Using a practical example: A pelletisation company drives from point A to point B and has to drive over 50 km (one way) to pick up log-housing waste materials. The company also drives from point A to point C which is a (one way) 70 km journey to pick up waste wood from a company that produces timber structures. This means that 240 km worth of fuel is wasted which is a significant cost to any business especially as they have to do this on a regular basis. Furthermore, when there are no more raw materials within the 100km. supply sphere, then you are in a very difficult financial position. Because your plant is stationary, hauling raw materials beyond the 100km. point will be uneconomic.
- The MPF can produce wood pellets where the raw material is, including forests where waste has accumulated through logging, maturation and similar activities, therefore eliminating the need to drive long distances which is a significant cost, increasingly so as a result of rising oil prices.
The main sources of raw materials today for pelletisation plants are from wood-industry companies as well as farms. Moreover, organic waste can now also be pelletised therefore opening up even more sources of supply for the MPF which means cheaper feedstock, higher profit margins and new entrants.
- The MPF gives companies the freedom to produce pellets where the feedstock is therefore making operations efficient, reducing costs significantly and de-risking your business. Once a stationary pelletisation factory runs out of raw materials to gather within its 100 km supply sphere, it will become uneconomic to drive out of the supply sphere and bring the feedstock back. This problem is set to deepen because from one side the demand for wood-pellets is increasing at a steady rate and the other oil prices are rising - The MPF solves this problem.
- The MPF also condenses all the processes that a £12,000,000(10t/h) stationary plant does in to a far more efficient form that requires circa. £750,000.
- The MPF recycles its heat energy for drying so that there will be no extra cost which equals a cost saving of ca. £145,000+ per year.
- For a stationary factory you first have to get building permission and if and when you get it, construction will take over a year to get built whereas the MPF can be bought quickly and cheaply.
- The Payback period for a stationary plant is circa 4-5 years.
- The Payback for the MPF is 1 year.