Office of Energy Independence

WBI Biogas Strategy Meeting

Judy Ziewacz 15 October 2010

Governor’s Goals April 2007 Executive Order

 25% of electricity & fuels from renewable resources by 2025

 10% of the emerging bio industry & renewable energy market by 2030 to create jobs

 Become national leader in groundbreaking energy research

Energy Fast Facts- Wisconsin 2008

  Costs: $23.8 billion or 10% of GSP

  Renewable electricity = 4.87% (2009 estimate about 6%)

  Ethanol = 10% of gasoline supply

  91% of total renewable energy biologically-sources

Wisconsin 2008: Renewable Energy Production

(trillions of BTUs)

Type Amt %

Biomass 49.30 61.3 Ethanol 18.30 22.8 Biogas 6.60 8.2 Hydro 5.30 6.6 Wind 0.83 1.1 Solar 0.03 >0.1

Alternative Energy – Economic Development

Strategies

Build on Wisconsin Assets:

1) Add Value to Unique feedstocks

2) Invest in Energy Efficiency

3) Invest in Manufacturing to Retain & Expand; Retool; Attract New

Home-Grown Strategy to Reduce Fossil Fuels & GHG

Adding Value to Waste Streams

 

• Cheese & Food Processing Plants

• Forest & Urban Wood Waste

• Industrial Waste

• Animal Processed Fiber

The Big Cheese A Sector Example

“Whey” Better Power

•  120 cheese plants in the state

•  Value: turned expense into energy; reduce cost to cheese plant; create energy independent wastewater treatment plant

The Big Cheese A Sector Example

Waste to Energy: Beaver Dam •  $20 million wastewater upgrade •  High-strength pre-treatment eliminate

90% of Kraft waste load •  Whey converted to biogas •  Enough electricity to run plant •  $250,000 savings; $270,000 in revenue;

Kraft saves $500,000; quarterly utility rate increases $2 quarterly

 Digesters (22 generate $8 million)   2nd generation technology  Scrubbers –

Natural Gas; BioAg Pipeline  Capital & 2nd generation technology from out-of-state & out-of country  Potential Methane destruction income (carbon policies)

5 kWh per day per cow X 1,252,000 cows =

6 million kWh x 365 days= 2.19 billion kWh

@ 9-cents = $197 million

Potential from Wisconsin

Dairy Cows:

2003 BioGas Symposium Marian College FdL –

2004 Agricultural BioGas Casebook Joe Kramer, Resource Strategies, Inc.

2005 – State Role in Advancing Methane Digesters, Alternative Heat & Power Sources

2006 Making Money from Manure

2005 The Minnesota Project – Anaerobic Digester System for Mid-Sized Dairy Farms.

2006 A Protocol for Quantifying & Reporting the Performance of Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Livestock Manures

Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc………….October 15, 2010

ARRA SEP & AFV

  TBA – metropolitan area & landfill gas = multi-million investment

  TBA – Indian tribe – waste to energy investment

  TBA – garbage vehicles for 3rd waste streams

ARRA SEP

  Whey Better Power (Betin) – $550,000 investment at goat cheese plant for digester

  Food Processors – 2 companies - $4.1 million for digester/biomass boiler

Hope you are hungry for..

Good food.

Good policy.

Good homegrown biogas.

Thank you!