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Next Step focuses on all the important operational steps between the field and the fuel to make non-food biomass an affordable, reliable source of clean energy and environmentally-friendly bio-chemicals.
Next Step understands that the methods of harvesting, processing, storing, and transporting biomass make or break the economic case for using biomass to generate electricity, provide heat & power to industry, make cellulosic biofuels, or manufacture green, petro-chemical substitutes.
A New Market for Farmers
Next Step works with farmers and other biomass producers to secure long-term, price-predictable supplies for conversion into PowerPellets.
Next Step knows that without the whole-hearted buy-in of the American farmer, the full potential of biomass will never be achieved. That's why we offer a turnkey solution. We not only pay farmers for stover, but also manage the harvest, shredding, and baling of stover for free!
Next Step's Biomass Procurement Specialists work diligently to structure mutually-beneficial contracts that properly reward farmers and other biomass suppliers, keep our PowerPellet plants working at full capacity, and, most importantly, give end-users such as coal-fired power generators and bio-refiners the confidence they need to depend on biomass as a fundamental input for their businesses.
Click here to contact Next Step about contracting for your supply of biomass.
The Power of the Pellet
Next Step converts biomass into proprietary PowerPellets™ that are dense, dry, and free from binders. PowerPellets store and ship exactly like grain, which means no new material-handling infrastructure is required.
PowerPellets can be added to most coal-fired electrical plants with minimal retrofitting. And, PowerPellets perform on par with PRB (Pine River Basin) coal while at the same time reducing the coal-fired plant's overall carbon footprint as well as its SOx (sulphur oxides), NOx (nitrous oxides), and Hg (mercury) emissions:
PowerPellets can also be specifically formulated for optimal conversion to cellulosic biofuels or bio-chemicals. And, PowerPellets can be made from corn stover, wood residue, and many other forms of abundant, agri-industrial wastes.
Click here to contact Next Step about using PowerPellets to generate electricity, to provide industrial heat & power, or, as a feedstock for cellulosic biofuels or bio-chemicals.
Click here to contact Next Step about contracting for your supply of biomass.
To read more about the Next Step team, click here.
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