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Reinhardt: Charm's capex per ton is under half of state-of-the-art pyrolysis plants
“If we look at the capex, for example, of our system today on a, Per dollars capex per ton basis, and compare it to, say, like, state-of-the-art pyrolysis facilities, we are already less than half of that cost on, on a dollar per capex basis, and that will decl…”
Reinhardt: US corn generates roughly 400 megatons of unused stover annually
“There's about 90, ninety-five million acres of corn grown in the US every year. There's order magnitude four dry tons of stover per year on each of those on each of those acres, and so, you know, you're, Just on corn stover, you're looking at 400 megatons of a…”
Reinhardt: Abengoa Hugoton failed due to $120/ton biomass transport costs
“Abingoa Hugotin was a huge cellulosic ethanol plant that failed in Western Kansas because they were trans, transporting their biomass, 50 to a hundred miles. They expected to pay maybe 60 dollars a ton. They found, in fact, that they were paying, like, north o…”
Reinhardt: Wildfire thinning wood biomass often has 50% water content
“Wood can easily be 50% water if it's young growth and, you know, hasn't aged for a year post cutting. So when you look at like wildfire thinnings, for example oftentimes we get wood that's in the 50% range. And there, yeah, it sucks, because half of what you'r…”