Timetable - What we plan to do over the next couples of years

Currently to end of 2011

Constructing 5 l/d demonstration of carbon dioxide from air plus hydrogen from water combined together to make transport fuels. This project will be available for viewing from October 2011.

First 3 years, 2012 - 2015

a) Demonstration projects:

Using grant and partner funding along with key strategic partners to develop intermediate scale demonstrations and new technologies. Objective: To provide access to new technology and entry into markets. 

b) Technology development:

To progress from the original 5l/d demonstration unit until the technology is robust and commercially ready to be installed on projects. Objective: To develop commercially ready technology.

This will involve:

i) Scaling up and designing for minimum operator and maintenance time. Possibly developing a small scale project of 1 – 10 tonnes per day.

ii) Designing optimum sized units and developing, engineering and manufacturing techniques.

iii) Integrating all the system components, tuning for optimum performance, and developing control systems.

iv) Productising individual components or whole systems for independent retail e.g. containerised fuel systems and CO2 capture and release technology.

v) Developing a range of commercial agreements with technology partners.

vi) Exploit agreements with fuel technology companies by establishing non fossil CO2 projects.

c) Project development:

Promote and raise funds for the first main projects. Objective: To prepare detailed proposals and attract funding.

i) Undertake commercial opportunity assessment taking in market, technology, and geographic options.

ii) Develop detailed engineering studies, estimates, and plans,

iii) Undertake commercial and system modeling to determine optimum product mix.

iv) To prepare a full techno / economic proposals.

v) Undertake project marketing, raise funding and identify project partners.

d) Commercial development:

Develop the technology supply chain and the company's ability to resource commercial and technical aspects of the business. Objective: To establish commercial partners and adequately resource the business.

i) Develop a long term business plan.

ii) Either identify existing companies, or establish companies, to develop and manufacture high volumes of hydrogen electrolysers, CO2 release electrolysers, gas storage, and fuel manufacturing units.

iii) Recruit up to 50 technical and commercially skilled people.

iv) Develop licensing portfolio.

 Intermediate plan – years 4 to 8

a) Implement the first fuels business project.

b) Expand the "non fossil CO2 to fuel" business.

c) Marketing individual technologies e.g. CO2 capture, fuels processing.

d) Marketing containerised fuel systems into the demonstration market.

e) Develop business plan and raise finance for follow on fuels projects.

f) Continue technological and supply chain developments.

Medium term plan years - years 9 to 13

a) Operate, or sell, the first fuels project.

b) Continue to grow the non fossil CO2 business.

c) International development of individual technologies and containerised systems.

d) Implement secondary fuels projects.

e) Develop business plans and raise finance for further fuels projects.

Long term plan – year 13 (2025) onwards

a) Implement further fuel projects ( taking total fuel production to 10 million tonnes per year)