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For internal circulation only HKBEE E Newsletter March 2012 For internal circulation only List of Contents 1 Activities BioFuels R those are the major sources of pollutant emissions 2 To increase the public awareness of using biofuel local and international partnership supports are required 3 Introduction of economic incentive for users to switch to renewable energy should be considered 4 Germany Government did provide tax incentive to encourage users to switch to biodiesel The use of bio diesel in the EU was very successful 5 A road map is essential before mandating the usage of diesel biodiesel blends in Hong Kong as there were zero taxes for diesel or biodiesel in Hong Kong 6 Biodiesel has a great potential in existing market 7 It is difficult to source biodiesel from local market and there is no policy support for the use of biodiesel 8 Apart from biodiesel algae and food waste are other potential sources for producing fuel 9 Electrification of vehicles still has a long way to go and since use of biodiesel as an alternate fuel to improve the air quality then it is a simple and quick fix or solution to the problem 10 The overall environmental cost of using electric vehicle has to consider the emissions from power plants during electricity generation For internal circulation only For internal circulation only For internal circulation only The program for BioFuels R D Project Meeting and Round Table Experiences Sharing On Biofuel Biodiesel and its Future Applications as follow Program on Monday 12 March 2012 14 00 16 00 14 10 14 15 14 15 14 30 14 30 14 45 14 45 15 00 15 00 15 15 15 15 15 30 15 30 16 00 R D Projects related to biodiesel applications presentation session 1 Introduction by Dr Stephen SF Lee Founding President of HKBEE 2 Presentation by Dr Zhi Ning Assistant Professor of CityU A pilot study of on road plume chasing approach to compare biodiesel and diesel vehicle emissions in HK 3 Presentation by Dr Lawrence Poon Senior Consultant of HKPC Study on the Use of Biodiesel on GSE in HKIA Use of Biodiesel on Marine Transport 4 Presentation by Ir Kenny Wong Principal Consultant of HKPC Promotion and Demonstration of Biofuels Usage for Improving Air Quality in Hong Kong Performance Evaluation of Utilizing Biodiesel in Conjunction with Automatic Engine Idle stop and Supplementary Air Conditioning System 5 Presentation by Dr Louis Lam Assistant Professor of HKUST Techno economic analysis of biodiesel bio refineries assessment of integrated designs for the co production of fuels and chemicals 6 Presentation by Dr Carol Lin Assistant Professor of CityU Valorisation of byproduct streams from biodiesel production plant for microbial synthesis of PHB Break 16 00 17 30 Round Table Experiences Sharing Session For internal circulation only Experiences sharing session on The Use of Biofuel Biodiesel in EU and Hong Kong Policy and Technology Air Quality Improvement Session Moderators i Prof Ho Kin chung Dean of School of Science Technology The Open University of Hong Kong OpenU Hon Advisor of HKBEE ii Dr W K Lo Former President of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and Former President of Guangdong Hong Kong Association for the Promotion of Technology Enterprise GATE Hon Advisor of HKBEE iii Dr Stephen SF Lee Founding President of HKBEE with a short Introduction Participants from Germany with a short presentation 1 Mr Ronald Westphal Shareholder of BIO OELWERK Magdeburg 2 Mr Reinhard Kluge CEO of Bio OELWERK Magdeburg 3 Mr Bernd Emersleben Project Manager and Designer at SKET Schwermaschinenbau in Magdeburg 4 Mr Bernd Sondermann Project Manager and Process Engineer at SKET Schwermaschinenbau in Magdeburg Special invited guests and Executive Members of HKBEE Round Table Special Invited Guests 5 Mr Edmond Ho Principal Environmental Protection Officer Environmental Protection Department EPD of HKSAR 6 Mr John Lamond GM Safety Security Business Continuity and Environmental Airport Authority Hong Kong AAHK Hon Advisors and Professors of local universities 7 Prof Lee Shiu hung Emeritus Professor of Community Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong For internal circulation only 8 Prof Johnny Chan Dean and Chair Professor of Atmospheric Science School of Energy and Environment City University of Hon Kong 9 Ir Prof Dennis Leung Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Hong Kong Hon Chairman 10 Mr Tony Zhu Director Harvest Investment Holdings Ltd Executive Members of HKBEE Senior Vice Presidents 11 Dr Jackson Ho Executive Consultant of Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd Former Chairman of Hong Kong Airlines Services Providers Association HASPA 12 Ir Madison Tang General Manager of WAYLUNG Waste Services Ltd Vice Presidents 13 Mr David Kong Managing Director of Fat Kee Stevedores Ltd 14 Ir Kenny Wong Principal Consultant Environmental Management Division Hong Kong Productivity Council HKPC 15 Dr Michael Leung Associate Professor School of Energy and Environment City University of Hong Kong 16 Dr Ringo Lee Vice president of NTI Ltd 17 Mr Ricky Ma Senior Manager Technologies Hong Kong Science Technology Parks Corporation Sub committee of HKBEE 18 Dr KO Chung nin Chairman of Eco Energy Section 19 Dr Lawrence Poon Chairman of Automobile Testing Section 20 Dr Zhi Ning Vice Chairman of Automobile Testing Section For internal circulation only 21 Mr Melvin Tsang Vice Chairman of Logistics Transportation Section 22 Dr Carol Lin Vice Chairman of Bio Energy Section 23 Dr Louis Lam Vice Chairman of Bio Energy Section Hon Secretary 24 Dr Aman Chan Principal Consultant of HKPC Finish of Round Table Experiences Sharing Session For internal circulation only 2 Waste to Energy 港產零碳建築港產零碳建築 轉廢為能發電轉廢為能發電 大公報 2012 1 17 圖 本港首座零碳建築將於今年中落成 預計每年可吸納四萬人流 圖左起 邱萬鴻 黃 錦星 余惠偉 本報記者黃芷慧攝 環保意識日漸滲入建築物中 預計於今年中落成的本港首座零碳建築 將為港人及建築業 界起示範作用 針對香港 又熱又濕 的氣候 港產版 零碳建築首次利用 三聯供 制冷 制熱 發電 系統 盡用產電過程中排出的廢熱能 幫助室內 制冷 和 抽 濕 此外 零碳建築內有近百項節能設備 旨在減低建築物用電量 達致建築物零排放 的概念 本報記者 黃芷慧 本港夏天悶熱潮濕 但長開冷氣卻令用電量和碳排放量大增 針對本港兩大氣候特點 建 造業議會是次建造的零碳建築 分別在建築設計和供電系統兩方面 度身訂造 實行充 分將建築物的能源階梯發揮至極致 港產零碳建築屬被動式設計 座向於東南面 其傾斜二十度的飄簷屋頂 滿布太陽能光伏 For internal circulation only 板 負責建築設計的呂元祥建築師事務所董事黃錦星表示 濕熱天氣為本港建造零碳建築 的一大挑戰 因此需在設計上取得有利位置 九龍夏天的風主要從東南面來 設計上可 增加室內的自然風 減少開冷氣 另外 屋頂亦有助吸收陽光 減少室內開燈的時間 以及幫助吸收太陽能 三聯供 系統減 75 耗電 供電系統方面 零碳建築擁有自家電網 主要利用兩種清潔能源發電 三成來自太陽光伏 板和六成來自生物柴油 堪稱 自給自足 此外 建築透過 三聯供 系統 減少建築 物的用電量 負責供電系統工程的奧雅納工程顧問董事邱萬鴻指 公用電網發電過程中 有六成熱能會消失於大氣 而 三聯供 系統 可用盡所有能源 有效減少電能耗損達七 成五 三聯供 主要可將產電過程中的廢熱能收集 放到冷凍系統中制凍 減少利用冷氣機以 電力制冷 除制凍外 更可獨立抽濕 建造業議會零碳建築物專責小組主席余惠偉表示 市面很多二合一的空調 可同時抽濕及制凍 但如果要保持舒適濕度百分之五十五 冷 氣機個溫度就要調到去十至十二度 又凍又用更多電 唔化算 零碳建築將來會盡量減 少使用冷氣機的時間 保持室內二十五點五的溫度 今年中竣工 坐落九龍灣 零碳建築最令人關注是如何達致零排放 余惠偉表示 港產零碳建築所產生的可再生能 源 不單可以供應給建築物自己使用 更可以將剩餘的電量回饋公共電網 以抵零碳建築 在建造過程中所使用的電量 他預計 零碳建築首年約有八萬五千度電可回饋至公共電 網 而整個項目範圍共安裝三千個監測器 以監控建築物能源運作 耗資二億四千萬元興建的港產零碳建築坐落在九龍灣常悅道 正位於商場 Mega Box 對 面 佔地十四萬七千平方呎 項目範圍內包括一座三層高的零碳建築 內裡主要作環保建 築 低碳生活的展示平台 室外更設大片綠化園林 零碳建築預料在今年中落成 預期訪 客人數達每年四萬人次 資料來源資料來源 hk news 12 01 17 GW 1443162 htm For internal circulation only 香港垃圾堆填區沼氣香港垃圾堆填區沼氣 轉廢為能轉廢為能 新華網 26 1 2012 香港特區政府 遠東環保垃圾堆填有限公司和中華煤氣有限公司達成協議 將垃圾堆填區 產生的沼氣 凈化後輸到中華煤氣的大埔制氣廠 以代替天然氣作為生產煤氣的燃料 有 關計劃可令香港每年減排 萬噸二氧化碳 相當于少砍 萬棵 年樹木 特區政府 日舉行新界東北 堆填區沼氣應用項目啟用儀式 環境局局長邱騰華致辭時表示 轉廢為能 是特區政府未 來環保發展的主要方向 新界東北堆填區沼氣應用項目是全港最大規模以至世界前列的應 用堆填區沼氣計劃 該計劃可減少在煤氣生產過程中使用石化燃料的用量和減低溫室氣體 的排放量 有助改善香港的空氣質量 據此間媒體報道 坐落于打鼓嶺的新界東北堆填區每小時產生 立方米的沼氣 其 中近一半經凈化處理後 將輸送至中華煤氣的大埔制氣廠作燃料之用 而另一部分則為遠 東公司位于堆填區的寫字樓提供電力 資料來源資料來源 01 26 content 7499343 htm For internal circulation only GGI Energy responds to concerns Creston News Advertiser 14 2 2012 During a public hearing with GGI Energy officials via Skype Wednesday about 40 city and county officials and local residents gathered to ask questions and voice concerns regarding the possible construction of a waste to energy plant east of Creston near Prairie Solid Waste Agency GGI Energy of Plano Texas claims they have researched developed and improved patented technology to transform southwest Iowa s everyday garbage into diesel fuel and electricity with minimal emissions GGI Energy officials are proposing a 40 ton per day waste to energy facility be built in Union County which they say would generate about 5 200 gallons per day of commercial grade diesel fuel Other Iowa cities currently in discussion with GGI Energy are Osceola Newton Spencer and Fort Dodge County officials said the Texas based company targeted Iowa cities For internal circulation only because of the exceptional incentives the state offers including subsidies and low and no interest loans GGI Energy plants currently located in Japan and South Korea have patented technology that use an onsite furnace to gasify waste at a high temperature and increase the energy content of the waste The waste is then refined and through a series of steps liquefied to produce commercial grade diesel fuel Bob Brown county supervisor chairman voiced a concern Wednesday with possible contamination to Creston water treatment plant Three Mile Lake and Twelve Mile Lake That s an excellent question because it s an important concern said Al Davis director of sales for GGI Energy However once we get our hands on the waste it s totally contained and at no time does the waste come into contact with soil So it can never leach down and we won t have any runoff into soil or into lake or stream nearby Several residents were concerned with the emissions but GGI Energy officials said they use a gasification process that s clean and leaves no emissions Davis said there are ash remnants inside the modules but is contained at all times GGI Energy officials also added waste to energy plants are not currently regulated by the DNR or EPA air quality standards For those concerned with odors GGI officials said the odor will be less than the current odor being emitted from the current transfer station because all waste coming in will be pretreated which eliminates the odor and processed within 12 hours Contract Currently the county is in the fifth year of a 10 year contract with Metro Waste Authority in Des Moines The county spends about 44 000 per month hauling trash from Prairie Solid Waste to Des Moines The county could save about 528 000 in hauling costs per year if a GGI Energy plant is built Amy Schultes manager at Prairie Solid Waste said Tuesday the county will not break their contract with Metro Waste Authority if the waste to energy plant is constructed as anything more than 40 tons of dry trash per day will need to be hauled to Des Moines Schultes said she found nothing in the contract with Metro Waste Authority identifying a minimum or maximum amount of required trash For internal circulation only Moving forward Don Reasoner county supervisor for Clarke County and chairman of the landfill commission said supervisors and commissioners are currently exploring all possibilities and are interested in working together with Creston in building a waste to energy plant but would like for it to be built in Osceola Davis said Tuesday there will only be one plant built in the area at either Creston or Osceola but not both and the two communities will need to collaborate on the project Davis said both are attractive locations as they both have active landfill and transfer station sites which expedites environmental permitting Davis said Creston is an attractive site because it collects the most trash about 65 tons of the 80 tons of gross trash per day required to run the waste to energy plant The Union County Landfill Commission Board will meet 4 45 p m Feb 15 at the Chamber of Commerce conference room to further discuss the waste to energy plant and possibly draft a letter of intent Meanwhile Clarke County Landfill Commission meets again March 8 Source from concerns a7c8lfp For internal circulation only Incinerator Bottom Ash Recycling Facility for Cheshire Eco Park Waste Management World 15 2 2012 The 126 acre Ince Park eco park will feature 50 acres of nature reserve Cheshire West and Chester Council have awarded planning permission to waste to energy specialist Covanta Energy to build an Incinerator Bottom Ash Aggregate IBAA facility at Ince Park Cheshire The company said that the IBAA recycling facility will have the capacity to process up to 250 000 tonnes of Incinerator Bottom Ash IBA every year The ash will be supplied by Covanta s 95 MW waste to energy facility which has previously been given the go ahead at the Ince Park site According to Covanta the IBA to be treated is a by product of the incineration of residual waste and is a safe aggregate like material which once processed is commonly used in the construction industry Ince Park is a joint venture project between Covanta Energy and Peel Environmental to deliver to UK s largest Eco Park located in the North West of England on the south bank of the Manchester ship canal Covanta claimed that the concept behind the Ince Park development is to increase waste recycling reprocessing and energy recovery and to create a centre for excellence for the emerging resource economy For internal circulation only Malcolm Chilton UK managing director of Covanta Energy commented This ensures the IBA will be recycled and not sent to landfill Furthermore as the IBAA facility will be located within Ince Park alongside our EfW facility transportation will be kept to a minimum helping to provide an even more sustainable solution Covanta said that its preferred partner for the facility is Ballast Phoenix which currently operates on seven UK sites and processes more than 650 000 tonnes of IBA per year David York Managing Director of Ballast Phoenix added The IBA produced from the EfW facility can be managed in the most sustainable way providing a source of alternative aggregate for construction and infrastructure developers in the North West Source from http www waste management display 0585306596 articles waste management world waste to energy 2012 02 Incinerator Bottom Ash Recycling Facility for Cheshire Eco Park ht ml For internal circulation only 35 MW Biomass Facility to Burn C D Waste in Sweden Waste Management World 15 2 2012 The new facility will burn upto 50 waste wood from demolition Image Credit Shutterstock Mircea Simu Global Power Group a subsidiary of Swiss waste to energy technology manufacturer Foster Wheeler AG has won a contract to design supply and build a 35 MWe biomass fired circulating fluidised bed CFB boiler island that will be part fuelled by demolition waste According to the company under the contract awarded by Lunds Energi a publically owned energy supplier southern Sweden it will design and supply the steam generator and auxiliary equipment as well as carry out the erection and commissioning of the boiler island The company said that the steam generator will be designed to burn 100 bio fuel with up to 50 demolition wood Lunds Energi is building the new combined heat and power plant to replace existing old equipment operating on fossil fuels According to Tomas Harju Jeanty president and chief executive officer of Foster Wheeler Energia Oy Group the fuel flexibility of the company s CFB technology is a good solution for biomass power generation because it can utilise a wide range of renewable and waste fuels Our CFBs can divert waste headed for landfills and instead convert this waste into valuable steam and electricity he said For internal circulation only The terms of the agreement were not disclosed and the contract value will be included in the company s first quarter 2012 bookings Commercial operation of the new steam generator is scheduled for the second quarter of 2014 Foster Wheeler said that it has received a full notice to proceed on this contract with commercial operation of the new steam generator scheduled for the second quarter of 2014 Source from http www waste management display 5139996090 articles waste management world waste to energy 2012 02 35 MW Biomass Facility to Burn C D Waste in Sweden html For internal circulation only Maersk tests its clean fuel evolution Cargo Business News February 2012 Container shipping giant A P Moeller Maersk A S has been making news through its various cleaner fuel developments and initiatives that the ocean carrier says will just not lower its carbon footprint but could eventually lead to savings on its annual fuel bill One of the more notable developments the Danish shipping line has been working on is its recently concluded one month long 6 500 nautical mile test voyage of the 984 foot Maersk Kalmar that the company said burned 30 tons of biofuel Maersk s test run of the renewable algal algae biofuel supplied by the company Solazyme Inc was conducted in cooperation with the U S Navy which is also developing its own green fleet initiative that includes the goal of having 50 percent alternative energy usage by 2020 Maersk Line is committed to exploring the potential of biofuel for becoming a fuel for shipping in the future We are pleased to see progress on algae based biofuels and we encourage further development to make such fuels available at commercial scale said Jacob Sterling head of climate and environment for Maersk Line Maersk has also entered into low sulfur usage agreements at seaports around the U S and the world including at ports in California Pacific Northwest Texas Virginia Sweden and Singapore When calling those ports Maersk says it switches to low sulfur fuel while at berth in order to reduce emissions For internal circulation only Maersk also announced it was testing an exhaust scrubbing system its 8 100 TEU Maersk Taurus which operates the shipping line s Asia Europe service The system s aim is to see if it can clean out the dirty bunker fuel to the point of not needing to utilize the more costly low sulfur fuel Maersk has also reportedly said the development of such renewable biofuels could eventually lead to a savings off the 6 billion a year the company spends on fuel for its ships However for now Maersk Line s Jacob Sterling admits biofuels are costly and relatively un developed Biofuel made from algae is one of the less developed biofuels and with further