West Lorne Ontario Plant Updates
Update: 3rd March, 2008
BioOil Production Re-Starts at West Lorne Facility; Upgrade of Plant Completed
Pictures of BioOil production run, February 29, 2008
Update: 21st January, 2008
Commissioning has started at West Lorne with piping work and electrical work completed and instrumentation being installed and tested. Subject to plant inspections by related authorities, hot commissioning is expected to commence in early February with production to follow soon thereafter.
In preparation for start up, the 2.5 mwe cogeneration package will be inspected by Magellan Aerospace technical staff.
Dynamotive has contracts that cover the total output of the West Lorne plant and given the revenue potential this plant carries, great attention to detail is being provided to the process of completion and start-up.
Once in operation, Dynamotive will be the only company to have two commercial plants in operation producing liquid biofuels from cellulosic residues. Further, this milestone will mark the completion of capital expenditure in Guelph and West Lorne.
Update: 6th November, 2007
Guelph and West Lorne operations continue to progress as planned. Guelph operational teams are on site in preparation for training and handover of plant to Evolution Biofuels which owns and operates the plant under commercial arrangments with Dynamotive. As the Guelph plant commissioning nears completion, negotiations for the sale and supply of biofuels from Guelph and West Lorne are taking place. As well there is continued development work in connection with new potential products from our biofuels.
Dynamotive continues to make substantial progress in implementing its business plan, and is actively moving a large number of business development opportunities forward in Latin America, Canada, Europe, Australia and the U.S.
The Company will provide an update on its Guelph and West Lorne activities, including plant commissioning, biofuels marketing, and product development, when the Q3 results are filed on or before November 29th. Material facts will continue to be disclosed as they occur. All updates are subject to forward looking information disclaimers included on all Company news releases.
Update: 20th September, 2007
West Lorne progresses toward commissioning:Material changes will be made public as they occur.
Update: 22nd August, 2007
Plant upgrade continues to progress at the West Lorne site.
Mechanical:
Final alignment and leveling of mechanical equipment readying for integration and connection to existing equipment.
Installation of the primary and secondary char separation cyclones is complete.
Electrical:
Wiring for the control room electrical panel and installation of cables into the installed cable trays in progress.
Control System Programming and Upgrade:
Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) passed . Control system program ready for implementation on site.
Insulation:
Contractor on site and the insulation work on the reactor and duct has begun.
Piping:
Piping installation and fabrication in progress .
Next update: Thursday 20th September PM, PST. West Lorne updates will be provided monthly – material changes will be made public as they occur.
Update: 27th July, 2007
All foundation work on pyrolysis plant upgrade completedNext Update: Wednesday 22nd August PM PST
Update: 29th June, 2007
Foundation for reactor, heating system, nitrogen plant, char transfer unit, pneumatic feed system and char lock bins completed
Mechanical erection near completion:
Piping fabrication is in progress
Steam generation unit fabrication is in progress
Electrical and instrumentation work continues as planned
Next Update: Friday 27th July PM PST
Update: 8th June, 2007
Work continued at site in accordance to plan; with work concentrating on foundations for installation of nitrogen and other support systems
Mechanical work is progressing with duct work for reactor and burner system completed
Piping work and electrical contractors have commenced their operations at site
Generation System: Maintenance carried out – evaluation for potential capacity increase launched
The next three weeks will see completion of foundation work on pyrolysis system and installation of subsystems on site
Photographic updates will continue regularly
Next Update: Friday 29th June PM PST
Update: 1 June, 2007
Reactor and burner system: Duct work installation verified to fit. Ducts shipped to supplier for refractory insulation work to be completed
Structural work progressing with the second level structure ready to receive equipment
Nitrogen system: Nitrogen tank received and foundations laid in preparation for its installation
Char handling: Equipment received and foundations laid
Mechanical installation continues as planned
Piping contract completed
Electrical contract completed
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Next Update: Friday 8th June PM PST
Update: 25 May, 2007
Work continues steadily on integration of burner and reactor system, duct work integrating burner and combustion chamber received and being installed. Civil works and laying of foundations for new equipment progressing as scheduled. Photographic updates will continue regularly
Next update: Friday 1 June PM PST
Update: 21 May, 2007
Reactor and Burner Installation completed Sunday; Photos available in Album
Next update: Friday 25 May PM PST
Update: 18 May, 2007
Upgraded Reactor arrives on site
Next Update: Monday 21 May, 2007 PM PST
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