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Minnesota Next Generation Energy Board

Minnesota Next Generation Energy Board. June 28, 2007 Jeff Fox Vice President, Legal & Government Affairs. Company Profile. 20 years ethanol industry experience Over one billion gallons of production capacity World’s largest dry mill producer Over 1,100 team members

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Minnesota Next Generation Energy Board

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  1. Minnesota Next GenerationEnergy Board June 28, 2007 Jeff Fox Vice President, Legal & Government Affairs

  2. Company Profile • 20 years ethanol industry experience • Over one billion gallons of production capacity • World’s largest dry mill producer • Over 1,100 team members • 33 ethanol plant development projects • Unique business model (integrated) • Low cost producer • Leading developer of technology • Operate 20 plants • 7 plants under construction • 10,000 farmer investors

  3. America’s Challenge • Reducing climate change • Strengthen energy security • Revitalizing rural economy • Safeguarding water resources

  4. Climate Change The production and use of 4.9 billion gallons of domestic ethanol reduced C02-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 8 million tons in 2006. That would be the equivalent of removing 1.21 million cars from American roads. Source: Argonne National Laboratory, GREET 1.7 Model

  5. The U.S. currently imports more than 13.5 million barrels of oil per day. At a cost of $60 per barrel, this equates to more than $295.5 billion per year, almost thirty percent of our annual trade deficit. No economy can sustain this level of wealth transfer.

  6. The 2006 U.S. Ethanol Industry… Increased gross output by $41.1 billion through the combination of spending for annual operations, ethanol transportation, and capital spending for new biorefineries under construction. Supported the creation of 160,231 jobs, including nearly 20,000 jobs in manufacturing. Added $2.7 billion in new tax revenue for the federal government and $2.3 billion for state and local treasuries that can be used for new roads, school improvements and first responders. Source: RFA

  7. Ethanol Quick Fact Ethanol produces 67% more energy than it takes to produce. That compares to a loss of 20% with gasoline Source: RFA

  8. Our Challenge Global Warming • The debate is over. It is the issue. Dependency on Foreign Oil • “For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil…it is in our vital interest to diversify America’s energy supply.” President George W. Bush, 2007 State of the Union 35 Billion Gallons by 2017 • The vision is clear

  9. Why Cellulosic Ethanol? 2006 ethanol production = 5 bn gallons 2005 total transportation fuel consumption = 140 bn gallons To meet the federal government 2017 goal of 35 bn gallons of ethanol must be produced • Grain corn is projected to provide 15 bn gallons of ethanol by crop year 2017. • Alternative biomass feedstock will be required to meet the additional 20 bn gallons of ethanol.

  10. Recipients Poet of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, up to $80 million. The plant is in Emmetsburg (Palo Alto County), Iowa, and after expansion, it will produce 125 million gallons of ethanol per year, of which roughly 25 percent will be cellulosic ethanol. For feedstock in the production of cellulosic ethanol, the plant expects to use 842 tons per day of corn fiber, cobs, and stalks.

  11. Recipients Iogen Biorefinery Partners, LLC, of Arlington, Virginia, up to $80 million. • The proposed plant will be built in Shelley, Idaho, near Idaho Falls, and will produce 18 million gallons of ethanol annually. The plant will use 700 tons per day of agricultural residues including wheat straw, barley straw, corn stover, switchgrass, and rice straw as feedstocks. Range Fuels (formerly Kergy Inc.) of Broomfield, Colorado,up to $76 million. • The proposed plant will be constructed in Soperton (Treutlen County), Georgia. The plant will produce about 40 million gallons of ethanol per year and 9 million gallons per year of methanol. As feedstock, the plant will use 1,200 tons per day of wood residues and wood based energy crops.

  12. Recipients Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas, LLC of Chesterfield, Missouri, up to $76 million. • The proposed plant will be located in Kansas and use 700 tons per day of corn stover, wheat straw, milo stubble, switchgrass, and other feedstocks to produce 11.4 million gallons of ethanol annually. ALICO, Inc. of LaBelle, Florida, up to $33 million. • The proposed plant will be in LaBelle, Florida. The plant will produce 13.9 million gallons of ethanol a year and 6,255 kilowatts of electric power, as well as 8.8 tons of hydrogen and 50 tons of ammonia per day. For feedstock, the plant will use 770 tons per day of yard, wood, and vegetative wastes and eventually energycane. BlueFire Ethanol, Inc. of Irvine, California, up to $40 million. • The proposed plant will bein Southern California. The plant will be sited on an existing landfill and produce about 19 million gallons of ethanol a year. As feedstock, the plant would use 700 tons per day of sorted green waste and wood waste from landfills.

  13. 2006 World Ethanol Production

  14. Ethanol Demand/Feedstock Supply • E-10 15 bn gal 5 bn bu • Matches NCGA 2016/2017 projections • E-15-30 25-50 bn gal 300-600 mm ton • Matches biomass feedstock availability projections • E-85 125 bn gal 1250 mm ton • Matches “Billion Ton Study”

  15. Sustainable Collection of Biomass • “All biomass is local” • Issues management • Erosion • Soil fertility • Balancing act • “Changing Agriculture” • No-till • Feedstock collection • What about cobs?

  16. Cobs 78% of material exiting the combine 18% of the above ground stover 16% more carbohydrate than stover alone 35.4% glucan 31.1% xylan Collection options Separate Grain/cob co-mingled Processing options On farm processing Off-site processing Corn Cob Collection/Processing

  17. The “Cob Caddy”

  18. “CCM” Package

  19. Co-mingled Corn Grain and Cobs (CCM) The corn & cob mixture is unloaded into common hopper bottom trailers & hauled to the farm, plant or separation area.

  20. Separation Options The Corn & Cob mix can be separated at the field, farm or plant.

  21. Storage Options CCM can either be separated in the field or hauled to a pile for further processing.

  22. Dry Grind Ethanol Production

  23. How Ethanol will Be Made Cob Processing Pretreatment Saccharification Fermentation Alternative Energy

  24. CO2 Poet Biorefinery Ethanol Endosperm Ferment Centrifuge & Dry Distill Grain Corn Corn Germ DGHP Bran Cellulosic Ethanol Distill Pre-treat Corn Cob Hydrolysis & Fermentation Steam to Process Electric Generator Boiler DDG Dryers Anaerobic Digester Biomass Boiler Biogas Solid Fuel Liquids Separator

  25. Project LIBERTY The ability to operate cob collection and bio-refinery systems to: Validate the technology at commercial scale Validate the economics at commercial scale Enable replication at other existing dry mills or new grassroots facilities Project LIBERTY deliverables: 11 percent more ethanol from a bushel of corn 27 percent more ethanol from an acre of corn 83 percent less fossil fuel consumption 24 percent less water consumption

  26. The Real Cost of Food

  27. Thank you

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