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CoalSwitch Full-Scale Reactor Test Completed
CoalSwitch Full-Scale Reactor Test Completed.
About this update from Active Energy Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6371A Active Energy Group PLC 02 January 2018 \n\nActive Energy Group Plc / EPIC: AEG / Sector: Alternative Energy\n2 January 2018\n Active Energy Group Plc ('Active Energy', 'the Company' or 'the Group')\nUpdate re Revolutionary CoalSwitch™ Plant; Initial Full-Scale Reactor Test Completed\n \nActive Energy, the London quoted international biomass based renewable energy and forestry management business, is pleased to announce that the first testing of the five-tonne-per-hour CoalSwitch™ plant in Utah, United States ('the Plant') was successfully completed late on Friday 29 December 2017. The initial results met all management expectations and further testing will continue this week. \n \nThe plant is now undergoing full commissioning which Active Energy expects to complete in the next several weeks, which will enable the Company to deliver commercial quantities of CoalSwitch™, its revolutionary fuel that that can be mixed in any ratio with coal fines or completely replace coal in existing coal-fired power stations, without retrofit, globally.\n \nThe first successful firing of the full-scale reactors proves that the technology is scalable to full commercial production and reinforces that the proven science developed represents a disruptive force for the global biomass industry. The next stage will be to complete commercial orders for CoalSwitch™, including the first order to a full-scale coal-fired power plant in Utah, USA. \n \nThe Plant has been constructed on a modular basis allowing further scale-up to larger plant sizes giving greater volumes of production which Active Energy currently expects to be no smaller than 10 tonne per hour plants. In addition, the Company's decision to construct the entire Plant in a containerised format allows for demounting and moving to global locations at short notice meaning that CoalSwitch™ plants can be located near to sources of wood waste or forestry residuals wherever they may be found.\n \nMichael Rowan Active Energy Non-Executive Chairman said, \"The first successful test firing of the Plant proves the technology and scalability of production. Our u...