Village Hub, Suliwesi, Indonesia – Apr. 2012
The Masarang Foundation Integrated a PP10 Power Pallet into their sustainable Village Hub system for palm sugar harvesting on the Island of Suliwesi in Indonesia. This pilot project is located next to a palm sugar factory which uses waste geothermal heat from a 35 MW geothermal plant to dry and prepare palm sugar. This sugar is prepared from the sap of the Arenga Palm which can be processed into sugar and ethanol. The Arenga palm can grow on poor soils, allowing deforested areas to be reforested, acting as a nurse tree to re-introduce more diverse species. The Village Hub concept is to……
APL in the News: West Africa tour
APL has been on the road of late, doing demonstrations and installations in West Africa and elsewhere. We’ve come home to a pile of newspaper clippings, here are a few […]
Gasification Workshop Weekend Aug 9-11: APL 5th Anniversary Celebration, AR training, Reports from the field
Gasification PowerExchange Workshop #13: August 9-11, 2013Gasification Workshop Weekend: APL 5th Anniversary Celebration, AR training, Reports from the field. Gasification Lecture and Demo: Friday, 4:00-6:00PMAPL 5th Birthday Party: Friday, 7:00-10:00pmHands-on […]
APL in the Field: Powertainer install at UNM Morris
Bear Kaufmann, Jeff Tiedeken and Jim Mason are at University of Minnesota, Morris this week installing the Powertainer and setting it up for its initial runs onsite. This has been […]
APL in the Field: Indonesia Report
Yoav and I just returned from a trip to Indonesia to help with the set up and operational instruction for 2 Power Pallets there. They are being integrated into a […]
FREE! Gasifier Workshop Weekend: Oct 23-25
Gasification PowerExchange Workshop #6: GEK Building and 10kw Genset Configuration Gasification Lecture and Demo: Friday, October 23, 7:30-9:30PM Building and Testing: Saturday and Sundday, October 24-25, 11am – 7pm Location: […]
APL called “leader in putting syngas to work,” plus: GEK conquers the Rockies!
Hello everyone, here’s the latest news from All Power Labs on our work with gasification and biochar. We got some great news coverage, better assembly and first fire instructions, more […]
How Gasification Works: The Basics Explained
I’m trying to figure out how to better explain the basics of gasification. This is hard, as many of you know. So I’m trying to relate it to things that […]
Tar vs Soot testing: Soluble separation method
Bear Kaufmann finished another run on the GEK test and datalogging rig and posted the results here: http://gekgasifier.pbworks.com/Instrumented-Walnut-Shell-Run-082409. This wiki page has a large collection of graphs and other data […]
10% off all Gasifiers and Gasifier Parts: End of Summer Sale
Put a gasifier in your Baja beach cabana. Or in your back-to-school backpack. Yes, it’s the first ever (and maybe annual) APL “End of Summer / Back to School 10% […]