One Million Worldwide

Available United States biomass represents enough annual "crude" material to responsibly sustain 140,000 XRefinery™ BOX systems.

...WORLDWIDE the volume of biomass exists to support
ONE MILLION SYSTEMS.

FACT:

According to data provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in a report produced for the U.S. Department of Energy, there is roughly 1.4 BILLION Annual Tons of biomass available in the U.S., enough to responsibly support (in the U.S. ALONE):¹

140,000 XRefinery™ BOX Systems²

or 20,000 XRefinery™ BUILT–IN Systems³

U.S. Biomass by Sector

The NREL report (referenced above), "Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion–Ton Annual Supply" (2005), further calculates, "the resources of the United States are capable of producing a sustainable (annual) supply of biomass (crop and logging residue, animal manure, etc.), sufficient to displace 30 percent or more of the country's present petroleum consumption."

U.S. Biomass Resources: 1.4 BILLION Tons/Year

Million Dry Tons per Year

Potential from Forest and Agricultural Resources (not including MSW, etc.)

Source: U.S. Department of Energy and USDA

U.S. Biomass by Region

The XRefinery™ BUILT–IN platform may be scaled in size from 500 barrels per day (bbl/day), to well over 25,000bbl/day, (60MW to 1200MW in the XElectricity™ configuration), with efficiency that is attractive regardless of sizing. Below is an illustration of the flexibility inherent in the XFuels technology platform, allowing rapid and efficient long–term deployment at a regionally–integrated level, versus the current oil industry model.

United States Biomass Resources: By County

Average U.S.
Oil Refinery
165,000
BPD
(Barrels Per Day)

XRefinery™
500 BPD
BUILT–IN System
1/300^TH size

XRefinery™ BUILT–IN Facilities (500 bbl/day) = 1/300^TH the Size of Average U.S. Oil Refinery

Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The map of the U.S. above reflects the most current study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, 2009), ⁴ and estimates the technical biomass resources (as classified by NREL), available in the United States, by county. It includes the following feedstock categories:

|1| Crop Residues (5 year average: 2003 – 2007)
|2| Forest and Primary Mill Residues (2007)
|3| Secondary Mill and Urban Wood Waste (2002)
|4| Methane Emissions from Landfills [but NOT including Municipal Solid Waste – i.e. garbage] (2008)
|5| Domestic Wastewater Treatment (2007)
|6| Animal Manure (2002)

NREL report produced for the U.S. DOE, "Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion–Ton Annual Supply" (2005), available online:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/pdfs/final_billionton_vision_report2.pdf
Assumes production volume of standard single modular capacities of 1 Million GPY (Gallons per Year) fuel, or 3.5 MW of electricity.
Assumes production volume of standard BUILT-IN single modular capacities of 500 Barrels per Day (7 Million GPY) of fuel, or 25 MW of electricity.
Biomass map (not including push pins overlay), produced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), author: Billy Roberts – September 23, 2009, for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).