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by possiblyburrito 1 day ago
Congrats on breaking ground. Curious about the electricity input side. Reforming is endothermic, so I assume the unit has a meaningful power draw. At a wastewater plant, do you run off the facility's existing service or do you need a utility upgrade, and can the unit ramp with power prices or does the catalyst want steady state? Asking because at small sites the electrical interconnection can quietly become the long pole even when the gas is free.
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Great question! Thanks for asking :)

The power draw is meaningful but from our ASPEN simulations it is not as crazy as you would expect. So far all of the utilities we have spoken to have the power capabilities to host us on their sites without any upgrades. We do intend to operate at steady state. Naturally, we are still targeting states with low industrial electricity prices to lower this aspect of our cost.