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measure your input into the'grid
system, for instance, can cost $2,00)
to $5,000.
"The economics are completely
brilliant at the moment," Jones
admits. "New technologies cost
more in the earlygoing, so they need
a hit of help." ,
Perhaps coming to the aid of the
energy -from -manure develop-
ment might be a government
decision to create incentives. A select
committee of the Ontario legislature
recently issued a report on alternative
fuels that asked for a mechanism
where any company suppling energy
to the new open energy marketwould
be required to produce a small
percentage of it by renewable sources
such as biomass, solar. wind or run -
of -the -river hydro. This would be a
support for all of these technologies
that are a little bit too expensive at
the moment, Jones said. But by
creating a market for renewable
energy, more systems would be built
and the costs of building these
systems would come down.
"I'd urge you to think about
talking to your favourite politician
and seeing if this kind of idea which
is an environmental benefit — any
electricity delivered here means less
is needed from coal plants — and
benefits you, the farmers," Jones told
his audience.
As well there are premiums
available in the market place from
those who want buy "green" energy
and if a power plant is Targe enough
it may be possible to sign contracts
with users who want to be seen to be
using energy from renewable
sources, Jones said. As well, by over -
sizing the unit and only generating
electricity during peak demand
periods it's possible to get higher
prices for the electricity generated.
Jones said his colleague, Kinetrics
Senior Project Manager Franck
Chang, has been trying to put
together a pilot project to
demonstrate the viability of the
concept of a co-operative electrical -
generating digester, so far without
success.
But while the Kinetrics people are
working on hypothetical applications,
others are closer to the goal of
creating energy through digesters.
Mike Verellen of Farm Energy in
Petrolia, after three years of research.
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