N-Viro International
Technolgies: N-Viro Soil · N-Viro BioDry · N-Viro BioBlend · N-Viro Fuel
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N-Viro Investor Relations Fact Sheet
Company Overview
N-Viro International uses innovative patented technology to process wastewater biosolids and organic waste from municipal and industrial customer and converts them to environmentally beneficial agriculture and energy fuel products. The N-Viro processes and products provides sustainable solutions to the waste treatment, agriculture and energy production industries that are both scalable and have positive environmental impact. N-Viro International operates processing facilities independently and in partnership with municipalities and energy producers. N-Viro International provides compelling investment growth opportunity while addressing today’s energy and environmental concerns.
N-Viro Fuel
N-Viro Fuel™ is a patented biomass fuel that has the physical and chemical characteristics of coal. N-Viro fuel is created from municipal biosolds and other organic wastes such as livestock manure, food waste and paper pulp sludge by-products. The resultant product is blended with coal or petroleum product and burned as a coal substitute in coal fired plants. The blended fuels perform well compared to coal alone; air emissions were below regulatory limits, and the boiler performed normally. An additional advantage of the waste biomass-derived fuel is the ammonia that is released from the wastes in the process. This ammonia is available to be used as a substitute for ammonia or urea for NOx removal. The biofuel provides cost effective solution that has a positive environmental impact.
N-Viro Fuel presents a compelling business opportunity for N-Viro International with multiple revenue streams and cost savings. N-Viro international benefits on both sides of the equation:- (1) WASTE DISPOSAL: fees generated from the pick-up, trucking and disposal of waste ie gate fees.
- (2) ENERGY GENERATION: power generation revenue, renewable and carbon credits and cost savings where more costly fuels are displaced.
N-Viro Fuel also provides environmental benefits by providing a lower sulfur content fuel for coal fired plants and goal of lower future carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) emissions reduction.
N-Viro Soil
The N-Viro Soil is a patented process for the treatment and recycling of bio-organic wastes combined with alkaline by-products produced other industries. The N-Viro Process has been commercially utilized for the recycling of wastewater sludge from municipal wastewater treatment facilities. N-Viro Soil produced according to the N-Viro Process specifications is an "exceptional quality" sludge product meeting regulatory standards.
The N-Viro Process involves mixing the wastewater sludge with an alkaline admixture and then subjecting the mixture to a controlled period of storage, mechanical turning and accelerated drying in which a blending of the sludge and the alkaline admixture occurs. The N-Viro Process stabilizes and pasteurizes the wastewater sludge, reduces odors to acceptable levels, neutralizes or immobilizes various toxic components and generates N-Viro Soil™, a product which has a granular appearance similar to soil and has multiple commercial uses. These uses include agricultural lime, soil enrichment,, topsoil blend , landfill cover and filter, and land reclamation.
Patents
N-Viro International has over 15 patents in these areas:
- Processes utilizing heat and mineral adsorption to stabilize and pasteurize bioorganic raw or treated wastewater sludge
- Combining N-Viro process with mechanical drying and composting
- Utilization of mineral byproducts to control combustion of organic waste materials. Blending of N-Viro Fuel with petroleum coke and waste coal
- Method for treating ammonia containing organic waste
- Method for treating various organic wastes to destroy pathogens, reduce noxious odors, and immobilize water-soluble pollutants
- Processes and Systems for using biomineral by-products as a fuel and for NOx removal at coal burning power plants. Utilization of N-Viro Soil to create bio-organic product capable of direct use with coal as alternative fuel
- Processes and systems are providedfor using biomineral by-products as a fuel and for NOx removal at coal burning power plants
Growth Opportunity
- Confluence of the expanded environmental awareness and regulatory standards with the increased energy need and associated costs
- N-Viro is compensated by both the supplier of raw materials and the user of end products (Soil, Fuel)
- Partnering Business Model:
- (1) Municipal Waste Treatment Facilities
- (2) Coal Power Generating Utilities
- Stringent regulation directed at treated waste disposal
- EPA and Clean Air Act emission Standards
- Renewable and carbon credits
There is a need for a solution to address expanded regulatory standards for waste water disposal and power plant emission. N-Viro International provides the cost effective solution.
- Coal Burning Power Generator Plants produce 56 percent of the United States electricity
- There are 16,800 Municipal Waste Water Treatment Facilities in the United States
N-VIRO INTERNATIONAL HAS THE SCALABLE COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TODAY
FEATURED PROJECTS
Florida N-Viro
N-Viro International is engaged in substantial expansion of the Daytona Florida operations of Florida N-Viro LLP. N-Viro International announced the award of biosolids disposal contract from the city of Port Orange, Florida.
N-Viro International is in further negotiations that upon completion will substantially increase the operations of the Daytona Florida facilities.
N-Viro's patented processes use lime and/or mineral-rich, combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize, immobilize and convert wastewater sludge and other bio-organic wastes into biomineral agricultural and soil-enrichment products with market value.
Michigan State University
N-Viro announced significant progress on the development of its patented biomass fuel, N-Viro Fuel™, an alternative fuel using biosolids. The technology has physical and chemical characteristics similar to coal and is created from municipal bio-solids. Test conducted at MSU's coal fired plant were conducted by Black & Veatch which is the Worlds' leading engineering, consulting firms for the coal industry.
N-Viro and Michigan State University have subsequently entered into a term sheet to conduct further engineering and analysis to facilitate a long-term arrangement for the design, build and operation of an N-Viro Fuel™ facility adjacent to the T.B. Simon Power Plant. Using the proprietary N-Viro Fuel™ process would provide a renewable supplemental fuel source -- which is cleaner burning than coal. N-Viro Fuel classification as a renewable energy low sulfur will allow the fuel to be eligible for Renewable Energy Credits which can be applied for Carbon Offsets thus allowing compliance with new clean air legislation.
The technology will establish N-Viro's industrial services company as a rapid-growth company which links together two billion dollar municipal industries, the municipal waste treatment industry and the municipal and public electric generation service industry which are powered by coal fired plants across the United States.
Renewable Energy Certificates
N-Viro Fuel™ qualifies as a renewable energy source under the renewable energy certificate program.
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), also known as Green tags, Renewable Energy Credits, or Tradable Renewable Certificates (TRCs), are tradable environmental commodities that represent proof that 1 megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity was generated from an eligible renewable energy resource. These certificates can be sold and traded and the owner of the REC can claim to have purchased renewable energy. While traditional carbon emission trading programs promote low-carbon technologies by increasing the cost of emitting carbon, RECs can incentivize carbon-neutral renewable energy by providing a production subsidy to electricity generated from renewable sources.