ZERE | Zero Emissions Renewable Energy

Clean Efficient Power Generation

ZERE Receives Funding from The International Copper Association

August 24, 2011 Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA, Following a selective technology proposal process, ZERE has been selected to receive funding from the International Copper Association, Ltd. (ICA) to support research pertaining to a ZERE biomass-to-energy ...

Zero Emissions

ZERE delivers custom biomass-to-energy solutions with zero emissions. Waste CO₂ is captured, liquefied, and sold to industries that use CO₂, such as bottlers. CO₂ can also be sequestered.

Recycle Biomass

ZERE recycles biomass waste that would be disposed in landfills – woody waste, forest residues, and agricultural residues. In California, there are over 31 million bone dry tons per year of available biomass waste – a 40,000 gigawatt per year of fuel potential!

Reduce Landfill

ZERE combined heat and/or power generation is revolutionary in energy production. While solar, wind, and water-powered solutions also provide clean energy; only ZERE biomass reclamation reduces the problem of storing day-to-day organic waste.

Reduce Operating Costs

Using biomass waste as fuel, the ZERE plant generates on-site heat and/or power for waste aggregators, eliminating their need to purchase energy to run operations. ZERE creates a cheap stable energy source for heat and power, reduces waste, eliminates dumping costs, and produces no emissions.

Selling captured CO₂ to drink bottlers increases ZERE’s net...

Global Benefits

ZERE plants contribute positively to the global environment by 1) producing a new type of renewable energy using a small footprint, 2) NOT producing the greenhouse gas emissions of traditional biomass plants, 3) reducing biomass waste by efficiently converting organic waste into energy, and 4) reducing industrial carbon footprint.

Produce Energy

ZERE technology produces heat and/or electric distributed power without emissions. The ZERE plant oxidizes biomass fuel with a solid-state oxygen carrier, yielding steam to drive a turbine for power generation.

ZERE’s biomass waste-to-energy plants operate around the clock, using only 1% of the space required by solar or wind for the same power produced.

Opportunity

ZERE (Zero Emissions Renewable Energy) will produce energy from tree/plant clippings, paper waste, and construction debris – whether it is recyclable or destined for landfills. ZERE plants convert this biomass waste into combined heat and power (CHP) with zero emissions.

Market Potential

ZERE converts biomass waste – landfill woody waste, forest residues, and agricultural residues, into renewable energy without emissions. ZERE’s target market is 1-10 MW industrial energy users in states with electricity costs of greater than 9 cents per kWh, e.g. California,

Technology

The ZERE solution uses biomass waste such as wood, paper and grass clippings, or biorefinery waste as fuel for our patent pending process, which then feeds into an off the shelf power generation cycle to produce on-site combined heat and power. The system has inherent CO₂ liquefaction and