Wisconsin Energy Institute

Campus Planning Committee

February 25, 2010

www.glbrc.org

2Great Lakes Bioenergy Partners

Academic UW-Madison (lead) Michigan State University Illinois State University Iowa State University

DOE National Labs Pacific Northwest NL Oak Ridge NL

Industry Lucigen/C5-6 Technologies

DOE Office of ScienceJoint Genome InstituteBACTER InstituteASCR

Wisconsin & MichiganFacilities, Faculty & Staff

Tech TransferWARF, others

Mission: NEW technology to sustainably convert cellulosic plant biomass into ethanol & next generation biofuels

(~400 hand-picked scientists, staff & students across sites)

New York Times- Sept 20, 19251933 photo shows a Lincoln, Nebraska gas station of the Earl Coryell Co. selling "Corn Alcohol Gasoline"

Biofuels are not a new idea!

Conversion of tropical sugar cane (glucose) or corn starch (glucose polymer) to ethanol

Fermentation

Glucose

Ethanol

Sugar Cane

Fermentation

Starch

Glucose

Ethanol

Heat or enzymes

Corn (kernels)

Today’s Biofuels/bioethanol Technology

Biofuels 101There are many types of biofuels

Biofuels = Fuels derived from a biological source

Starch, sugar-derived ethanol (transportation sector)

“biodiesel”/oils/hydrocarbons (soybean & plant oils, algal farms, etc)

Wood or pelletized biomass (heat, energy grid, syngas, etc)

Anaerobic digestors (methane)

Renewable waste (methane, hydrogen, electricity)

Cellulose-derived fuels (Great Lakes Bioenergy); “tomorrow’s sustainable biofuels

Cellulose= non-edible part of plant material US generates ~1.3 billion tons of cellulosic biomass yearly; if converted into liquid transportation fuel it could reduce fossil fuel use by ~30% [mandated by US renewable fuels standard]

Glucose, ArabinoseXylose, Phenolics, etc.

Ethanol, other fuels

Cellulosic Biomass

Pretreatment“soften cellulose”

Fermentation,Conversion

?Chemicals/heat

Digest softened polymers

?Enzymes

?Grind (reduce size)

Fermentation

Glucose

Ethanol

Sugar Cane

Fermentation

Starch

Glucose

Ethanol

Heat/ enzymes

Corn (kernels)

Today’s technology

Technology of tomorrow(GLBRC, BESC & JBEI)

Conversion of cellulosic plant biomass to fuels

www.glbrc.org

7Great Lakes Bioenergy MissionFundamental science to sustainably convert cellulosic plant biomass into

ethanol & next generation fuels (anticipate $142M from 2007-12)

New & EXISTING bioenergy plants

Ethanol & next generation fuels from new & EXISTING bioenergy crops

Breed to modify cellulose & accumulate new energy rich materials

Science to inform solutions

www.glbrc.org

WEI is Future Epicenter for Great Lakes Bioenergy

BIOSYSTEMSENGINEERING

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

MODELING

SOIL SCIENCES

FORESTRY MICROBIOLOGY

BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS/BIOTECH

PLANT SCIENCES

UNIONSOUTH

COMPUTERSCIENCES

PHYSICS

CHEMISTRY

ENGINEERINGChemical, Metabolic,

Combustion,Nuclear, Solar, Wind, PV

WID

Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI; 220K GSF, $100M)(Enumerated in Wisconsin 09-11 State budget)

Design began July, 2009; late Fall 2012Nexus for biofuels and other renewable energy science & technology research

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2005 Campus Master Plan

University Avenue / Campus DriveIntersection Improvements

City of Madison Traffic Engineering

University Ave / Campus Dr Intersection – Existing

University Av / Campus Dr Intersection – Option #1