The Future

Moving Forward and Planning for the Future.

Environmental

Wildfire Containment (Forest Fires)

IAL are currently engaged with the UK, EU and many other countries in providing intelligence on water targets that could be deployed for the purposes of Wildfire Containment. The loss of localised eco-systems is devastating to the environment, the ability to identify water targets in close proximity to high risk areas provides fire fighters with an emergency supply that can be called upon to contain the spread.

In addition, the water targets have a dual purpose, when not required as an emergency supply for containment – they can also provide a supply line into the local grid system.

This process is currently ‘ongoing’ and IAL are seeking strategic partners in selective countries.

UK Water Shortage & Long Term Supply Policy

It is well documented that the UK will face considerable pressure in terms of future supply (over the next 3-7 years). Academics and Ministers alike have it that climate change is the prime cause. What cannot be ignored is the potential impact on our industrial output and the likes of house building.

There have also been many reports of Heathland and Wildfires breaking out in rural areas. IAL are now engaged with agencies and Government Departments, however we have experienced enormous frustration in terms of those within the technical teams who seem more interested in knowing our IP than simply deploying the technology for the overriding purpose.

IAL are reconsidering the commercial model and are ‘reaching out’ to strategic industry partners, particularly those already engaged in the supply chain.

Water Rights

IAL have extensively researched a model of acquiring ‘water rights’ in various countries/states. These include:

(i) USA – California, Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.

IAL has connected with various infrastructure departments within banks and funds –  discussions are currently ‘ongoing’. However there is also a mindset that our entry may be best served by seeking strategic partners within the private sector.

(ii) Brazil – x4 states in the North and x2 states in the South

Brazil is a federal regime and the laws relating to water rights vary from state to state. IAL have engaged with a leading firm of Brazilian based lawyers who have expertise in water infrastructure. Prospective partners have been identified and dialogues are currently ongoing.

(iii) Nepal & India

Nepal has an enormous amount of high quality water reserves. IAL have JV partners within Nepal and India – current modelling includes the direct sale of water into India, water bottling and programmes of agriculture. Future projects may involve the production of saline bag and Clean Energy

Clean Energy

IAL have created a library of elevated water targets sitting in hills and mountainous regions around the UK, Europe, certain African countries and parts of the USA

The objective is to identify latent bodies of water that could provide enough volume to support a ‘Close-Loop Hydro-Scheme (CLHS). The planets requirement to move away from fossil fuels needs no explanation, world leaders are fully aware of the urgency around the need to integrate more programmes of Clean Energy.

CLHS have advanced enormously over recent years. Previous hydro-schemes are associated with the redirection of rivers or the enormous CAPEX associated with building dams/reservoirs.

The sophistication rests in the simplicity of the model – having identified where elevated bodies of water are sitting ‘in situ’, the process is by way of drilling into the body of water, dropping it down a penstock (tube) and targeting it onto generators to maximise the yield.

The modelling embraces the fact that the initial CAPEX is at a microscopic level compared with previous river redirection and dam building models. The model provides for the exit water to be trapped in a ‘Capture Lake’ and either recycled back to its Mother Source (using your own ‘off-peak’ energy) or redirected into the water supply grid.

It is important to consider that the ‘Head of Water’ is only required to generate energy at peak times, therefore the environmental lobby groups can draw comfort from the fact there is virtually minimum waste and the supply water is pumped back to the Mother Source – hence it ensures minimum disruption to localised eco-systems.

The advancements in technology around generators and directional targeting onto the turbine ensures maximum yields are being secured whilst the source fuel is being recycled.

IAL have engaged with The British Hydro Association and eminent industry experts. Using modelling based on targets provided by GWS and historic costings – early indications suggest that are supply costs would be impacted enormously. The current financial modelling is ongoing, however the key factor is the fact the source fuel is readily available and can be re-cycled.

Realistic assertions and modelling around the CAPEX suggest that the investor community would be hugely excited by the potential ROI’s. More work is required but early indicators are desperately exciting for the UK power industry and the related impact on the UK’s macro-economics.

Hydrogen Production

There is a secondary and downstream opportunity that naturally flows from the CLHS process. The ability to have a secure and long term source of water supply coupled with the fact the operator has their own extremely low cost energy delivers the two key component parts of hydrogen production.

There is no doubt that world leaders and industry alike are already steering plant machinery/equipment, vehicles and automation towards hydrogen being their source fuel. Car manufacturers, makers of buses, trams and trains (rolling-stock and the metro) are all developing engines that can be fuelled by hydrogen.

It is our understanding that JCB and many other international plant manufacturers are already in advanced stages of conversion to hydrogen.

IAL see Hydrogen Production as an organic extension of the CLHS process. Ultimately where a CLHS project is developed the opportunity to build Hydrogen Production sitting alongside must be considered..??

As an overriding statement many of the experts we consulted have suggested that it might be prudent to incorporate a second generator to a CLHS project and direct the ‘Head of Water’ onto both generators. This can be achieved in engineering terms by splitting the penstock prior to the ‘Head of Water’ hitting the generators. However this only applies if the provider is keen to engage in Hydrogen Production.