Hi Scott,

I am not an expert on this, by any means, but I have heard from previous biomass investigations that the on campus facility would need a lot more acreage for biomass storage than currently feasible at the existing Abbott Power Plant site.

Thanks,

Morgan

From: Willenbrock, Scott S
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 9:30 AM
To: Johnston, Morgan B
Subject: syngas

Morgan,

     Thanks for sending the biomass document.   I haven’t had time to even look at it!    But let me ask you a question that has been running through my head:

Here are two alternative ways to burn biomass:

1.       Truck it to campus and burn it directly in a biomass facility.   The biomass is essentially replacing coal in this scheme.

2.       Truck it to a location off campus, gasify it, pipe it through a new pipeline to campus, and burn it on campus.   In this scheme the biomass is essentially replacing natural gas.

My question is this: what are the advantages of 2. compared to 1.?

                Scott