Some years ago I worked for a large US engineering company that built
all sorts of complicated systems. One of the things they did very well
was "lessons learnt". At the end of a project the project engineers were
given time to put together documents describing what worked, what
didn't, what tools had been built for the project, new techniques
developed etc This information was stored in a central repository and
made available for future projects. This stuff was an incredibly
valuable resource as it saved engineering project managers large amounts
of time and money.
There have been a number of spectacular failures in the area of
innovative biomass energy systems. I've found various bits and pieces on
the WWW including this list that give some insight into what has gone
wrong. But it's not clear that the lessons from the failed systems are
being used to inform new plant development.
Does anyone know of an academic or authoritative government report that
collates and presents information and analysis on what hasn't worked at
places like Range Fuels? This would be a very useful aid for investors
or governments asked to support innovative biomass energy projects. A
reasonable question for a proponent of a new system would be how their
system avoids the problems experienced by previous plants
Cheers
David
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