Investment In Energy Sector

Most of the energy industry in India is dominated by government and are inefficient. Competition from private industry makes it weaker and heading its real growth downwards, as you can see their increase interest in private-public entities.

1. BIOGAS.
The details of Biogas project are given below.
2.5 Ton/Day Pressed waste to Compressed biogas (Bio CNG)
Bio-CNG is a purified form of biogas with over 95% pure methane gas. It is like natural gas in its composition (97% methane) and energy potential. While natural gas is a fossil fuel, bio-CNG is a renewable form of energy produced from industrial waste (press-mud, spent-wash, wasted food grains), agricultural residue (semi-cellulosic biomass and 2nd generation fuel), food waste, municipal solid waste (organic fraction of municipal solid waste, garbage, and sewage slurry) and energy crops (1st generation fuel). It has a high calorific value and can be used in blast furnaces and for electricity generation. Thus, it can replace utility of LPG and CNG in India given the abundance biomass availability within the country.  The cost of production of 1kg of bio-CNG could be about US $ 0.25c, cheaper than CNG, petrol and diesel.
The feedstock is low cost and consists of 50 Tons/day sugar plant waste (press mud) & mix of cow dung as per the desired output and local availability of raw materials. Based on availability of feedstock it can be planned for use of various agriculture waste material like rice straw, wheat straw, rice husk, banana stalks etc. Although such material is available in good quantity as a feedstock then plant and machinery cost would increase as it has to go through pretreatment at high temperature to remove the lignin content.
A typical plant of 2.5 ton a day of Bio CNG production capacity also produces around 15,000 kg of solid fertilizers and 35,000 kg of liquid fertilizers.

2. BIOFUEL.
Producing Jet Fuel and diesel from Biogas generated from waste, wood pellets and coal are briefed below.
Dimethyl Ether (DME) Plant from Biogas/Synthetic Gas.
Please see a small note attached on specifications and other details. The basic idea is to convert biomass (wood and other plant waste, agricultural waste and sewage sludge), coal and wood pellets into Syngas. The key factor is that we can use some coal and the Carbon dioxide generated is concentrated and can be easily removed for other useful purposes as bio char.

3. LNG DISTRIBUTION.
LNG distribution through existing LNG terminals is described below:
The India Endowment Fund will encourage downstream use of LNG imported to India using underutilized specific LNG terminals operating in India.
An Industrial Estate Type Yard will be built in Manapad, Tamil Nadu India for Diesel Trucks, Buses & Trains to be converted to run on LNG. In addition, smaller LNG Storage facilities will be built at the site, to supply a Chain of LNG stations for main trucking and Train routes. Along Coastal lines, using Barges smaller quantity LNG will be transported and stored locally to supply city gas and industrial loads including Peaking Power Stations if justified.
These downstream applications will help to solve rising energy demands in business sectors and cooking needs largely reducing environmental pollution. A short list of such applications is given below:
    1. Long Haul Trucks on Kochi/Chennai//Bangalore/Hyderabad Route.
    2. Industrial Heating to replace bunker oil and Diesel.
    3. Peaking Power Plants.
    4. Public Transportation including Railways, State Corporations and School Buses.
    5. Heavy Trucks used in mining.
    6. Ships nearing Ports as International laws require shutting off the ships bunker oil engines within certain distances of the Port.
To achieve success in these sectors, the project will establish local LNG Load Centers, a seamless operation involving transportation of LNG from LNG terminals to these LNG Load Centers and then from such Centers to client’s locations. The equipment will be owned by local entities as LNG Stations and vehicle.

The project could also import LNG trucks for leasing.

Estimate of Initial Project Cost

• ROI - 16% +
• Phase 2 - Expansion to Mumbai Delhi Transportation lines.
• City Gas Supply to Trichy, Madurai, Kanyakumari Cities all about 300,000 to 500,000 population.

A Sea Sport Resort at the location to support industrial and Tourist activities in the area Alternate Energy vehicles and power.

4. 20 MW SOLAR POWER.
Higher energy based solar PV cells will be used in multiples of standard sizes of 10 MW Phases of distributed power for end user industries based on a PPA of 85% of Retail Electricity cost. The fund has land under control to start solar projects at Manapad.

5.  BATTERY TECHNOLOGY 
The demand for adding and improving Battery life for existing Solar and telephone projects are becoming a niche market in India and Africa. Supporting such projects in Leh, Ladakh, India and in Burkina Faso (Africa).