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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> June 5, 2008 <br /> Approved August 7, 2008 <br /> Norwood states we would like to leave the pipeline along the railroad tracks . Is that <br /> not what you are going to do ? <br /> Sallach states that the routing is still being looked at. <br /> Spire adds that routing is a major decision still being looked at and costs of various <br /> easements are being evaluated . <br /> Norwood asks if the gas will be used for heat in addition to electricity . <br /> Sallach states that it will be used to generate electricity and some heat recovery <br /> equipment on the generator set but until you have a load you can use it for, it will be <br /> primarily for electricity . <br /> Pollock states that if the location of the generator set is at the Homestead substation <br /> area, what is going to happen to the waste heat until there is a heating load ? Will it <br /> just dump the heat? Is a pipeline to capture the waste heat going to be built? <br /> Sallach states that that is something that will have to be evaluated by Duke Power . <br /> Pollock states that this generator set will never go at Carolina North . <br /> Barner of UNC [or perhaps Watts] states that the initial plan is this would go adjacent <br /> to Homestead substation . We have another project that' s going to send some <br /> electricity from this substation to Carolina North starting right away to the facilities <br /> on Airport Dr . So this will power Carolina North . <br /> Pollock notes that the prospect of co-generation of power and heat from this project is <br /> therefore limited . <br /> Barner agrees at this time . <br /> Tipton says this brings electrical power to Airport Drive facilities . <br /> Sallach goes on to describe the gas generation rates that will start at 300-400 cfm and <br /> then will decline . This provides from 750 to 1 , 000 kilowatts . The demand at the <br /> Airport Drive complex is about 1200 kW and this will average 600 kW . From a GHG <br /> reduction level it' s the equivalent of 39, 000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year <br /> based on destruction of the methane and its global warming potential . <br /> Sassaman asks if it' s fair to say that the carbon offsets are a prime motivator for the <br /> University ? <br /> 9 <br />