore potential of maintenance support for EBI & MNO
(power/telecom)
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16. EBI’s Pilot Objectives:
• Validate business model and technology
• Determine commercial applications for power including
irrigation pumping, ICT applications, electric devices battery
charging and other revenue generating services
• Learn the requirements and costs for mini-grid deployments
and associated (pre-) payment transactions for customers
• Validate seamless shift in fuel alternative supply, continuous
24/7 power supply – minimize engine stoppage time/year
• Determine price of power required for adequate financial
returns and overall company scalability
• Cooperation for synergies w/externals like Vekst Foundation
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17. MNO’s Pilot Objectives:
• Operational expectations and experience from each power
plant site. Potential testing of hybrid solutions
• Remote access for verification and management of
operation, potential on site maintenance coop with farmer
• Validation of business case, decrease opex and power cost,
increase site reliability and service availability to 99.5%
• Improvement in relations with local communities where cell
towers are located. Recognition of social responsibility
• EBI coop to explore potential sites for commercial phase
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18. EBI Project Site – Bir Uzali Bangladesh
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19. EBI’s micro-CHP in equipment room
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20. EBI’s Project team – Saidul Islam C.Mgr
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21. EBI Project Site – Controlling supply
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22. EBI Project Site – Distribution/Control
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23. EBI Project Site – Engine control
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24. EBI Project Site – Lamp empowering
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25. EBI Project Site – Biodigester w/manure
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26. EBI Project Site – Water supply
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27. EBI Project Site – Boys at Playfield
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28. Bir Uzali – Local Community
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29. EMERGENCE BIOENERGY INC.
THANKING YOU !
Svein Gaute Bleivik, CTO
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