Wade,
What do you think of Boone's slowing down his wind project in North Texas and his activities in the wind space? He said that wind energy development is
tied to the margin in natural gas. Isn't that a conflict of interest for him?
You really have no idea what a breath of fresh air it is to monitor this web site. I have tried to get the pinheads around here to read The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler but they simply will not listen. Its almost a cultural phenomenon. Coal is so deeply embedded within this region there is simply no way for these people to have open mnds.
Last summer, I spent two weeks on LST 325 on a trip up the MIssissippi River. I picked the trip up Labor Day weekend in Hannibal, MO and proceeded up to Clinton, and Fort Madison, IA.
It was so refreshing to see the wind farms up in central Illinois and the wind turbine blades steaming up river in an enormous barge. I later learned from a barge operators trade magazine that the outfit operates out of Texas and ships those things up here from (of all places) Brazil!
Are you in the least bit familar with the Lignite operations of Texas Utilities over in the Eastern part of the state? I met a guy from over there several years ago at a seminar on coal ash at Southern Illinois University and he was telling me all about what they were doing with the Whooping Cranes down in the nesting areas around the the Gulf Coast.
Believe it or not, I also know Diane Wilson! The weekend I met her she was on a hunger strike and was attending yet another little con fab over at a small private college in Louisville! I tell you, someday I ought to write a book!
You sound like a doer rather than just someone who stands around and gives lip service to making this happen. I wish we had some visionary people like you around here -- the largest concentration of coal fired power plants in the entire world.
Hi Wade, Thanx for the add. One of the reasons I got involved here is that I have held a vision of wind farms in NEOkla for years. My family homesteaded there during the land run so I have some strange affinity for the land. I recognize that wind farms can create a viable industry, which includes jobs, and revenues for landowners, revitalizing rural areas with economic growth.
I will connect with you on your website to learn more about how your program can benefit landowners.
Kindest Regards
Mary Putnam
This is Karl Mayr over at Tularosa, New Mexico, and with some spare time with "retiremnet", I am getting a passion to promote Pickens Plan.
More Later,
Karl Mayr
At 4:41am on November 22, 2008, Steve Eveans said…
Dear Wade,
Windrow Energies, LLC is providing renewable energy solutions with and for Communities in Nebraska. WE are looking for JV Partners in the Great Plains
Please visit our web site. www.windrowenergies.com I think we have a lot in
common related to our Community Based Energy Developments.
GT Energy, LLC and Pearson Technology, Inc (PTI) of Baton Rouge, LA a private corporation has constructed a 30-ton per day wood waste to ethanol facility in North Mississippi and a working “demonstration plant” in Livingston, AL. (visit www.gulfcoastenery.net for more on demonstration plant)
The process consists of a “syn-gas” producing front-end with a Fischer-Tropsch back-end. Syn-gas is produced using a multi-stage steam reformer (gasifier) with a “cold gas” efficiency of 81%. The number of stages and operating conditions are dependent upon the end-use of the gas. The second stage is a fairly straightforward Fischer-Tropsch synthesis loop, using a proprietary catalyst developed by Pearson Technologies, Inc. (PTI). Single-pass conversion to ethanol is from 15% to 60% with a total conversion of 99+% with recycle.
The gasifier has converted a wide range of feedstock to synthetic gas (“syngas”) including wood waste (whole tree), bagasse, rice hulls, animal manure, lignite and creosote at our pilot plant in AL. The catalysts are patented. The syn-gas is produced at a cost of approximately $ 1.20 per million BTU’s (mm BTU’s), at a concentration by volume of approximately 50% that of natural gas. Further, the process produces no emissions, as there is no oxidation. The omission of oxygen from the process also results in a very low capital cost for the manufacturing facilities. The syn-gas can be used either for electricity generation (by driving a gas turbine) or for commercial production of alcohols and other chemicals.
The Pearson process’ low cost of producing syn-gas and absence of greenhouse gas emissions, coupled with the urgent economic need for biomass-driven energy (“green energy) suggests that a primary use of the process should be to fuel power plants in areas where biomass is plentiful. However, the need for fuel ethanol to replace MTBE is becoming a priority for a growing number of jurisdictions. The flexibility of the Pearson process in using a wide variety of feed stocks enables the thermo-chemical production of fuel ethanol while simultaneously solving the problem of incineration of biomass wastes. We must achieve a balanced, but rapid rollout of both uses, and have developed a “Pro-generation” model that generates the production of electrical power and ethanol from local biomass. It is also a useful feature of the Pearson process that Fischer-Tropsch facilities made idle by the high cost of natural gas can be converted to ethanol production with the increase in supply necessary for continued observance of clean air regulations following a U.S.-wide ban on MTBE. The technology is licensed to ensure that the maximum benefit is conveyed to the economy and the global environment.
We can become an effective "technical partner" with interested investors, investment goups, cities, counties, and state agencies wanting to convert industrial facilites to both electrical power and ethanol from local biomass.
Contact George Johnson, President, GT Energy, LLC at GTEnergyllc.net or 817-296-4710
Unfortunately, my "plan" is not a concept. It (or something -very- close to it) is a requirement for our continued existence on this planet. Check the math; population expansion, required personal teck / energy / communication use per person for the required human population to continue to develop. What about the amount of pollution per person that happens with the current concept of involvement? Also, Extinction Level Events; the amount of -educated- population base to pull from, for that level of technology to continue, after any such event
Hello Wade! I know a guy who has capital to invest in a production facility for our own helix style windmills. We plan to make small ones for home out of the Tampa Fl area. If you know anyone that can help us figure out the cost and best place to get the generators at wholesale, please let us know, you could be a shareholder no doubt about it. I would also like to know about your community wind program. I think I get the idea about it. In Florida they just jacked up the net metering laws so utilities have to pay out full market value!
My website is www.petitionright.com
We want one warehouse in Tampa, then we are going for a state ballot initiative to get funds for a hundred sites state wide. I could probably help your growth with the ballot too. I'm an experienced initiative coordinator but now my goal is to let everyone in on the action and outsource the costs by 99% with strength in numbers with the duplication principle. Cheers!
im in Lubbock Tx check out our group inexpensive clean energy it has many great links. what is this program you are talking about where community organizations canget in on wind farms?
sounds good wade. i don t know what bio mass is but if it will save energy and i can sell it i am interested ! isn t there big wind or small wind turbines that can be pushed by solar until a good wind blows ??????? i was a sports writer for 29 years....all this is new to me ..........thanks tommy.......let me know when the bio mass thing is going !!!
Chris joined Pickens Plan over the weekend, and already has 150 signed pledges from standing in line at the polls for early voting! He is going back again today. Another Pickens Hero.
Thanks for the add Wade. If you want to expand into northern Alabama (Huntsville, around NASA and the one of the largest research parks in the world - http://www.huntsvillealabamausa.com), then let me know. My company can help you put together a Proforma for the area and work with you to oversee the construction process and connections with the city. We have also have good relations with a couple of really talented construction management groups in the area. The time is ripe for real estate development in Huntsville, and we just elected a very pro-active Mayor who is pushing change and development. Let me know if if the wind maps work for you and if you want my group to help.
Best wishes,
Adam Martin
VP VectorPoint Group
At 12:28pm on November 2, 2008, Geoff Bailey said…
Wade,
Glad to have you on board! Let me know if you have any questions or need help getting plugged in.
wade, very positive pitch ! what about rutherford county nc (28043) at the foothills of the blue ridge mountains ? do you have any information whether big wind machines could work in this area ? thank you tommy hicks ps how often do you get asked if you are the football player wade wilson ?
Yes, some exciting possibilities. We (Covina Oil) now have a capability to reclaim abandon oil fields (even after steam or CO2 injection for secondary recoveries) depleted of economic oil recovery - and do it without adding pollution and with a lower to market costs. Those fields still have over 75% of the original oil still in ground.
Many opportunities - but only with capital invested.
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What I mean is interconnection of gas fired turbines vs. wind turbines.
Is your area in the Southwest Power Pool?
Steve
What do you think of Boone's slowing down his wind project in North Texas and his activities in the wind space? He said that wind energy development is
tied to the margin in natural gas. Isn't that a conflict of interest for him?
Steve Eveans
Steve
You really have no idea what a breath of fresh air it is to monitor this web site. I have tried to get the pinheads around here to read The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler but they simply will not listen. Its almost a cultural phenomenon. Coal is so deeply embedded within this region there is simply no way for these people to have open mnds.
Last summer, I spent two weeks on LST 325 on a trip up the MIssissippi River. I picked the trip up Labor Day weekend in Hannibal, MO and proceeded up to Clinton, and Fort Madison, IA.
It was so refreshing to see the wind farms up in central Illinois and the wind turbine blades steaming up river in an enormous barge. I later learned from a barge operators trade magazine that the outfit operates out of Texas and ships those things up here from (of all places) Brazil!
Are you in the least bit familar with the Lignite operations of Texas Utilities over in the Eastern part of the state? I met a guy from over there several years ago at a seminar on coal ash at Southern Illinois University and he was telling me all about what they were doing with the Whooping Cranes down in the nesting areas around the the Gulf Coast.
Believe it or not, I also know Diane Wilson! The weekend I met her she was on a hunger strike and was attending yet another little con fab over at a small private college in Louisville! I tell you, someday I ought to write a book!
David Coker
I will connect with you on your website to learn more about how your program can benefit landowners.
Kindest Regards
Mary Putnam
This is Karl Mayr over at Tularosa, New Mexico, and with some spare time with "retiremnet", I am getting a passion to promote Pickens Plan.
More Later,
Karl Mayr
Windrow Energies, LLC is providing renewable energy solutions with and for Communities in Nebraska. WE are looking for JV Partners in the Great Plains
Please visit our web site. www.windrowenergies.com I think we have a lot in
common related to our Community Based Energy Developments.
Steve Eveans, Manager and Founder
The process consists of a “syn-gas” producing front-end with a Fischer-Tropsch back-end. Syn-gas is produced using a multi-stage steam reformer (gasifier) with a “cold gas” efficiency of 81%. The number of stages and operating conditions are dependent upon the end-use of the gas. The second stage is a fairly straightforward Fischer-Tropsch synthesis loop, using a proprietary catalyst developed by Pearson Technologies, Inc. (PTI). Single-pass conversion to ethanol is from 15% to 60% with a total conversion of 99+% with recycle.
The gasifier has converted a wide range of feedstock to synthetic gas (“syngas”) including wood waste (whole tree), bagasse, rice hulls, animal manure, lignite and creosote at our pilot plant in AL. The catalysts are patented. The syn-gas is produced at a cost of approximately $ 1.20 per million BTU’s (mm BTU’s), at a concentration by volume of approximately 50% that of natural gas. Further, the process produces no emissions, as there is no oxidation. The omission of oxygen from the process also results in a very low capital cost for the manufacturing facilities. The syn-gas can be used either for electricity generation (by driving a gas turbine) or for commercial production of alcohols and other chemicals.
The Pearson process’ low cost of producing syn-gas and absence of greenhouse gas emissions, coupled with the urgent economic need for biomass-driven energy (“green energy) suggests that a primary use of the process should be to fuel power plants in areas where biomass is plentiful. However, the need for fuel ethanol to replace MTBE is becoming a priority for a growing number of jurisdictions. The flexibility of the Pearson process in using a wide variety of feed stocks enables the thermo-chemical production of fuel ethanol while simultaneously solving the problem of incineration of biomass wastes. We must achieve a balanced, but rapid rollout of both uses, and have developed a “Pro-generation” model that generates the production of electrical power and ethanol from local biomass. It is also a useful feature of the Pearson process that Fischer-Tropsch facilities made idle by the high cost of natural gas can be converted to ethanol production with the increase in supply necessary for continued observance of clean air regulations following a U.S.-wide ban on MTBE. The technology is licensed to ensure that the maximum benefit is conveyed to the economy and the global environment.
We can become an effective "technical partner" with interested investors, investment goups, cities, counties, and state agencies wanting to convert industrial facilites to both electrical power and ethanol from local biomass.
Contact George Johnson, President, GT Energy, LLC at GTEnergyllc.net or 817-296-4710
My website is www.petitionright.com
We want one warehouse in Tampa, then we are going for a state ballot initiative to get funds for a hundred sites state wide. I could probably help your growth with the ballot too. I'm an experienced initiative coordinator but now my goal is to let everyone in on the action and outsource the costs by 99% with strength in numbers with the duplication principle. Cheers!
Financing is key.........
Susan
The only way to insure the success of this historical effort is to build our numbers to monumental and unignorable heights. CAN YOU HELP?
Would you please congratulate our newest 100CLUB member, Chris Jones-
http://www.push.pickensplan.com/profile/ChrisJones86
Chris joined Pickens Plan over the weekend, and already has 150 signed pledges from standing in line at the polls for early voting! He is going back again today. Another Pickens Hero.
Best
Kim
Best wishes,
Adam Martin
VP VectorPoint Group
Glad to have you on board! Let me know if you have any questions or need help getting plugged in.
Geoff
Yes, some exciting possibilities. We (Covina Oil) now have a capability to reclaim abandon oil fields (even after steam or CO2 injection for secondary recoveries) depleted of economic oil recovery - and do it without adding pollution and with a lower to market costs. Those fields still have over 75% of the original oil still in ground.
Many opportunities - but only with capital invested.
Walter
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