pilot plant scoping study - wherefor art thou?

Ann 21 oct 2016

"Planned Australian Pilot Plant In 2014, Greenpower and Ken Anderson’s company, Thermaquatica Inc (TA) agreed on the scale of a pilot plant that then should be built (by GPP), on the basis it would - demonstrate that the process could step up over 100 times from the PDU to a commercial/industrial scale; - make a saleable quantity of primary material which could be sold as bio-stimulant, on a profitable commercial basis; The decision was a pilot plant in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley treating 20 tonne of as-mined Victorian brown coal per day, that would initially be operated on a batch basis but ultimately on a continuous basis as the market grew. The concept design and the capex and opex estimates for a 20 tonne per day plant was initially commissioned by Thermaquatica to a US engineering firm named IMPACT Technology Development. IMPACT completed a techno-economic study, and GPP engaged HRL Technology of Melbourne to verify the plant design then cost it in Australia.

HRL are engaged in that process now and will present all costings and a financial model before the end of the year"