Upcoming Powertainer PT150 Preview
The ALL Power Labs 150kW Powertainer is a compact and cost-optimized biomass power generation system, enclosed within a standard 20’ shipping container. The system is fully automated and complete: from biomass hopper, gasifier and gas filtering, to engine, generator and electrical output control – all within the shipping container envelope. The goal is a total-system-in-a box, drop it off the truck and go – no onsite construction required.
The Powertainer was originally developed as part of a US Dept of Energy project with the University of Minnesota, Morris, Cummins Power, and the Diesel Research Lab of U of Minnesota, Twin Cities. On January 23, 2015, All Power Labs received a $2M USD grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to begin work on commercializing the Powertainer. Along with project partners UC Berkeley, Sierra Pacific Industries, and the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, APL will be working to make a modular power plant able to convert forest fire remediation waste into on demand clean energy.