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BiorefiningNew Opportunities for Alberta
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
The BioEconomy
An economy where the basic building blocks for industry and the raw materials for energy
are derived from plant/crop-based (i.e. renewable) sources
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
The Hydrocarbon Economy
• Enormous and sophisticated infrastructure:- extracting, processing, storing, distributing and utilizing products from fossil resources- intellectual and physical assets
• Many billions of dollars in public and private research
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Challenges for the Hydrocarbon Economy
• Price sensitivity due to supply peaks• Negative environmental impacts • Exacerbating global climate change• Increasing global population and developing
country energy demands
2000 20502025
Supply
Natural Gas
Oil
Coal
Lignocellulose Biomass
Predicted Feedstock Supply Issues& Opportunities
Source: Bill Hunter
Predicted Feedstock Supply Issues& Opportunities
Source: Bill Hunter
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
• Outside Saudi Arabia, the largest deposits of oil in the world are in the Alberta Oil Sands
• In 2005 energy exports from Alberta were valued at $57.5 billion C
• Currently the U.S. is the main consumer of Alberta oil and gas:– 1.1 million barrels per day, supplying about 11% of
U.S. crude oil imports– 2.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas per year,
supplying 60% of U.S. natural gas imports
What About Alberta?
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
“The Burning Platform”• Downtrend in real commodity prices• Agriculture sector challenged by declining commodity prices
and high input costs• Forests face infestation & climate change effects• Pulp and paper industry challenged by low cost global
producers– Need new products, markets to take greater advantage of
Canadian natural resources• Rethink highest and best use of natural gas
– Not oil sands upgrading, not petrochemical feedstock• Reducing GHG & other emissions requires consideration of
alternative feedstock for energy, chemicals, plastics, etc.
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
• Ethane/Ethylene from Biomass sustains Petrochemical feedstock (e.g. Nova)
• H2 from Biosyngas conserves NG and reduces CO2intensity of HOOS operations
• Transportation fuel derived from cellulosic biomass reduces CO2 intensity without impacting food supply
• Fine chemicals and chemical building blocks from agricultural and forest-derived feedstocks create significant new revenue streams
• Alberta biobased chemicals supply 25% of needs of energy sector
Opportunities – What if…
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
F E E D S T O C K SAgricultural Crops – Forest Crops – Petroleum
FuelsMaterialsChemicalsFoodHealth
Energy
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Alberta’s Opportunity
• In North America, Alberta is unique in the combination of its natural resources and existing infrastructure
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Biorefining in AlbertaUnlimited Possibilities
• Building on our strengths in feedstock production, existing infrastructure and using biorefining as a tool:– A diversified economy where biomass is a
significant feedstock for, and biorefiningprocesses deliver:
• transportation fuels, chemicals, materials, energy (heat/power), health products, and food
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
• An integrated solutions based approach building programs utilizing Alberta’s renewable resources and R & D capacity for the development of bio-materials, bio-fuels bio-chemicals and bio-energy
Biorefining in AlbertaUnlimited Possibilities
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Biorefining in AlbertaUnlimited Possibilities
• Integrated Elements:– Research and Development Capacity– Private sector engagement– Incubation– Funding– Partnerships– Ministry support– Investment for the future
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
• Alberta Agriculture and Food • Alberta Innovation and Science• Alberta Research Council• University of Alberta
– Engineering– Agriculture, Food & Nutritional Sciences– Biological Sciences
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada• Olds School of Innovation• National Institute for Nanotechnology• Industry
Biorefining in AlbertaUnlimited Possibilities
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
• Alberta’s Nine Point Bioenergy Plan: C$240 million to support infrastructure development and innovation in bioenergy and fuels with funding for the next 5 years
• Fibre Roadmap• Infrastructure Investment
Alberta Centre for Biorefining:Strategy, Policy, R&D Support
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Alberta Fibre Roadmap
• Building Biorefineries & an Integrated lignocellulose industrial cluster
• Transforming and sustaining the current lignocellulose-based industries, specifically pulp and wood products.
• Sustaining and enhancing forest and agriculture based communities
• Growing biocomposite, biomaterial, andbioproduct companies
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Fibre Roadmap Value Chain Framework
Capacity B
uilding
Alberta Fibre Roadmap
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Alberta Centre for Biorefining: Toolbox
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
• Production– Genomics– Agronomy– Soil science– Logistics– Water– Harvest technologies
Outcome = “designer” feedstocks
• Alberta Organizations:– Alberta Agriculture & Food
Lacombe, Brooks,Lethbridge, Edmonton
– Alberta Research CouncilVegreville,
• Agriculture, Agri-Food Canada
• Lacombe, Lethbridge– University of Alberta– University of Lethbridge
Alberta Centre for Biorefining: Toolbox
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
• Primary Processing– Post harvest handling
• Cleaning • Dehulling
– Milling/separation• Macrofractions:• Starch• Protein• Fibre• Cellulose• Hemicellulose• Lignin
• Alberta Capacity:– Alberta Agriculture and Food
• Agri-Food Discovery Place– University of Alberta
• Ag, Food & Nutritional Sciences• Agri-Food Discovery Place
– Olds College School of Innovation– Alberta Research Council
• Millwoods Facility
Alberta Centre for Biorefining: Toolbox
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
• Secondary Processing– Pretreatment of fractions
for further processing• Starch fractions
– Amylose/amylopectin– sugars
• Protein fractions– Amino acids
• Cellulose fractions– Fibre– sugars
• Hemicellulose fractions– sugars
• Alberta Capacity:– Alberta Agriculture and Food
• Agri-Food Discovery Place– Alberta Research Council
• Millwoods – Forest Products– University of Alberta
• AFNS• Agri-Food Discovery Place
– Olds College School of Innovation
Alberta Centre for Biorefining: Toolbox
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• Tertiary Processing– Fermentation– Chemical conversion– Thermal conversion
• Alberta Capacity:– Alberta Research Council
• Millwoods– University of Alberta
• AFNS• Chem Eng• Biological Sciences
Alberta Centre for Biorefining: Toolbox
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Alberta Centre for Biorefining: Priority Initiatives
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Alberta Centre for BiorefiningUnlimited Possibilities
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Alberta Oils & Lipid Utilization Program
• Oils & Lipids Utilization Centre– Industry and Government partnership– Primarily focused at the University of Alberta
• Alberta BioPlastics Network– Multi-Institutional Research Network focused on the utilization of
Alberta’s agricultural feedstocks for the production of specialty chemicals and polymers.
– Centered at the University of Alberta
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Triticale Biorefinery Initiative• 10 year $70 M initiative• Industry & government partnership• Phase 1 Opportunity Assessment completed in
January 2006• Phase 2 Competitiveness of
current crop varieties initiated in fall 2006
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Triticale Biorefinery Initiative• Near term: 2006 - 2008
– Forage – current pipeline of new varieties– Bioethanol – current pipeline of new varieties– DDGS – mid protein supplement for livestock feed– Identity preservation & biosafety – complete proof of concept R&D
to define requirements / feasibility– Feasibility of other products from starch & protein
• Medium term: 2008 - 2012– Improved yield platform – disease resistance, synthetic / hybrid– Value-added grain and straw quality– Novel processing – of present / improved quality
• Long term: 2012 - 2016– New output trait platforms– Novel trait processing
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Flagship Initiative:Lignocellulosic BioConversion
Outcome: achieve 95% conversion efficiency of biomass
• Product focused: identification of chemical product opportunities (vs crop based platform)
• Utilize existing feedstock • Focus on improved conversion
methods for fibrous biomass– Find and develop new/optimized
enzymes and fermentation microbes from novel sources or design
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Integrated Manure Utilization SystemIMUS
• Developed in partnership with the Alberta Research Council and Highmark Renewables
• The IMUS system is a project to convert livestock manure into biogas, bio-based fertilizers and reusable water.
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9 point strategy• Commercialization/Market Development
Program– Part of the Energy Innovation Fund– $24 million over 3 years - $3 million to spend by
March 31/07– Existing or prospective processors looking to
expand biorefining facilities or capabilities in Alberta
– Biorefining Development; Technology Development and Commercialization; Market Development
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Positioning Alberta as a World Leader in Bio-refining
• Augment and integrate existing facilities and expertise to provide a full range of crop and biomass processing capability– Biomass (plant/wood fibre) conditioning and pretreatment,
process enzymology– Biomass fractionation to lignin, cellulose and other mixed
hydrocarbon, chemical engineering– Cellulose saccharification to fermentable sugars– Fermentation technology, fermentation engineer– Vegetable oil processing (chemical, biological)– Sugar platform chemical processing– Biomass gasification
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Biorefining Action Agenda• Invest in strategic R&D programs
– Oil & Lipid Utilization Centre– Triticale Biorefining Initiative (Whole crop biorefining) – Bioconversion Flagship (lignocellulosic biomass
conversion)– IMUS (Renewable Natural Gas)– CHP Project (Biomass gasification)
• Invest in HQP• Attract MNE investment• Invest in Pilot Scale Alberta Biorefining Centre
(strategic R D & D and commercialization infrastructure)
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
A biorefining strategy offers Alberta the opportunity to:
• Attract investment to Alberta• Move beyond a raw material source to value-added
production• Leverage existing petroleum sector infrastructure for
grow in biobased fuels and chemicals• Support innovation in forestry and agriculture• Utilize abundance of available feedstock• Provide critical process scale-up services to clients from
research, government, and industry• Respond to expressed needs of potential industry
partners• Alignment with Canadian biofuels strategies
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Value of Action• Grow manufacturing sector: $15B by 2020• Capture 2% of expected global bio-based chemicals
market: $5B• Rejuvenate Alberta’s forestry industry: $2B • Grow value-added agriculture based products:
$10B by 2020• Manufacture 15% of Canadian biofuel demand:
$0.23B by 2010
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Activities
• Current interest primarily in fuels • Concept of biorefining at the political and
industry level slowly emerging• Recognition that biomass is the future
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Activities• Approximately 800 million – 1 Billion litres
of ethanol production• Two Pyrolysis plants processing about 100
tonnes of wood waste/day and both running well
• Gasification plants producing syngas for lumber dry kilns
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Activities• Auto parts sector well advanced in biobased
auto panels and polyurethane foams for moulded auto parts
• Feedstock development – cereals, perennial grasses and oilseeds
• Several CHP projects under study involving biomass combustion
• Several anaerobic digestion operations – gas for combustion, heat and power ie EPCOR, Tembec
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Activities• Several studies, “roadmaps”, mergers, national
initiatives in Agriculture and Forestry– Characterization of the Canadian Chemical Industry:
Market Opportunities for biobased Chemicals –Industry Canada
– Fibers & Polymers from Lignocellulosic Sources– Triticale Biorefinery Initiative– Flax Biorefinery Initiative – Flax 2015– Pulse Canada’s Pulse Innovation Project
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Activities
• Several studies, “roadmaps”, mergers, national initiatives in Agriculture and Forestry– Auto 21– National Fibre Network– National Biorefining Network – first meeting in
Orlando at the World Congress
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Activities• Several studies, “roadmaps”, mergers, national
initiatives in Agriculture and Forestry– Getting Value from Every Fibre– National Forestry Biorefining Roadmap– Alberta Fibre Roadmap– Merger of Canada’s three primary forest sector
research institutes: FERIC, Forinteck and Paprican = Canadian Wood Fibre Centre of Natural Resources Canada
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Initiaitves• The Canadian Biomass Innovation Network
(CBIN) an interdepartmental federal network that supports applied R & D
• Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada has announced a new program called Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program – put in place specifcally to support biorefinery projects started by CBIN –focused on conversion of Ag feedstocks to energy and industrial products
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Activities
• Federal Initiatives:– Oilseed Integrated (biodiesel) biorefinery– New and Improved fatty acid biomass
feedstocks– Wheat ethanol research and development– Promotion & development of starch based
biopolymers
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Activities• Federal Initiatives:
– Developing short rotation plantation/Agroforestry systems for bioenergy generation
– Optimizing the Carbon Value chain in the pulp and paper process biorefinery
– Forest products bio-refinery/pre-hydrolysis of hemi-cellulose in wood chips
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
Canadian Activities• Federal Initiatives:
– Agriculture Residues for bioenergy & bioproducts
– Natural fibres initiative for biochemicals & biomaterials
– Renewable energy for greenhouses: biomass residues and advanced conversion technologies
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Alberta’s Agri-Food Growth Strategy $20B/$10B by 2010 Driving Sustainable Growth
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