Bruce DugganDirectorBullerCentre.com

A Brokerage?

examples Manitoba Buy & Sell kijiji eBay

Manitoba Hay Registry Pellet Zone Stick Man

cattails

forestryresidue

urbanforest

prunings

woodproduction

residue

willow

straw

foodproduction

residue

truck

rail

ash

silo

elevator

shed

barn

stove

stoker

generator

A Brokerage Creates a Market

loose

bale

cube

pelletize

char

source form ship store consume return

A Brokerage Creates a Market

links all participants together• reduces search cost & effort

finding customers finding suppliers finding shippers, storers, equipment, expertise, advice,

examples...

• reduces transaction costs standardizes contracts & other arrangements

A Brokerage Creates a Market

a brokerage is essential to the development of a biomass industry

So Far

researched other brokerages created offline prototype gathered info on potential participants put it online

• BiomassBrokerage.com

Next Steps

meet each potential producer get fuller inventory of

• potential consumers• businesses capable of

system design, manufacture, installation & service storage

secure start-up funding

tonnes sold: 2,000 10,000 20,000average commission per tonne: $ 5.00 $ 3.00 $ 2.00

Total Sales: $10,000 $30,000 $40,000

$35,000 $5,000 $0

Total Income: $45,000 $35,000 $40,000

Computer & software $1,000Database design $3,000Website design $2,000

$1,000$3,000

Startup: $10,000

Accounting $500 $2,000 $2,000Advertising $2,000 $2,000 $2,000Maintance of Website $500 $2,000 $2,000Office Supplies $100 $100 $100

$3,600 $3,600 $3,600 $ 300.00 /monthProject Manager Salary $18,000 $18,000 $18,000 1/2 time @ $ 18.00 /hourProject Manager Benefits $2,700 $2,700 $2,700 0.15Travel $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 10,000 km/year @ $ 0.40 /kmBanking Fees $360 $360 $360 $ 30.00 /monthOnline sales transaction fees $500 $1,500 $2,000 0.05

Operating: $32,260 $36,260 $36,760Total Expenses: $42,260 $36,260 $36,760

Annual Surplus (-Deficit) $2,740 -$1,260 $3,240

Cumulative Suplus (Deficit) $2,740 $1,480 $4,720

Operating

Office (incl phone, internet, photocopying)

of commissions

Expenses Startup

IncorporationLegal fees to draft standard contracts

2 3Commissions

Start-up

Income 1YEAR

Storage?

Carey, MB

Bruce DugganDirectorBullerCentre.com

Bruce DugganDirectorBullerCentre.com

Bruce DugganDirectorBullerCentre.com

bonus slide

simplified schematic of potential effects of cattail harvesting, and their integration into a

larger system of processes and effects

densifycattails

processash

transportcubes

transportash

burncubes

drycattails

growcattails

CO2

farmsgardens

lawns

“artificial” fertilizers

fossil CO2

compost

cutcattails

municipalities

agri-business

commercialkitchens

sewage

natural gas

coal

HEAT

Phosphorus& Nitrogen

lake