Potential for Electrification from Biomass Gasification in Vanuatu

Barry Fischer

USA New Zealand Iceland

Energy in Vanuatu

GasifierA Biomass Gasifier

Delivering Rural Electricity

Demand

Who?

How much?

Where?

Delivering Rural Electricity

Demand

Who?

How much?

Where?

Where?

How much?

Supply

Electricity Demand and Supply

Demand Supply

How?andAt what Cost?

Answering the QuestionsExperts

ni-Vanuatu Villagers

Government

Industry

Demand:Who and How Much?

Villages (10 kW)

Schools (30 kW)

Town Grid (>50 kW)

Demand: Where?

Supply

Supply: Where and How Much ?

Cassis CordiaCassis

Loltong: 90 HH, >70 ha Cordia

Ipota: 33 HH, >1385 ha Cordia

Dillions Bay:53 HH, >41 ha Cordia

Matching Demand to Supply

“HH” = Households----“ha” = Hectares

At what Cost? PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Per-Unit Cost of Electricity

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.600000000000001

0.700000000000001

0.8 0.9 1$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50$2.00$2.50$3.00$3.50$4.0010 kW Diesel vs. 10 kW Gasifier

Capacity Factor

$/kWh of electricity

PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Per-Unit Cost of Electricity

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.600000000000001

0.700000000000001

0.8 0.9 1$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50$2.00$2.50$3.00$3.50$4.0010 kW Diesel vs. 10 kW Gasifier

Capacity Factor

$/kWh of electricity

Diesel

Gasifier

PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Per-Unit Cost of Electricity

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.600000000000001

0.700000000000001

0.8 0.9 1$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50$2.00$2.50$3.00$3.50$4.0010 kW Diesel vs. 10 kW Gasifier

Capacity Factor

$/kWh of electricity

Diesel

Gasifier

How?

Tankyu Tumas!