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1. Ecotech Alliance Pty Ltd Introduces A Reliable and Renewable Alternative
for Coal Power Utilities to Reduce Emissions
Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2015
Ecotech Alliance Pty Ltd (Ecotech Alliance) is an Australian based company that develops and procures assets in
the agribusiness, forestry and renewable energy sectors. They are committed and dedicated to building a
sustainable future. They aim to maximize the overall potential of bioenergy, biomass, forestry and agriculture.
Perth, Australia -- (NewsWireToday) -- 29/06/2015 -- ​According to researches almost 40 percent of electricity in the
world is being generated by coal-fired power plants. Coal has the greatest carbon dioxide emissions per unit of energy of
all fossil fuels. Coal-fired power plants generally have a lifespan of twenty to fifty years and have required huge global
capital investment. It would not be viable to simply abandon these existing coal plants which still have considerable years
of operational and productive capacity.
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It is a fact that the world needs low cost renewable energy, however it is
not economically feasible to retire these coal-fired power plants and
switch entirely to greener alternatives due to demand for electricity
worldwide. As many countries are transitioning toward a low carbon
economy, drastic measures are required to rapidly reduce emissions from
the heaviest “green house gases” (GHG) polluters.
There is a ready solution; it is possible to reduce sulphur and carbon
dioxide emissions from a coal plant by simply replacing a portion of the
plant’s fuel mix with biomass or pellets, burning both fuels together
which is known as co-firing.
The term “co-firing”, is a viable path toward significant reductions in GHG pollution from burning coal while also
drawing value from the remaining years of a coal plant. The co-firing of coal with different types of biomass is now a
mature technology. Many coal-fired plants in the UK, Europe, Japan and Korea have been retrofitted or converted to
accommodate co-firing with limited impact on lifespan, operations and efficiency.
Pellets are a refined and densified solid biomass fuel, typically
manufactured from wood processing and forestry waste residues. They
are uniform, compact in nature and easy to transport. Pellets have a
higher energy burn than raw biomass.
With specifications and quality assured by way of certification schemes
such as EnPlus, pellets burn very similarly to coal due to their low
moisture content and is the preferred fuel for co-firing in coal power
plants.
According to Ecotech Alliance, co-firing with pellets is considered as one of the most cost-effective and efficient
approaches to generating electricity for power utilities from renewable sources. They anticipate a significant amount of
coal power plants will continue to use or start co-firing with pellets to meet these important emission reduction targets.
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2. About Ecotech Alliance Pty, Ltd.
Ecotech Alliance Pty, Ltd is an Australian based company that is continually building assets and products both locally and
abroad, by way of development, direct acquisitions, equity partnerships, joint ventures, financing, or as equity investments
in the agribusiness, forestry, bioenergy and other renewable technology markets.
For more information, please contact Ecotech Alliance at +61 (8) 9467 4004 or email at enquiries@ecotechalliance.com.
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