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ENERGY PRODUCTS OF IDAHO PROVIDES A FLUIDIZED BED CONVERSION TO AN EXISTING GRATE BOILERFor Immediate Release Contact: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho USA, September 2006 . . . Energy Products of Idaho (EPI), a leading provider of solid fuel energy systems, has provided the technology for the conversion of an existing grate boiler to an advanced technology fluidized bed staged gasifier. EPI supplied the system to a confidential client on the east coast. The contract includes the design and supply of the fluidized bed gasifier, the interface design between the new fluidized bed gasifier bottom and the existing boiler, and the proprietary automated bed cleaning and recycling system. Converting the boiler from an older boiler combustion technology, such as a grate system, to a state-of-the-art fluidized bed gasifier allows the host facility to be classified as a "New Renewable Generating Unit" under Massachusetts regulations. With this classification the facility is eligible to sell "Renewable Energy Certificates" enhancing the value of the energy produced. EPI's fluidized bed technology offers excellent operating characteristics and superior performance while providing a method of extracting usable energy from a wide variety of fuels. EPI has been supplying fluidized bed energy systems for thirty-three years and has nearly 100 installations worldwide. Specializing in converting difficult waste products into usable forms of energy, EPI has more fluidized bed systems operating on a wider variety of fuels than any other supplier. EPI has twice received Power Magazine's prestigious "Power Plant of the Year" award for facilities in the USA. EPI is proud to be selected to provide the advanced state-of-the-art technology for the modernization of this facility.
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