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BIOENERGY TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE
Bioenergy Australia 2016
Jim Spaeth Program Manager
Bioenergy Technologies Office
U.S. Department of Energy
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Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)
Vision
Mission
*Mature modeled price at pilot scale.
A thriving and sustainable bioeconomy fueled by innovative technologies
Developing and demonstrating transformative and revolutionary bioenergy technologies for a sustainable nation
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Advanced Algal Systems R&D • Algal Feedstocks • Logistics • Conversion Interface
Strategic Communications • Public Awareness and
Support of Office Goals • New Communications
Vehicles and Outlets • Benefits of Bioenergy/Bioproducts
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Research, Development, Demonstration, & Market Transformation
Feedstock Supply & Logistics R&D • Terrestrial Feedstocks • Supply, Production, & Logistics
Conversion R&D • Deconstruction & Fractionation • Synthesis & Upgrading
Demonstration & Market Transformation • Integrated
Biorefineries • Biofuels
Distribution Infrastructure
Sustainability • Sustainability
Analysis and Communication • Sustainable
System Design
Strategic Analysis • Technology and
Resource Assessment
• Market and Impact Analysis
• Model Development and Data Compilation
Crosscutting
Program Portfolio Management
• Planning • Systems-Level Analysis • Performance Validation and Assessment • Multi-Year Program Plan • Peer Reviews • Merit Reviews • Quarterly Portfolio Review
• Competitive Awards • Non-competitive National Lab Awards • Lab Capabilities Matrix
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Bioenergy Technologies Office Funding
23,233 6,776
16,500 22,000
29,155
24,201
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108,830
92,738
85,500
140,900
47,352
79,700 75,100
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Strategic Analysis andCross-cutting Sustainability
Demonstration and MarketTransformation
Conversion Technologies
Advanced Algal Systems
Feedstock Supply Logistics
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Multi Year Program Plan (MYPP)
• Articulates BETO’s mission and goals to internal and external stakeholders
• Serves as an operational guide
• 5-10 year planning horizon (2022 goals and beyond)
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Conventional Feedstock Handling System
Establishment
Mow / Windrow
Baling
Roadsiding
Load for Transport Unload to Storage
Bale Yard Storage
Recover Storage
Load Into Process Line
Transport
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Advanced Feedstock Handling System
Load Directly Onto Process Line
Transport Self Loading Trailer (SLT)
Removes loading & unloading operations; load/unload times down to ~5 minutes
Single Pass Harvesting Freeman 1592D Self-Propelled Removes 1 pass through the field
Roadsiding Bale Picking Truck BPT)
Reduces # trips in the field by 67%
Bale Yard Storage
Direct transfer from BPT to SLT can eliminate field-side storage & retrieval operations.
Establishment Establishment
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High Throughput Lab Screening o High Productivity Strains o Traits for Resiliency o Nutrients Strategies
Lab Outdoor Miniponds
Representative of Commercial Scale o Strain Validation o Crop Protection Validation o Nutrient Delivery and Recycle o Environmental Responses o Pests Controls o Harvesting and Dewatering o Water Recycle Strategies
Field Trials
Preliminary Outdoor Testing o High Productivity Strains o Crop Protection Strategies o Nutrients o Environmental Responses o Pest Controls
Photos Courtesy Sapphire Energy and
Global Algae Innovations
Move Successes
Algae R&D Strategy
Move Successes
• Strategic Goal: Develop algae production and logistics technologies that could support the production of 5 billion gallons per year of sustainable, reliable, and affordable algae-based advanced biofuels by 2030.
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2016 National Algal Biofuels Technology Review
• Comprehensive report on the state of the algal science
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BETO Pillars – New Conversion R&D Initiatives
Feedstock-Conversion
Interface
Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy
(ChemCatBio)
Agile
BioFoundry (ABF)
Separations Collaboration
Co-Optimization of Fuels and
Engines
(Co-Optima)
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Integrated Biorefinery Projects
De-risking of:
Technology
Construction
Operations
Finance
Feedstock Supply
Product Off take
Markets
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Integrated Biorefinery Project Funding Profile
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American Process Inc. (API)
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Logos/EdeniQ
Logos/EdeniQ Pilot Plant
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Myriant’s Bio-Succinic Acid Plant
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POET-DSM: Project LIBERTY
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Defense Production Act (DPA) Initiative
Interagency initiative to produce more than 100 million g/yr of advanced biofuels
Joint initiative of Deptartments of Defense, Agriculture and Energy to build commercial biorefineries to produce:
Company Location Feedstock Capacity Groundbreaking Off-Take Agreements
Gulf Coast Fats and Greases
82.0 MM g/yr TBD TBD
McCarran, NV
MSW 10.0 MM g/yr TBD
Lakeview, OR
Woody Biomass
12.0 MM g/yr TBD
• Drop-in fuels for military applications
• Domestic fuels from non-food biomass feedstocks
• Cost-competitive biofuels (w/o subsidies)
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Integrated Biorefinery Solicitation
Pilot- and Demonstration-Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower
• Up to $90 million for design, construction, and operation
Topic Areas: 1. Pilot-scale biofuels from cellulosic, algal, or biogas feedstocks 2. Demonstration-scale biofuels from cellulosic, algal, or biogas 3. Biosolids or other allowable wet-waste feedstocks to biopower
or biofuels
Selection Announcements Are Expected for Late Fall 2017
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2016 Billion-Ton Report
• 2016 Billion-Ton Report, volume 1 delivered at Bioenergy 2016
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Federal Vision for a Billion Ton Bioeconomy
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2017 DOE Bioenergy Peer Review Meeting
• 90% of projects in BETO’s portfolio will be presented to the public
• Systematically reviewed by external subject-matter experts from industry, academia, and federal agencies
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ADDITIONAL SLIDES
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DOE Funded Project Partners
BETO works with partners in industry, universities, and the national labs
Laboratories Universities
Industry
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Sustainability Projects
Climate Change and Air Quality
Soil Quality Land Use and Productivity
Water Quantity
and Quality
Biological Diversity
• Efforts also include evaluating sustainability indicators across the bioenergy supply chain, contributing to global scientific dialogues on bioenergy sustainability, and engaging with international organizations to understand and promote more sustainable outcomes.
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• Innovative approaches for bioproducts: – Molecular replacements for petroleum derived chemicals – Performance replacements for petroleum derived chemicals
• Infancy stage – play to the strength of the oxygenated polymers in biomass – Lignin and waste streams to value added products (X2 the cost of biofuels on a mass basis)
Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels
DOE’s Focus for Bioproducts for R&D
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Feedstock Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC)
• Designed in FY16 and put in place in FY17, INL and NREL lead the consortium with BETO’s input
• Four teams focusing on analysis, demonstration, characterization and grading, and value-added preprocessing within the scope of the supply chain of feedstocks through conversion.
• Goal is to enable the bioeconomy by defining the physical and chemical characteristics of feedstocks that optimize conversion performance and process reliability.
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Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines
This crosscutting project simultaneously tackles fuel and engine innovation to co-optimize performance of both elements.
• better fuels. better vehicles. sooner. Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines
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Agile BioFoundry
• The Agile BioFoundry will halve the time and cost and reduce the risk of bringing new, bio-derived chemicals to market by democratizing synthetic biology tools and knowledge.
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Bioprocessing Separations Consortium
Objective: Develop and transition cost-effective, high-performing separations technologies to market faster through coordinated research at the national laboratories that targets challenges relevant to industry and BETO’s priority pathways.
Technical Approach • Address challenges in biochemical, thermochemical, algal, and ionic-liquid based
separations • Cross-cutting analysis to inform R&D priorities • Advisory board with industrial and academic members
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New Material Innovations for Clean Energy 2X Faster and 2X Cheaper
BETO/Energy Materials Network: ChemCatBio
Coordinated resource network with a suite of capabilities for
advanced materials R&D working to solve critical technical
bioenergy challenges
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Waste-to-Energy Activities, FY 15-17: Workshop Stream
Informing FY 16-17 DOE Waste-to-Energy Roadmap