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BIOENERGY TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE
Overview and Activities of the Bioenergy Technologies Office
Dr. Mark P. Elless Bio-Industry Summit – Fargo, ND May 28, 2015
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Geology Days at NDSU!
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Outline
BETO Overview
Location, Mission, Vision
BETO Activities
Recent Awards
Recent Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs}
Recent Workshops
Recent Webinars
Upcoming Events
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DOE Program Offices with Biomass Related Activities
Inspector General
Office of the Secretary
Dr. Ernest J. Moniz Secretary
Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Deputy Secretary
Office of the
Under Secretary for
Nuclear Security
Frank G. Klotz
Under Secretary for Nuclear Security
Office of the
Under Secretary for
Management & Performance
David Klaus (Acting)
Under Secretary for
Management and Performance
Office of the
Under Secretary for
Science & Energy
Dr. Franklin Orr
Under Secretary for
Science and Energy
Southwestern Power
Administration
Bonneville Power
Administration
Western Area Power
Administration
Southeastern Power
Administration
U.S. Energy Information
Administration
Loan Programs
Office
Advanced Research
Projects Agency – Energy
(ARPA-E)
General Counsel
Assistant Secretary for
Congressional &
Intergovernmental Affairs
Chief Human Capital
Officer
Chief Financial
Officer
Assistant Secretary for
International
Affairs
Management
Hearings & Appeals
Enterprise Assessments
Chief Information
Officer
Public Affairs
Intelligence &
Counterintelligence
Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission
Chief of Staff
Economic Impact
& Diversity
Legacy Management
Assistant Secretary
For Environmental
Management
Office of Science
Assistant Secretary
for
Nuclear Energy
Assistant Secretary
For Energy Efficiency
And Renewable Energy
Assistant Secretary
for Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability
Assistant Secretary
for
Fossil Energy
Indian Energy
Policy and Programs
Associate Administrator
for Emergency
Operations
Associate Administrator
for Defense Nuclear
Security
Deputy Administrator
for Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation
Deputy Administrator
for Naval Reactors
Deputy Administrator
for Defense Programs
Associate Administrator
for External Affairs
Deputy Under Secretary
for Counter-terrorism &
Counter-proliferation
Associate Administrator for
Information Management
& Chief Information Officer
Associate Administrator
for Management
& Budget
National Nuclear
Security Administration
Office of
General Counsel
Associate Administrator
for Acquisition &
Project Management
Associate Administrator
for Safety, Infrastructure &
Operations
Secretarial Councils: Energy Council
National Laboratory
Policy Council
Credit Review Board
Cyber Security Council Secretary of Energy
Advisory Board
Energy Policy &
Systems Analysis
Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization
National Laboratory
Operations Board
Associate Under Secretary
for Environment, Health,
Safety & Security
Sustainable Transportation
• Bioenergy
• Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
• Vehicles
• Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
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Bioenergy Technologies Office
Accelerate the commercialization of advanced biofuels and bioproducts through targeted research, development, and demonstration supported
by public and private partnerships
Develop technologies to enable the sustainable, nationwide production of biofuels compatible with today’s transportation infrastructure
By 2017, validate a least one pathway for $3/GGE* hydrocarbon biofuel (with ≥50% reduction in GHG emissions relative to petroleum)
*Mature modeled price at pilot scale. iStock photo
Mission
Strategic Goal
Performance Goal
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Strategic Communications • New Communications
Vehicles & Outlets • Awareness and
Support of Office • Benefits of
Bioenergy/Bioproducts
Bioenergy Technologies Office’s Focus Areas
Research, Development, Demonstration, and Market Transformation
Feedstock Supply & Logistics R&D • Terrestrial • Algae • Product
Logistics Preprocessing
Conversion R&D • Biochemical • Thermochemical • Deconstruction • Biointermediate • Upgrading
Demonstration and Market Transformation • Integrated
Biorefineries • Biofuels
Distribution Infrastructure
Sustainability • Sustainability
Analysis
• Sustainable System Design
Strategic Analysis • Technology and
Resource Assessment
• Market and Impact Analysis
• Model Development & Data compilation
Cross Cutting
Program Portfolio Management
• Planning • Systems-Level Analysis • Performance Validation and Assessment • MYPP • Peer Review • Merit Review • Quarterly Portfolio Review
• Competitive • Non-competitive • Lab Capabilities Matrix
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The Challenge and the Opportunity
Biofuels could displace 30% of liquid transportation fuels
THE OPPORTUNITY
More than 1 billion tons of biomass could be sustainably produced in the U.S.
1 billions tons of biomass could displace 30% of U.S. petroleum use by 2030
THE CHALLENGE
U.S. gasoline consumption is 8.5 million barrels/day
67% of U.S. petroleum consumption is in the transportation sector
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• The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 sets aggressive goals:
‒ Move renewable fuels into the marketplace. ‒ Reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign sources of energy. ‒ Reduce GHG emissions from the transportation sector.
• EISA established production volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program, increasing the supply of renewable fuels to 36 billion gallons by 2022.
• DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) focuses on developing advanced biofuels to help meet the RFS goals.
• EPA has committed to propose the 2015 RFS mandate by June 1, 2015, and to finalize the 2014 and 2015 RFS mandates by November 30, 2015.
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2012
2015
2022
Renewable Fuel Standard
Production Targets (billions of gallons)
Other advanced biofuels
Key Policy Driver: Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program
Cellulosic biofuels
Conventional (starch) biofuels
Advanced Biofuels
15 BGY Cap on Conventional (starch) Biofuels
Biomass-based diesel
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Major Commercial-scale Cellulosic Ethanol Projects
POET-DSM’s Project LIBERTY
• Grand opening on September 3, 2014, in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
• Once operating at full, commercial-scale, the plant will produce 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year ─ enough to avoid approximately 210,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
• Developed with the support of approximately $100 million in investments and research from DOE.
Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas
• Grand opening on October 17, 2014, in Hugoton, Kansas.
• The plant will produce cellulosic ethanol from non-edible corn stalks, stems, and leaves harvested within a 50-mile radius of the plant.
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Defense Production Act (DPA) Initiative
Interagency initiative to commercialize advanced biofuels
In September 2014, 3 projects were selected under the DPA Initiative to build commercial biorefineries to produce:
Company Location Feedstock Capacity Groundbreaking Off-Take Agreements
Gulf Coast Fats and Greases
82.0 MM g/y TBA TBD
McCarran, NV
MSW 10.0 MM g/y Spring/Summer
of 2015
Lakeview, OR
Woody Biomass
12.0 MM g/y TBA
• Drop-in fuels for military applications.
• Domestic fuels from non-food biomass feedstocks.
• Cost-competitive biofuels (without subsidies).
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Federal Partnerships
• The Bioenergy Technologies Office works directly within the Department of Energy and with other cabinet agencies on a number of high-level initiatives.
• By coordinating efforts across agencies, BETO can tap into expertise of others, leverage existing initiatives in the Federal government, and stay informed on the latest innovations in the field.
• BETO works diligently to ensure steady collaboration across the entire supply chain – bringing together experts in the field to solve the major challenges facing the industry today.
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Publications
BETO Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP)
• Updated version of the BETO’s Multi-Year Program Plan was released in March 2015.
‒ http://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/downloads/bioenergy-technologies-office-multi-year-program-plan-march-2015-update
• Revised version contains an assessment of additional pathways.
• A new version of the Update to the Billion-Ton Study is under development.
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Awards: Bioenergy Technologies Office Incubator Selections
On February 20, 2015, DOE announced up to $10 million for seven projects to support innovative technologies that are not represented in a significant way in the Bioenergy Technology Office’s current project portfolio.
• Metabolix, Inc. of Cambridge, MA
• The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of Richland, WA
• The Ohio State University of Columbus, OH
• The University of California Riverside of Riverside, CA
• OPX Biotechnologies of Boulder, CO
• Kiverdi, Inc. of Berkeley, CA
• Gas Technology Institute of Des Plaines, IL
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Awards: Advanced Biomass Feedstock Logistics Systems II
DOE funded three projects focused on development and demonstrating strategies, equipment, and rapid analytical methods to manage feedstock quality within economic constraints throughout the feedstock supply chain.
Awardees
• FDC Enterprises will design and demonstrate an advanced biomass supply chain for high impact, high quality feedstocks from the field to the throat of the biorefinery. Target feedstocks will be corn stover and switchgrass.
• The State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry will lower the delivered cost of short rotation woody crops; rapidly, accurately, and reliably assess feedstock quality; and improve harvest and preprocessing operations to produce feedstocks that meet key biorefinery specifications.
• The University of Tennessee will develop and demonstrate a state-of-the-art biomass processing depot to reduce sources of variation along the supply chain of multiple, high-impact biomass sources (pine and switchgrass) and deliver a consistent feedstock optimized for performance.
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FOAs: Biomass Research & Development Initiative (BRDI)
BRDI FOA was released on February 26, 2015
• USDA-NIFA-9008-004957 (full solicitation information is available on Grants.gov)
• This opportunity addresses USDA and DOE programmatic objectives, administrative roles, and areas of interest in implementing Biomass Research and Development Initiative grants.
– USDA anticipates awarding grants and DOE anticipates awarding Cooperative Agreements under this FOA
– Anticipated funding level: $8.7M (USDA: $5.7M, DOE: $3.0M)
– Awards range: $500K – $2.0M
• Concept Papers were requested to address one of
three technical topic areas:
1. Feedstocks Development
2. Biofuels and Biobased Products Development
3. Biofuels and Biobased Products Development Analysis
• Concept Papers were due: 03/27/2015
• Full Application due date: 7/27/2015, 5:00 p.m. EST
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FOA: Targeted Algal Biofuels and Bioproducts
• Goal: The Targeted Algal Biofuels and Bioproducts (TABB) FOA seeks to reduce the cost of algal biofuels from $7 per gallon – the current projected state of technology for 2019 – to less than $5 per gallon algal biofuel by 2019.
• Topics: The FOA selection process will identify projects in two topic areas:
1. Multi-disciplinary consortia that bring together upstream and downstream expertise to develop algae cultures that produce valuable bioproduct precursors, and fuel components, to increase the overall value of the biomass; and
2. Single investigator or small team technology development projects focused on developing algae culture protection and CO2 uptake improvement technologies to increase yields.
• Topic 1 consortia award size of $5M to $10M (1-3 awards)
• Topic 2 project award size of $500K to $1M (3-7 awards)
• 20% Cost Share is required.
• Up to 4 year project durations (to accommodate multiple growing seasons), with external validations and Stage Gate reviews.
• Status:
– Closed December 19, 2014 – Awards anticipated in June 2015 Photo credits FSU and NREL
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FOA: Landscape Design
Landscape Design Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
• Released on October 20, 2014.
• DOE announced up to $14 million to support landscape design approaches that maintain or enhance the environmental and socio-economic sustainability of cellulosic bioenergy.
• Previous DOE projects have shown the potential for improved sustainability by strategically placing bioenergy feedstock production within a landscape.
• Applications were submitted on January 26, 2015.
• Evaluation of applications is currently underway.
• Expected date for EERE Selection Notifications: 06/18/2015.
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FOA: Open Solicitations
• http://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/bioenergy-technologies-office-solicitations
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Incorporating Bioenergy into Sustainable Landscape Designs
Two workshops exploring the science and practice of bioenergy landscape design:
• Workshop 1: March 2014, New Bern, NC
– Focus on woody/forestry systems
– Organized by ORNL and NCASI
• Workshop 2: June 2014, Argonne, IL
– Focus on Midwest/agricultural systems
– Organized by ANL
Workshop: Landscape Design for Bioenergy
Jointly supported by Analysis & Sustainability and Feedstock Supply & Logistics
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Workshop - Advanced Supply System Design
Workshop Highlights
• 27 experts (5 Academia, 22 Industry) ‒ Industry representation included biorefinery
managers, equipment manufacturers, consultants.
‒ Note: Participants provided their own travel expenses.
• 1.5 days, 3 sessions (Scaling, Quality, Risk) • Computer-moderated brainstorming
management (ThinkTank), with over 35 MB of data collected.
• Two resonant themes: ‒ The distributed depot design is the future. ‒ The transition from current to future is vital.
Word Cloud – Session 1
Heat Map of Solutions
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Workshop: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture & Sequestration (BECCS)
• Monday, May 18, 2015, Washington, DC Sponsored by Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and BETO
• Workshop focused on carbon-neutral/negative power systems and the use of biomass in power generation to achieve lower greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the potential utilization of CO2 in algae systems and other pathways.
• BETO and FE are seeking inputs from experts in bioenergy, power generation, and algae from industry, academia, non-profit organizations, government, and national laboratories.
• Workshop incorporated discussion sessions to facilitate future research and development.
• Workshop report will be used to assist:
– DOE leadership in identifying opportunities for technology development and deployment in the power industry, and
– FE and BETO in strategic planning for future joint program activities.
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Webinar: Sustainability – April 22, 2015
Climate Change and Air Quality
Soil Quality Land Use and Productivity
Water Quantity
and Quality
Biological Diversity
Analyzing biofuel pathways to quantify progress towards reducing lifecycle greenhouse gases, regulated emissions, and fossil energy use.
Developing strategies and tools for producing biomass feedstocks while maintaining or enhancing soil quality.
Advancing landscape design approaches that increase biomass production while maintaining or enhancing ecosystem services and food, feed, and fiber production.
Assessing the water resource use and water quality of bioenergy production, and investigating opportunities for bioenergy crops to improve water quality.
Investigating relationships between bioenergy crops and biodiversity, and engaging with diverse experts to understand and promote practices that conserve wildlife and biodiversity.
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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Webinar: A Changing Market for Biofuels and Bioproducts
• Discussion topics included:
– Results of the BETO-funded report, the U.S. Billion-Ton Update, and how this and other research efforts are helping to enhance a secure and sustainable annual supply of biomass for the U.S. bioeconomy.
– Oil price forecasts and their impact on the bioeconomy.
• Held on May 27, 2015
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Bioenergy 2015: Opportunities in a Changing Energy Landscape
• Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
• This year’s event, co-hosted with the Clean Energy Research and Education Foundation (CEREF), will highlight the opportunities and challenges in our dynamic energy ecosystem.
• Discuss issues critical to the continued growth and success of the bioeconomy such as changing oil prices, the Renewable Fuel Standard, algae-based biofuels, sustainability, innovative technologies, and the bioenergy market.
• Bioenergy 2015 will be an opportune time to network with your peers and others in the bioenergy community.
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Contact Information
Dr. Mark P. Elless Technology Manager Bioenergy Technologies Office US Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585 202-586-6501 (office) 202-262-0003 (cell) [email protected]
