Agenda - Council - 09/13/1982 - Special

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I I' '1 I I I I August 26, 1982 Board of Commissioners Page -2- B. prepare the site (the power plant itself easily fits in a 15' by 17' area), C. install the power plant, D. operate the power plant for one or possibly two years, using part of the gas currently being flared as fuel, E. restore the site as necessary. The deadline for proposal submission is October 4, 1982. We expect to know if our proposal is successful on or about January 1, 1983. Activity on the project could begin shortly after that. Potential Benefits and Future Applications for Anoka County I I I I Potential benefits of %his project for Anoka County center on providing additional options for utilizing the resources of the landfill. The most obvious use for fuel cell power plants is to produce electricity, either by a utility like ourselves, or by some other entity, for sale to others. Frankly, the economics of this are not very good currently. The supply/demand situation for electrical power is such that additional supplies of power carry a very low value at this time. However, this situation is likely to change over the next several years and fuel cell power plants will also be made commercially available. Assuming production of 800,000 ft3/day of gas with a heating value of 1,000 BTUs/ft3, approximately four megawatts (~W) of capacity could operate 24 hours per day or 12 MW could operate eight hours per day. Another potential application for fuel cell power plants is to integrate a fuel cell power plant with a system for upgrading the landfill gas to pipeline quality. In such a situation the power plant could provide the power and thermal energy to operate the gas upgrading plant. Costs to the County We are asking the county to assist in securing: 1. the site, 2. the use of some of the gas which is currently being flared anyway, 3. access to the electrical service at the landfill so power plant can be interconnected. the