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“GRASS-FED DATA CENTER”
JULY 15 , 2010
MoCARB ZERO™
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Advancing Renewablesin the Midwest
Why are we here?
“It’s hard to push a string uphill, go find a demand for new technology.” – Missouri
Business Leader
“Missouri is Saudi Arabia of Bio-Mass & Clean Burning Sustainable Energy”
– Former Head of GSA Region VII
Demand Drives Innovation
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Grass-Fed Data Center – Creating a Nexus Between Agriculture and Information Technology
“The successful location of data centers in Missouri have the potential to create a new market for renewable energy in
Missouri, as well as jump-start a new market of sustainable, “green-energy” produced by Missouri farmers and agro-
foresters.
These are true “green jobs” grown from Missouri’s fertile soil; supplying clean energy to power the burgeoning data center
industry. Energy from Missouri’s plants and timber could provide a significant infusion of revenue into Missouri’s rural
economy, create badly needed jobs, and put Missouri on the map for renewable energy and data centers.”
– United States Senator “Kit” Bond, a long-time advocate of Bio-mass production in Missouri.
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Data Center: Function
• Consolidates and houses computer servers and computations in racks and rows
• Provides reliable power, cooling and bandwidth to all users.
• Uses commercial grade infrastructureA large data center uses electrical
power commensurate with an aluminum smelting operation.
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Computing and storage expanding exponentially
Virtualization and cloud computing driving computing to remote data centers.
Costs, reliability and security driving utility class data center construction to locations that have abundant power, connectivity and land.Jobs are high-tech, good-wage, and new economy-based. Lots of small-business needed to support large capital investments.
Data Centers: The New Utility
FYI: The five year forecast for
energy predicts data
centers will be consuming 2%
to 5% of all power
produced in the United States– the
majority of the nation’s
hydroelectric capacity.
12% - 18% Annual Demand
Growth for next 5 years
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21st Century Users Prefer Green Power
Data Centers as an Example Energy-intensive Use 2-5% of Power on the Grid Jobs are high-tech ($100K)
Global View – Cap&Trade in Europe is Real Motivated to Incorporate
Renewable Looking for Cheap Power Rate
with Balanced Sources
Generate Large Amounts of Waste Heat Warm/Hot Water Designed to Use Waste Heat
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enginuity Vision for Sustainability
21st Century Users
Waste Stream Utilization
Diverse Biomass Sources
Innovative Fuel
Processing
On-Site Power Production
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Grass-Fed Data Center
MoCARB™ Program to Facilitate the Transformation MO Carbon–offset for Advancement and Recapture Benefits
THREE KEY COMPONENTS Create Demand for Green Power
Missouri-based Program to Attract Large Green Power Consumers to Missouri. Change the Playing Field
Insert New Technology to Achieve Cost Efficiencies Build Supply Chain
Use Missouri’s Agricultural Legacy and Strength to Power 21st Century Industry
Local, State, and National Support has Come Quickly MIZZOU, MASBDA, Senator Bond, Congressman Blunt, plus many others
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Sustainability Campus
• Focus on sustainability and net zero footprint
• Closed-loop resource utilization with water retention and reuse
• Power cogeneration capabilities with renewable fuel production and use
• Research, development, commercialization and directed work force training
• No displacement of species, people or habitats
• Green space and tree preservation
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MASBDA Award for MoCARB™ Biomass
Sustainability View – Biomass as Energy CropWork to Date – Biomass Processing Innovation
Grant Award by MASBDA Prototype Completed Scale-Up Underway Supply Side Logistics Development
Parallel Data Center Activity Brings Immediate Opportunity Very Large Data Center User has Specified Requirement of
130 MW of Green Power from Renewable Sources Turned a Neat Idea that “needs to prove out” . . . TO Market Driver to Build a New Ag Industry
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Missouri Biomass Availability & Supply
Missouri is Well-Suited Biomass Diversity is Good – Regionally Plentiful in All
Types 100MW of Biomass Supply within 80 Miles of Data Center
Site Columbia (Data Center Site) is in Center of 3 Overlapping
Regions
MoCARB™ has Vision for Developing New Harvest Utilizing Waste Heat from Users Algae, Duckweed, Others. CRP, WRP, Public Lands
Challenges to Address – Need Innovationenginuity Worldwide LLC
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Consolidated Biomass Crops (by County)
Source: MU, MDNR, USDoE
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Biomass Processing & Supply Innovations
Diverse Biomass Sources Requires Robust Design Current Pellet Process is Feasible, but High Energy Inputs Current Process has Limitations for Biomass Sources
Developing a New Biomass Processing Method Reduce Energy Input from 76% Improve Stability of Pellet/Puck to Allow Handling
Flexibility Take Anything that will Burn and Make Fuel Must be Transportable to Allow for Larger Supply Areas
Early Prototypes were Successful Use MASBDA Award to Run Full-Scale Pilots
Plans for “Hub” Sites for Supply Developmentenginuity Worldwide LLC
End Product – Current vs. New Approach
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Patent Applied For
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Biomass Processing & Supply Innovations
Plans for “Hub” Sites for Supply Development Process biomass to stable
form close to farms. Transport to power
production facilitiesNew Energy Crop
Market for Farmers Takes advantage of vast
biomass resources of Missouri
Large power users provides “demand pull”
Improved Biomass
Pellet Process
Power for Rural
Missouri & 21st Century
Users
Biomass Production on Marginal
Acres
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