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Solicitation Number :

140371.OS

Solicitation Status :

Closed

Solicitation Title :

RSOI -DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMASS GASIFICATION FOR COMBINED HEAT & POWER APPLICATION

PP Name :

Oscar Santos

Phone :

916-732-5616

Email :

osantos@smud.org

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High Level Category Group(s) :

Construction/Craft Services;Material, Equipment, Supplies

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Category(s) :

Biomass Power ;Combined Heat & Power Energy ;Digester Gas Power ;Contractor, Power Plant/Gas Pipeline Turnkey Construction Contractor

Map to Bid Opening :

SMUD Headquarters

Type :

RFO - PPA (Request for Offers - Power Purchase Agreements)

Department :

Energy Supply

Broad Class :

Construction

Deadline Date:

11/26/2014

Time:

5:00 PM

Duration :

Work Location :

Sacramento, CA

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Description :

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is soliciting your interest in the
implementation of a Biomass Gasification project for CHP application in Sacramento,
California.

Objective of this RSOI: identify a qualified and experienced project developer that
will implement a Biomass Gasification project for CHP application in partnership
with SMUD and the project site host. The developer will finance, design, build, own,
and operate the project under SMUD’s grant disbursement and power purchase
agreement (PPA) requirements.
Biomass Gasification for CHP Application Overview: through passage of a
bioenergy feed-in tariff (FIT) bill (SB 1122), California has recently recognized the
benefits that small-scale bioenergy applications bring the state, such as, local,
distributed renewables generation, GHG emissions reductions, support for economic
development in urban and rural communities and local environmental benefits (e.g.,
landfill diversion, converting problem wastes into energy resources, reducing risk of
wildfire). SB 1122 will provide guaranteed funding for biomass gasification projects
smaller than 3 MW. However, this ratepayer-funded incentive is only available to
investor owned utilities (IOUs). Publicly owned utilities (POUs), such as SMUD, do
not benefit from this incentive program.

Nonetheless, SMUD wants to incentivize the development and deployment of smallscale
bioenergy projects in its service territory. SMUD has been successful in
tapping into local biomass resources to develop biomass-to-energy projects in the
Sacramento County. SMUD partnered with private and public entities to help build
4 (four) dairy digester projects, which are currently in operation, with a fifth one
under construction and a facility at the local waste water treatment plant to receive,
process and inject food waste as well as fats, oil and grease (FOG) into one of the
digesters for co-digestion with sludge, increasing biogas production (the biogas is
piped and used at SMUD’s Cosumnes combined cycle power plant). In addition,
SMUD provided support for the development of two local food waste centralized
digesters producing biogas for electricity generation and transportation fuels.
SMUD also has PPAs with the Sacramento County for the purchase of electricity
from local power plants using landfill gas as well as a PPA for power from a biomass
combustion plant located in an adjacent county.
SMUD is seeking a developer to help accelerate the demonstration and deployment
biomass gasification in the SMUD service territory. There are several successful
operating commercial gasifiers worldwide, and this technology is well suited to
utilize locally available biomass waste streams. The project would use clean wood
wastes (urban wood, forest thinning, construction and demolition debris, and
lumber mill wastes). SMUD has allocated $1.15 million from its AB-32 Cap & Trade
allowances initiative program for this project. This incentive allows SMUD to be on
par with the incentives provided to the IOUs.
SMUD does not intend to own the project. Our interest is to promote and support
the development of local biomass to energy projects using problem wastes.

Technology Requirements: a turn-key, full-scale commercial gasification system
to process primarily wood waste from resources adjacent to the project site. The
project developer and technology vendor must provide a track record of successful
technical and economic project implementation and ongoing operation. The
proposed project must be able to meet all local, state, federal and all applicable
permitting requirements.

SMUD’s Contribution: SMUD is offering the AB-32 $1.15 million funding, help
securing the project site, a long-term (e.g., 10-, 15-, 20-year) power purchase
agreement (PPA), assistance obtaining permits and assistance with grid
interconnection. 

SEE COMPLETE PROJECT DESCRIPTION IN THE RSOI DOCUMENT.

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