History of the Project
At the end of 2016 we organized a mining
farm for 350 kW, with the involvement of
private investors. Since, having discovered the
problem of dependence on central networks,
and the uncontrollable changes in electricity
tariffs, together with a group of scientists led
by Sergey Shcheklein (Professor, Doctor of
Technical Sciences) who is the head of the
Department of Nuclear Energy and Renewable
Energy, aimed at optimizing the costs of
mining.
In parallel with the expansion of the existing business,
we decided to develop a completely novel, nonstandard
approach for obtaining energy and optimising
the mobility of mining farms. In the course of this
work, various types of energy sources and their
implementation were analysed. The projects installed
and developed technology for power supply operates
from 500 kW with an operating component of 0c/kW.
Organic fuel energy sources which were considered:
Gas discharges of closed gas and oil wells
Landfill gas
Biogas
Local types of fuel (peat, wood, organic waste)
Renewable energy sources which were considered:
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Solar energy
Wind power
Geothermal energy
Hydraulic power
Wave and tidal energy of the seas and oceans
Thermodynamic installations and cycles on local fuels (peat, wood, organic
waste)
Low power nuclear power plants (ground and floating) which were considered:
For all variations, the natural-climatic, hydromorphological
and geodynamic characteristics in the real range are varied.
When considering different options, the choice of
equipment meeting modern requirements for efficiency and
reliability was carried out.
Taking into account the significant influence of the absolute
power level on specific economic indicators, the
investigated capacities were from 0.5 to 10 MW.
For each option, the operating cost component was assumed to be zero.
In parallel to this work, we developed an optimal mobile, modular,
fully autonomous mining farm based on a shipping container with
forced ventilation and power up to 300 kW. To date, Future Energy
has all the technical capabilities to implement and scale the
business.