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Center of Innovation - Energy

One-stop shop for renewable energy and alternative fuels in Georgia. Provides support for new businesses, expedites permitting process, and fosters collaborations between industries and universities.

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Center of Innovation - Energy

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  1. Center of Innovation - Energy J. David Dunagan

  2. ManufacturingGainesville EnergyAtlanta Life SciencesAugusta AerospaceEastman LogisticsSavannah AgricultureTifton

  3. Our Mission Increase production and use of renewable energy and alternative fuels in Georgia

  4. One Stop Shop • Provides forumfor new and expanding businesses • Venue to explain state & federal policies and procedures • Expedites permittingprocess • Matchmakingto form successful collaborations • Partnering with universitiesto commercialize research

  5. One Stop Shop Energy Center of Innovation Agriculture Center of Innovation Governor’s Office Lieutenant Governor’s Office GA Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA) GA Department of Agriculture GA Department of Natural Resources GA Department of Revenue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency GA Department of Community Affairs GA Department of Economic Development • GA EPD Small Business • Environmental Assistance Program • GA EPD Air Protection Branch • GA Forestry Commission • Herty Advanced Materials Development Center • State Fire Marshall • U.S. Department of Agriculture • University of Georgia • Georgia Institute of Technology • Georgia Railroad Association • University of GA Small Business Development Center • … and more!

  6. Wind Solar Geothermal Not one market – but several each focused on a primary renewable energy source Corn Ethanol Biomass

  7. Forest Agriculture Water Wetland Urban Georgia Forestry = Biomass Energy

  8. Growth and Removals of Merchantable Trees 38 % 32% 42% 73% Between 1998 and 2008 the growth of growing stock on timberland in the state has exceeded removals by an average of 38.5% annually or 546,086,970 cubic feet per year

  9. Forest Inventory

  10. Forest Inventory RWE

  11. Giant Miscanthus • Herbaceous, Deciduous, Perennial • Rhizomes rather than seed • 11 - 25 Dry tons/acre/year • 27 - 62 Dry tons/hectare/year • Height up to 15 feet • Stems are erect, similar to thin bamboo • Low environmental inputs • Alternative non-food use for marginal • Land • Drought tolerant, crowds out weeds • Carbon neutral • Nutrients returned to the soil each year

  12. Research Emphasis • Energy crops: • Short rotation – grasses/woody • Short rotation trees • Algae oil • Genomics/genetics Georgia Institute of Technology www.gatech.edu/ Institute of Paper Science &Technology http://ipst.gatech.edu/ University of Georgia http://uga.edu/ Herty Advanced Materials Development Center http://herty.com/

  13. Drivers • Green Trend is In • Economy – Forest Industries • Mandates • Energy Security – Middle East Stability? • Environment The United States, with 5% of the worlds population, consumes roughly 25% of total energy production, yet only holds 2% of the proven petroleum reserves.

  14. Biofuels Industry Today…Tomorrow??? • Range Fuels – Cellulosic alcohols, 10 M. gal/yr • First United Ethanol – Corn ethanol, 100 M. gal/yr • Windgap Farms, Ethanol, waste brewers yeast, 500 K gal/yr • US Biofuels, Biodiesel from poultry fat, 10 M. gal/yr • Bulldog Biofuels, Biodiesel from poultry fat, 10 M. gal/yr

  15. Biomass Energy Facilities 12 biomass-to-electricity projects have been announced in Georgia Total of 689 megawatts of renewable energy $1.8 billion in investment 570 direct jobs 1,700 indirect jobs

  16. Biomass Energy Facilities • 4 Wood pellet/briquette mills – Operational • 425,000 Green tons/year • 5 Others announced

  17. Solar Manufacturing • Suniva – High efficiency, low cost • Commercialized Georgia Tech R & D • Opening 2nd and 3rd production lines • Georgia Tech – University Center of Excellence in Photovoltaics (UCEP)

  18. Emerging Industry Trends • European Union interest • Executive Order 13514 “Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance” • Pellet production • Wood to electricity • Waste to energy • Next generation fuels

  19. Emerging R & D Trends • UGA Energy Crops • GaTech Fiber Research, Nanotechnology, Solar

  20. Source: Forisk Consulting, LLC

  21. For More Information Contact: David Dunagan Renewable EnergyProgram Manager 404-584-1105 jdavid@gefa.ga.gov Jill Stuckey COI-Energy, Director 404-584-1041 jill@gefa.ga.gov

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