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Michael J. McAdams President 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 100 • Washington, DC 20006

Advanced Biofuels Association 2011 Brazil Summit New York City—April 18, 2011. Michael J. McAdams President 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 100 • Washington, DC 20006 T 202.469.5138 | F 202.955.5564 www.advancedbiofuelsassociation.com. Who We Are. What We Advocate.

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Michael J. McAdams President 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 100 • Washington, DC 20006

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  1. Advanced Biofuels Association 2011 Brazil Summit New York City—April 18, 2011 Michael J. McAdams President 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 100 • Washington, DC 20006 T 202.469.5138 | F 202.955.5564 www.advancedbiofuelsassociation.com

  2. Who We Are

  3. What We Advocate • Technology Neutrality • Feedstock Sustainability • Subsidy Parity

  4. Cellulosic 16 BG Renewable Fuel Standard RFS2 Total: 36 BG Conventional 15 BG Advanced 21 BG Biomass Diesel 1 BG BG = Billion Gallons

  5. World Ethanol Production

  6. US Refined and Imported Finished Fuels and Other Refined Products

  7. How to Think About Biofuels • Technology • Gasification • Hydrolysis • Hydroprocessing • Synthetic Biology • Fermentation • Catalyst • Feedstocks • Corn • Sugars • Wood • Grasses • Municipal Waste • Algae • Molecule • Alcohol • Ethanol • Butanol • Ether • ETBE • MTBE • Ester • Biodiesel • Hydrocarbon • Diesel • Jet • Gasoline

  8. Fuel Properties • Energy Content • Environmentally Advantaged • Fungibility (drop in fuels) • Scalability • Economically Competitive

  9. U.S.—Brazil MOU • First agreement in 2007 between Presidents Bush and Lula • Bilateral advanced research and development • Helped build advanced biofuels industries in third countries • Worked multilaterally to advance global development of biofuels (standards)

  10. Recent Developments • President Obama 2011 visit • President Obama and President Rousseff agreed to cooperate in numerous areas • Strengthen U.S.-Brazil economic relationship • Air Transport Agreement • Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement

  11. Conclusion • Brazil and U.S. have unique opportunities to advance biofuels around the world • Share specific focus on creation of jet fuels • Shared cooperation on R&D for the development of energy crops

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