Second Generation Biofuel – Waste to Energy
The amount of municipal waste generated in a country is related to the rate of
urbanisation, the types and patterns of consumption, household revenue and
lifestyles. While municipal waste is only one part of total waste generated in each
country, its management and treatment often absorbs more than one third of
the public sector's financial efforts to abate and control pollution.
2 SWOT Analysis
10 Operational Efficiency
11 Appendices
19 Required Reading
Prepared by Frank Alfieri
July 20, 2013
Updated August 6, 2014

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Process Re-organization – Are your processes leaking valuable dollars?
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Strengths
Second Generation Biofuels
 Feedstock Advantage (Municipal Solid Waste)
 Zero cost of cultivation, land use, and transport (compared to corn and sugarcane)
(Forward to appendix 1)
 Negative Value based on tipping fees in waste management
 Collection and transportation infrastructure already in place
 Classified as advanced biofuel; hence no competition for government subsidies
 Cost profile of feedstock will allow companies to compete with a massively scaled
energy commodities like oil
 Feedstock readily available and growing in urbanized economies
(Forward to Appendix 3)

Strengths
Second Generation Biofuels
 Technology
 Proprietary technology for advanced biofuels through gasification and pyrolysis
 Over 3700 hours operation of pilot facility (Sherbrooke)
 Technology does not require the use arable land to produce feedstock
 Buy in from both ends (major players) of the supply chain

Strengths
Second Generation Biofuels
 Industrialization – Economic Development
 Reducing dependance on oil (Local fuel in your tank)
 Creating business value (fuel and intermediates) from a dormant commodity
 Lower demand for landfilling sites (disposal and maintenance costs)
 Implementation of new local industry (prod. of advanced biofuels)
 Direct contribution for meeting local “renewable fuels standards”
 Reduce costs for local governments in waste management

Strengths
Second Generation Biofuels
 Environmental
 Net energy efficiency gains
 Contributions to “Green” environmental plans
 Partner with local public interests and governments
 Reduction of CO2 footprint
 Less methane from landfill
 Cleaner emissions than fossil based fueled vehicles
 Reduction of GHG (greenhouse gas emissions)

Weaknesses
 Ethanol consumption rates; Will they be sustainable?
 Subsidies may be required to compete with fossil fuels
 Market penetration for Middle East?
 Diversion rates for waste recycling may reduce feedstock availability
 US Market
 US Dept of Energy grant ($50m) will sunset in 2015
 Limited technology pathways when compared to oil
 Although renewable in its sources, MSW is still an inferior feedstock in its
heterogeneous composition

Opportunities
 Waste Management Partnerships
 Promote technology to waste management companies
 Environmental Solutions
 Target financing from Environmental Solutions companies by promoting green
technology
 Standardization
 Maximize standardization of modular processing manufacturing facilities to
leverage “economies of scale”
 Streamline costs by optimizing efficiency through value engineering of
manufacturing facility “MRO” (maintenance, repair, and overhaul)
 Emerging Technologies (future applications)
 Productively promote the use of intermediate commodities and ethanol to keep the
demand curve in a positive value state

Opportunities
 International Expansion Strategy
 Study world markets based on:
 Potential to produce waste (and challenges for managing it)
(Appendix 4) (Appendix 4A)
 Consumption of Ethanol
(Appendix 5)
 Legislation on renewable fuels initiatives
 Waste management and recycling practices
 Sustainable Materials Management Lifecycles
(Appendix 7)
 Oil Export / Import net balances
Target net import nations to reduce deficits
(Appendix 6)

Threats
 Supplier Contractual Agreements (Legal)
 Effectively manage the risk associated with IP (Intellectual Property)
 Technology; Engineering Drawings
 Keep gasification and WtE pyrolysis technology proprietary
 Oil & Gas Companies (Industrial)
 May want to buy into emerging technologies for renewable fuels
 Threat to their business model
 Commodity Spreads (Market based)
 Market watch for evaluation of base commodity (MSW)
 Market watch for output commodities (intermediaries and ethanol)
 Competitive Landscape (Technological)
 Consumer home based ethanol production units (Efuel microfueler)
 Industry competition (Ineos BIO; Coskata; Fiberight, etc)
 Alternative green energy sources (Solar; Wind; Hydro;Geothermal)

Operational Efficiency
 Use Advanced Diagnostics for modular equipment and controls
 Data management for plant operations
 Manage input, process, and output
 Monitor plant efficiency for every occurance of MRO
 Use Diagnostic Data to Secure Service Contracts
 Main supplier contracts should include long term service contracts
 Leverage data analytics to revert maintenance risk to suppliers
 Calculate costs for both scheduled and unscheduled events
 Negotiate long term “cost per hour” contracts
 Parts Availability and Logistics
 Optimize plant operations with MRO savings initiatives
 Negotiate “fill rates” for serviceable components
 Negotiate “spare parts” pricing at contract outset to save costs upfront

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Appendix 1
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Appendix 2
University of Manitoba study
Pratt & Whitney emerging technologies
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Appendix 3
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Appendix 4
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Appendix 4A
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Appendix 5
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World Ethanol Consumption Map

Appendix 6
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Appendix 7
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Second Generation Biofuels
Required Reading
University of Waterloo_Environment
Energy and the Economic Values of Non Recycled Plastics
The Conference Board of Canada
Ethanol`s Potential Contribution to Canada`s Transportation Sector
US Department of Energy
Municipal Solid Waste to Liquid Fuels Synthesis
Availability of Feedstock Technology
OECD Policy Review
Green Growth Policy Brief

For business consulting advisory services and/or a more detailed analysis of your
industry specific Supply Chain please contact me at :
frank.alfieri@videotron.ca
Services include in depth analysis of your business and industry with unbiased advice to
analyze and optimize your industry specific challenges.
Custom Services Include:
Business Assessment – Measures business health and positioning.
Big Data – Are you making the most use of your data streams?
Data Integrity Evaluation – Is your IT system giving you the right numbers?
Data Intelligence Analytics – Extracting Business Value – What is your data worth?
Data Management at Project Implementation - Is your data as clean as possible?
Supply Chain Analysis and Optimization – Are you running a lean operation?
Market Research Intelligence Services – What is the industry doing?
White Paper Research and Intelligence – What information is important?
Competitor and Industry Analysis – What are your competitors doing?
Process Re-organization – Are your processes leaking valuable dollars?
Powerpoint Summaries – Present with confidence and clarity.
The information format that has been consolidated and reported in this document is
Copyrighted. For publishing or usage rights please contact Frank Alfieri.

Second Generation Biofuel – Waste to Energy
Prepared by Frank Alfieri
July 20, 2013
Updated August 6, 2014
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