Forging Pennsylvanias Secure, Sustainable Energy Future: We All Have A Part

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Forging Pennsylvanias Secure, Sustainable
Energy FutureWe All Have A Part
The Goddard ForumThe Pennsylvania State
UniversityJanuary 29 - 31, 2006

• John T. Karakash
• Suez Energy Generation
• Northumberland Cogeneration

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Energy Self Sufficiency Means

• Establishing a Collaborative Environment among
  all Stakeholders
• Being serious about conservation and efficiency -
  - - FIRST
• Using all sustainable indiginous resources
• Continuing to use cleanest fossil fuels as needed
  to meet needs, and
• Being serious about RD

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Goals and Expectations

• Company Role
• Woody Biomass Power Facility
• Clean, Local and Reliable
• People, Energy, Money and the Law
• Fit as NUG into Act 213
• Focus on the Goal. Collaborate!

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Suez Energy Generation, North America

• Owns and operates 58 North American power
  facilities
• Stand-alone electricity production
• Industrial steam for process
• History of District heating and cogeneration
• To 746 MW each. Fuels include natural gas,
  lignite, coal, waste anthracite, petroleum, and
  wood biomass
• Wood biomass to electricity, 7 facilities 15-20
  MW
• Wood biomass to industrial steam, 6 facilities,
  ranging to 140,000 lbs steam per hour serving
  textiles, furniture, paper and pharmaceutical
  processes.

Suite 19001990 Post Oak BoulevardHouston, TX
77056713-636-0000
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Name the Stakeholders!

• Rate Paying Public
• Energy Distributing Companies
• Non-Utility Energy Providers
• Regulators and other Officials
• Groups of Concerned Citizens
• Equity
• Environment
• Security

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Who controls our destiny?
Is this our policy? Energy flow changes based on
one hurricane? Or ONE ICE STORM?
Business Week, 2004
Wall St. Journal3-26-04
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Why NUGs ?A solid, recent history of can-do
and want to do!
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Suez Energy Northumberland Co-generation 95
Capacity Factor since late 1980s
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Forests Where Two Needs Meet

• Many Pennsylvania forests need improvement
  cutting. There are fewer buyers for that type
  product today.
• The country needs sustainable renewable energy,
  now!

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Local Jobs and EconomicSecurity
Forestry Bio-Energy Connections
Local Energy Needs AndEnvironmental Benefit
Forest Health Needs and Residue Utilization
National Energy Security and World Standing
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Some examples of wood for energy
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Combustor Boiler
Moving Fuel, Air, and Water
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Production and Fuels

• Net Electricity Capacity 15.8 mW
• Energy delivered, daily
• 388,000 kwh to PPL system
• 200,000 lbs steam to Furman Foods, Inc. and
  Tuckahoe Fire Department

• logging residues,
• forest improvement cuttings,
• debris from land being developed,
• trimmings from rights of way and residential
  yards,
• sawmill residues and
• clean recycled wood

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Fuel In Wastewood
Flue gas Out Particulate control, continuous
emissions monitor
Air In OFA UFA
Connected Boilers

• Steam or hot water line to points of use
• Power Generation
• Space heat
• service hot water
• industrial process
• Adsorption chillers

Ash Out from 3 locations
Power Plant Schematic Typical Steam Facility
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Electrical Energy Generation
Turbine to generator to switchyard for the
customer, PPL Electric
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Northumberlands Steam Customers
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Tuckahoe Fire Department
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Wood Delivery and Inventory

• Delivery of wood
• is by truck

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Unloading Fuel Delivery
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Overview of Wood Processing

• Disc Screen, Conveyor, Hopper
• Magnet
• Stacker

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Outside fuel feed and air cleanup
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From the pile into the fire.
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Flyash is safe, product usable

• Flyash production about 120 tons /wk

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Jolly Gardener Products Potting Soilenhanced
with Flyash from Wood Combustion for Liming,
Nutrients, and Color.
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Bottom ash from wood being installed.
Road after a wet winter
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Biomass Energy Contribution
SourceUS Dept. of Energy
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Forms of Collaboration Needs are Greater than
Individual InterestsTrue of Capital E Energy,
not just small e electricity

• Value accrues to Communities and Companies.
• As employment contribution,
• greater economic stability,
• less volatility in energy supply and pricing,
  and
• a better environment.
• Proven Generators not Penalized by Loss of
  Credits Ownership while Helping Meet Increasing
  Needs of the Commonwealth.
• Energy supply network must grow.
• Add widest range of legitimate clean energy
  source types
• Encourage small generator installations at
  locations that can be integrated and
• Keep operational those with demonstrated
  capability.
• Groups feel rewarded for efforts toward
  successful change.