A Bahamian company has submitted a proposal to the government to provide a low-cost, alternative form of renewable energy to The Bahamas, which it claims can reduce costs for power generation by 50 percent on average.
Attorney Craig Butler said his company Alternative Energy Solutions is able to provide 150 megawatts of alternative energy supply to The Bahamas through its patented proprietary technology – the ZE1100 Power Box – which comes as a self-contained, one-megawatt unit in a forty-foot container.
The technology was developed by UK-based Jen Energy, which utilizes an E-Drive prime mover with initial activation energy coming from an advanced compound reaction process.
The business proposal for Jen Energy noted that after the activation period, the E-Drive would remain energized for 8,800 hours, enabling the ZE1100 to provide consistent electricity at intervals of 365 days without refueling.
In a letter to the Office of the Prime Minister, dated March 10, Butler and his partners Robert Dorsett and Arthur Monro, of Wind Solutions Canada, offered to transport a demonstration unit to The Bahamas for two weeks so that the government and its technical experts may observe the technology.
“The reason why I put a proposal in is, I don’t feel as though any of our political parties including the present government are paying attention to the energy sector like they ought too. The energy sector in my humble estimation is the one area in which we can gain from economically in the very short term,” Butler said during correspondence with Guardian Business.
“The centerpiece of my energy proposal is that we can have 150 megawatts up and running in various parts of the country within one year, as each of the units is a self-contained, one-megawatt unit in a 40-foot container, so just imagine the possibilities, we can go all through the country to the remote areas and bring light. It’s being sold at $.14 per kilowatt hour and that’s inclusive of maintenance.”
Butler said his company is willing to take on the full risk of such an investment, using its own teams to commission the units. The company stated its technology could cut the cost currently associated with running diesel engines to provide electricity in half.
“Jen Energy’s sweet spot is to win business away from large 500-1000 kilovolt-ampere diesel generators operating 24/7, as our ‘charge out’ fees per kilowatt hour (KWH) are 50 percent of the average ‘run through’ costs of using high volume diesel generators (averaged over a 12-month period running 24/7),” the business proposal states.
“Having stated this, if the requirement is for multiple ZE1100 Power Boxes to top up a failing grid, where there is an expected cap to the price per KWH paid, then with total transparency by the grid operator or end user, we can strategically place The ZE1100 Power Box where they are required, thus eliminating the need for expensive transmission lines (and their continued maintenance). The Jen Energy team is very technical and entrepreneurial, we want new business and we expect this to be a win-win for all parties.”
The company’s business proposal states there would be free training for Bahamians to undertake future work on the technology and depending on the end user, the connection may be to the grid and/or only to the location requiring the power.
“The ZE1100 Power Box is rated to produce consistent power, the energy compounds need replacement every two years and this is undertaken by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The procedure for replacing the energy compounds is identical to that used for a mobile phone battery or an electric car battery. The compounds are internally housed – similar to that of car batteries and/or large industrial photocopying ink cartridges – and it is impossible to have any leakage into the environment. The compounds are housed within fire-rated vaults (within the ZE1100 Power Box container) which is not accessible to any ground personnel outside of selected OEM engineers,” the business proposal states.
“There is zero radiation or dangerous emissions off or from the energy compounds during the 30-year life cycle of the ZE1100 Power Box container. Once the commissioned ZE1100 Power Boxes have completed their site acceptance tests at the customer location under the agreed power purchase agreement, Jen Energy is immediately charging for the maximum power output of the ZE1100 Power Box using an independent power meter provided by the end user. There are multiple systems – electrical, mechanical and security systems – housed within the ZE1100 Power Box and these are monitored in real time by Jen Energy.”
Jen Energy states that the ZE1100 Power Box’scomputer systems are custom built and are housed within a tamper-proof, temperature-controlled vault that has been used for military operations and extreme remote locations around the world.
The company explained that the raw materials within the vault are a combination of multiple rare-earth compounds, including lithium and lubricant graphite; and the custom-made, sealed compound containers are sourced and assembled from various outsourced factories in China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Africa.
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