Interra Reciprocating Reactor for Low-Cost & Carbon Negative Bioenergy
Interra Energy, Inc.
Recipient
San Diego, CA
Recipient Location
39th
Senate District
79th
Assembly District
$1,353,332
Amount Spent
Completed
Project Status
Project Result
The project faced serious technological challenges and Interra Energy was unable to demonstrate progress towards meeting the project requirements. The Energy Commission determined that results from the bioenergy system are not satisfactory and the interim reports are technically deficient. As a result, the Energy Commission staff terminated the agreement at the August 2017 Business Meeting.
The Issue
Baseload bioenergy technologies have the potential to increase the reliability of California's energy supply, reduce the cost of renewable generation, reduce GHG emissions from the energy sector, and reduce the risk of forest fires. Current bioenergy technologies are not profitable at distributed scales. Further, the use of waste biomass resources in the state currently can have negative environmental impacts without appropriate technology and management strategy. [?[o:p][?[o:p]
Project Innovation
The purpose of this was to install and demonstrate an advanced modular bioenergy technology. The pilot-scale demonstration was intended to help determine if the performance of the technology, along with biomass co-product value creation enhancement strategy, was sufficiently powerful to overcome the affordability burdens that currently block the feasibility of distributed generation bioenergy projects in California.
Project Benefits
If successful, this project could help stabilize the grid, improve service reliability, and reduce the risk of forest fire. Advanced bioenergy systems that produce useful co-products can also reduce the cost of renewable energy procurement and mitigate the GHG impacts of energy generation.
Key Project Members
Thomas Del Monte
Subrecipients
San Diego State University Foundation
Adept Process Services
Cyth Systems
Match Partners
Interra Energy, Inc.
