PowerPellet Burn Test

Fireside performance and mercury emission evaluations of PowerPellet-Coal blends.

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Cost Comparison of PowerPellets

PowerPellets present a promising opportunity to generate cost-effective electricity using renewable crop waste.

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Charateristics of Biomass

	Heat Content -- 7,283 BTUs/lb (HHV)
	Composition (% of mass)

	Moisture		7.90
	Ash		9.05
	Volatile		63.40
	Fix Carbon		19.70
	Sulfur		0.18

Mineral Analysis of Ash (%)

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	Phosphorous Pent Oxide		24.80
	Silicon Dioxide		18.00
	Ferric Oxide		1.85
	Aluminum Oxide		2.56
	Titanium Dioxide		0.16
	Manganese Dioxide		6.93
	Calcium Dioxide		21.20
	Magnesium Oxide		2.92
	Potassium Oxide		20.80
	Sodium Oxide		0.48
	Sulfur Trioxide		2.56
	Barium Oxide		0.16
	Strontium		0.08
	Undetermined		0.80

Next Step Enters Into Renewable Fuel Co-Firing Agreement with Omaha Public Power District
Omaha, NE (July 7, 2010) — Next Step Biofuels, Inc., a Nebraska-based biomass supplier announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to test burn 2,200 tons of Next Step’s patent-pending PowerPellets™. More...

Next Step Biofuels Launches PowerPellets™
LAS VEGAS (December 7, 2009) — Next Step Biofuels, Inc., a Nebraska-based biomass supplier and manufacturer, announced today the launch of PowerPellets at the annual Power- Gen show – the world’s largest power generation trade show – in Las Vegas. More...

Next Step Biofuels Manufactures Energy-Dense PowerPellets™ from Corn Stover
OMAHA, NE (August 25, 2009) -- Next Step Biofuels, Inc., a Nebraska-based company that utilizes proprietary processes to convert non-food biomass into clean, renewable energy, announced today the successful, commercial-scale production of PowerPellets™ from corn stover at Loup Valley Alfalfa’s pelleting facilities in Burwell, Neb. More...

Next Step Biofuels Manufactures Energy-Dense PowerPellets™ from Corn Stover
OMAHA, NE (August 25, 2009) -- Next Step Biofuels, Inc., a Nebraska-based company that utilizes proprietary processes to convert non-food biomass into clean, renewable energy, announced today the successful, commercial-scale production of PowerPellets™ from corn stover at Loup Valley Alfalfa’s pelleting facilities in Burwell, Neb. More...

Energy Grains Biomass Agrees To Supply Next Step Biofuels with Corn Stover
Kearney, NE (February 17, 2009) -- Energy Grains Biomass, LLC., a Nebraska-based supplier of corn stover and other cellulosic feedstocks used to make biofuels, announced today the signing of a multi-year agreement to supply biomass to NextStep Biofuels, Inc., a cellulosic ethanol development company. More...

NextStep Biofuels signs a 20-year feedstock agreement with the Price Companies
Omaha, NE (January 13, 2009) -- NextStep Biofuels, Inc., an Omaha-based cellulosic ethanol development company, has signed a 20-year feedstock procurement contract with Arkansas-based wood processing giant, The Price Companies. More...

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