Primus’ process is an evolutionary improvement to an existing process rather than a revolutionary development. Because scaling up is a straightforward engineering task based on proven processes that poses no technological barriers, the company’s ability to attract construction capital for a commercial plant is enhanced.
Primus’ first plant will use natural gas as a feedstock. The first plant and all subsequent plants will be located in close proximity to sources of feedstock, as well to offtakers — i.e. an airport in the case of jet fuel. Â Subsequent plants may use biomass or municipal solid waste (MSW) as their feedstock sources.
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The United States now has, at current consumption rates, at least 75 years’ worth of recoverable natural gas. More important, the United States has become the world’s low-cost producer of natural gas … The rise of shale oil is shaping up to be the biggest shift in energy in generations.
Fareed Zakaria in the Washington Post on March 29, 2012