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Join us at the Conference for a detailed review of sustainable biomass feedstock sources & future planning initiatives. Explore regional data, field trials, and cost-effective solutions to achieve renewable energy goals. Be part of a collaborative effort to enhance the supply chain for lignocellulosic feedstock.
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Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership Annual Review and Planning Meeting Crop-year 2010 San Antonio, Texas February 23 & 24
Challenge • Meeting renewable energy/products goals with sustainable production, collection, and distribution of sufficient quantities of lignocellulosic feedstock. • DOE/USDA billion ton study established the resource base at approximately 1.3 billion tons of biomass
SGI Regional Feedstock Workshops • Identified major feedstocks and projected potential sustainable supply within regions • 2006 • Southeast and North Central • 2007 • Western, South Central, and North East
SGI/DOE Partnership Development • Objectives • Development of more accurate cost supply information and improved communication with partners in the feedstock supply chain • Replicated field trials across regions to determine the impact of residue removal on future grain yield. • Replicated filed trials to develop energy crops within geographical regions. • Regional assessment of feedstock resources which can be used to determine supply curves
Regional Feedstock Partnership Tasks • Biomass Resource Assessment • Regional data bases on existing feedstock supply • Biomass Resource Development • Field trials of dedicated feedstocks • Impact of residue removal on sustainability • Education and Outreach • BioWeb • Regional Feedstock Partnership web site
Partnership Task Teams • Biomass Resource Assessment • Mark Downing • NE – Peter Woodberry • SE – Sam Jackson • SC – Mark Gregory • NC -Mike Wimberly • W – Chris Daly • Sustainable Corn Residue Removal • Doug Karlen
Partnership Task Teams • Sustainable Cereal Crop Residue Removal • Russ Karow • Herbaceous Biomass Feedstock Development • Vance Owens • CRP – DK Lee • Energy Cane – Brian Baldwin • Miscanthus – Tom Voit • Sorghum – William Rooney • Switchgrass – Vance Owens
Partnership Task Teams • Woody Biomass Feedstock Development • Tim Rials • Poplar – Bill Berguson • Willow – Tim Volk • Education and Outreach • Kim Cassel • Sam Jackson
General Roles & Responisbilities • Field Plot PI • Conduct field trial(s) & collect data • Provide field trial data to data warehouse • Analyze data from own field trial(s) and provide report
General Roles & Responisbilities • Species lead • Facilitate sighting and data collection for all field plots for species • Facilitate data uploading for species to data wharehouse • Analyze/summarize data for species across the nation and report
General Roles & Responisbilities • Team Lead • Coordinate activity/communication of team • Primary contact with Project director • Facilitate selection of species leads and plot locations • Nation wide summarization/comparison of data between species on team and report
General Roles & Responisbilities • Regional GIS Coordinator • Gather literature data from region and analyze it for their region. • Augment data from species leads • Upload garnered data to data warehouse • Provide regional analysis of feedstocks within their region and report
DOE Funding of Partnership • Crop-Year 2008 • FY07 - $4.5M • Crop-Year 2009 • FY08 – $2.9M & FY09 - $2.0M = $4.9M • $400K added sustainability data • Crop-Year 2010 • FY10 - $4.9M budgeted • Crop-Years 2011 to 2013 • Assumed to be as previous crop-years Plus 20% cost-share
Outcomes to date • Completed 2 crop-years of field trials at 59 locations in 37 states
Outcomes to date • Most data from 1st crop-year uploaded to ORNL share-point. • Continued refinement of individual components of residue removal tool. Supported efforts of 5 modelers. • Regional GIS teams have compiled existing data resources and are beginning to analyze
Status of Crop-Year 2010 Funds • FY10 funds not yet awarded to SDSU • Team leads are assembling necessary paperwork “packets” to be forwarded to Project Director at SDSU – Due March 1 • Only new field plots/PIs are completing NEPA • Crop-year 2010 funds will be disbursed as soon as awarded to SDSU and Sub-award approval clause released by DOE-GO
Outcomes for this Working Meeting • Update on each Task Team’s Crop-Year 2008/2009 results, activity, successes and obstacles. • Open discussion leading to possible revision and finalization of experimental plans for Crop-Year 2010 • Continued dialog and coordination of activity among Task Teams (especially Resource Assessment), SGA, DOE, and USDA
Outcomes for this Working Meeting • Status check on progress toward stated objectives and desired outcomes • Dialog and potential solutions to issues identified over the past 2 crop-years and during this meeting. • Brainstorm and capture possible opportunities to expand and leverage the Feedstock Partnership.
Meeting Logistics • Agenda • Skyline Atrium – working lunches • Tango2 – whole group meetings • Working Lunches • Report presentations will be posted on the Feedstock Partnership web page.