university of iowa biomass fuel project
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University of IowaBiomass Fuel Project
Ingrid Gronstal Anderson, J.D.UI Utilities & Energy Management
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District Energy – Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
• What is District Energy?
Source: IDEA Website/Smarttools
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District Energy @ UI
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Reliability focused Renewables focused
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2020 Vision - The University of Iowa's Sustainability Targets
1. Achieve Net-negative Energy Growth
2. Green Our Energy Portfolio
https://sustainability.uiowa.edu/our-vision/2020-vision-the-university-of-iowas-sustainability-targets/
Consume less energy on campus in 2020 than consumed in 2010 despite projected growth
Achieve the goal of 40% renewable energy consumption on the campus by 2020
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How much energy does the UI consume compared to my house?
• UI annual energy use is equal to:
– 3,500 homes
– 35,000 homes
– 350,000 homes
– 1,000,000 homes
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How much energy does the UI consume compared to my house?
• UI annual energy use is equal to:
– 3,500 homes
–35,000 homes– 350,000 homes
– 1,000,000 homes
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Annual energy use at UI is:
The same energy use as all of the homes in Iowa City
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Why doesn’t the UI convert to solar?
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UI analysis of solar
• Solar panels on every campus rooftop would provide 12.8% of the energy needs for the UI campus.
• Solar does not have the scale to provide 40% renewables.
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What about wind?
• If a wind farm was built on the UI grounds, the electricity generated would provide 7.7% of the energy needs for the campus.
• Distant, off-site generation adds significant cost & supply risk
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UI analysis of biomass
• Displaces coal
– UI Power Plant currently purchases approximately 2400 truckloads of coal each year
– Displace ~4 tons of coal per planted acre
• Funding requirements
– Does not require additional up-front capital
– Goal is to minimize fuel budget impact
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4,000,000 MMBtu per year
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4,000,000 MMBtu per year
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Benefits of Biomass at UI
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4,000,000 MMBtu per year
• What is the UI annual energy budget (fuel and electricity) for 2015-2016?
– $1 Million
– $30 Million
– $200 Million
– $3 Billion
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4,000,000 MMBtu per year
• What is the UI annual energy budget (fuel and electricity) for 2015-2016?
– $1 Million
–$30 Million– $200 Million
– $3 Billion
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Biomass Fuel Portfolio• Industrial byproducts:
– Current: oat hulls– Future: energy pellets, cardboard recycling sludge,
furniture scrap
• Wood chips:
– Current/past: timber stand improvement, pallet remanufacture
– Future: opportunity wood, short rotation woody crops
• Energy grasses:
– Current development: Miscanthus– Future: prairie and switchgrass
sustainability.uiowa.edu/initiatives/biomass-fuel-project/
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Industrial By-Product: Oat Hulls
• UI has been burning oat hulls for energy since 2003
• Sourced from Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids, IA
• 5-yr contract for 40,000 tpy
• Displaces roughly 1000 truckloads of coal/year
sustainability.uiowa.edu/initiatives/biomass-fuel-project/
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Energy Pellets
• Allow existing equipment to be used without modification
• Make use of non-recyclable manufacturing byproducts
• Partnering with UI Chemistry Department to study emissions
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Wood Chips
sustainability.uiowa.edu/initiatives/biomass-fuel-project/
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Current wood chip supply
• Scrap from pallet manufacturing
• Over 150 truckloads of wood chips used in 2015
• Wood chips displace 100 truckloads of coal at the UI Power Plant
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Energy Grass
• Miscanthus x giganteus
– 500 acres growing in eastern Iowa
– Up to 300 acres will be planted spring 2017
– Goal of 2500 total acres
– Partnership with ISU, Dr. Emily Heaton
sustainability.uiowa.edu/initiatives/biomass-fuel-project/
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117 MMBtu per year
• How many acres of Miscanthus would you need to provide energy for the average midwest home for one year?
– Less than 1 acre
– 10 acres
– 100 acres
– 1000 acres
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117 MMBtu per year
• How many acres of Miscanthus would you need to provide energy for the average midwest home for one year?
–Less than 1 acre– 10 acres
– 100 acres
– 1000 acres
–0.75 acres
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PROFITABILTY
• ~15% of land within Iowa fields not profitable in corn
ENVIRONMENT
• Planting ~15% of land within Iowa fields to diverse perennials provides disproportionate environmental benefit
ENERGY
• Planting ~15% of land within Iowa fields to perennial high-yielding energy crops provides enough biomass
Slide courtesy of Dr. Emily Heaton, Iowa State Universitysustainability.uiowa.edu/initiatives/biomas
s-fuel-project/
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J. Arbuckle, Heidi Asbjornsen, Steve Bradbury,
Cindy Cambardella, Mike Castellano, Rick Cruse, Bob
Klaver, Laura Jackson, Mark Johnson, Matt O’Neal, Mike
Rentz, Mark Tomer, John Tyndall, John Westra
Brian Gelder, Maged Noshi, Tim Youngquist, Dave Williams,
Chris Witte, Xiaobo Zhou
Rachael Cox, Julia Dale, Javed Iqbal, Jose Gutierrez-Lopez,
Virginia Hernandez-Santana, Rene Hessel, Sarah Hirsh, Drake Larsen,
Delise Lockett, Anna MacDonald, Vilma Mateos-Remigio, David Mitchell, Amy
Moorhouse, Julie Mueller, Matt Stephenson, Marlín Pérez-Suárez, Tomorra Smith
Lisa Schulte Moore, Matt Helmers,
Pauline Drobney, Mary Harris, Matt
Liebman, Randy Kolka, Jeri Neal
Committee on
Agricultural
Development
Slide courtesy of Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore, Iowa State University
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Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips www.prairiestrips.org
Slide courtesy of Matt Helmers, Iowa State University.
(Helmers, M.J., et al., Sediment removal by perennial filter strips in row-cropped ephemeral watersheds. Journal of Environmental Quality, 2012. 41(5): p. 1531-1539.)
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Current Status• Increasing our footprint
– > 500 acres planted in MxG,
– >800 under long-term lease
• 2017 Harvest poised to start
• Limited Harvest due to winter/boiler downtime
– 2 fields
– Storage & densification trials
– On-site blending trials
– Fluidized Bed Boiler delivery system trials
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Thank you