Ed Bastow, Managing Director Project Star/Symonds Farm AD www.material-change.com
Summary Material Change Ltd AD development and risks Symonds Farm Power Limited
Symonds Farm AD March 2011
Material Change Limited Established 2002 Composting contract equipment Own operating sites Local Authority contracts Depackaging equipment PAS100 compost certification
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AD Development Economic advantage needed – heat user, gas to grid, private wire Mixed feedstocks – farm and waste based Symonds Farm in construction Pipeline but more needed, range JV to technology sale Lots of froth and not much action among competitors
Project risks Development – security/project funding Electricity subsidy - FIT (REFIT)/ROC Waste streams Grown crop failure Wheat prices Technology
Schematic plant layout agraferm technology ‘Agraferm Group provides turnkey and best quality systems in accordance with industrial standards, as well as full service from a professional partner for effective solutions to biogas production.’ Schematic plant layout Feed hopper Gas flare First phase fermentation Gas storage Gas engine Secondary fermentation
Symonds Farm summary MCL/Symonds Farm Joint Venture £5m Capex £1.4m equity, BDO non recourse funding £0.75m diversification grant Equity IRR 18% Whole project IRR 12% 1.4MW electricity Private wire sales
Symonds Farm Power Ltd JV structure Material Change Ltd Symonds Farm Planning Technology Project management Technical support Operating contract Waste Symonds Farm Lease Feedstock Daily operations Solid & Liquid digestate use Symonds Farm Power Ltd Heat sales Electricity sales ROC sales Embedded benefits
Tank base preparation
Tank construction
Symonds Farm timetable Silage clamp and civils groundworks 50% complete Tank construction starts 30th May Commissioning starts November 2011 Full production February 2012