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Wisconsin Energy Institute. Campus Planning Committee February 25, 2010. Great Lakes Bioenergy Partners. 2. Mission: NEW technology to sustainably convert cellulosic plant biomass into ethanol & next generation biofuels (~400 hand-picked scientists, staff & students across sites). Academic
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Wisconsin Energy Institute Campus Planning Committee February 25, 2010
Great Lakes Bioenergy Partners 2 Mission: NEW technology to sustainably convert cellulosic plant biomass into ethanol & next generation biofuels (~400 hand-picked scientists, staff & students across sites) • Academic • UW-Madison (lead) • Michigan State University • Illinois State University • Iowa State University • DOE National Labs • Pacific Northwest NL • Oak Ridge NL • Industry • Lucigen/C5-6 Technologies • DOE Office of Science • Joint Genome Institute • BACTER Institute • ASCR • Wisconsin & Michigan • Facilities, Faculty & Staff • Tech Transfer • WARF, others www.glbrc.org
1933 photo shows a Lincoln, Nebraska gas station of the Earl Coryell Co. selling "Corn Alcohol Gasoline" Biofuels are not a new idea! New York Times- Sept 20, 1925
Corn (kernels) Starch Sugar Cane Heat or enzymes Glucose Glucose Fermentation Fermentation Ethanol Ethanol Today’s Biofuels/bioethanol Technology Conversion of tropical sugar cane (glucose) or corn starch (glucose polymer) to ethanol
Biofuels 101 • There are many types of biofuels • Biofuels = Fuels derived from a biological source • Starch, sugar-derived ethanol (transportation sector) • “biodiesel”/oils/hydrocarbons (soybean & plant oils, algal farms, etc) • Wood or pelletized biomass (heat, energy grid, syngas, etc) • Anaerobic digestors (methane) • Renewable waste (methane, hydrogen, electricity) • Cellulose-derived fuels (Great Lakes Bioenergy); “tomorrow’s sustainable biofuels • Cellulose= non-edible part of plant material • US generates ~1.3 billion tons of cellulosic biomass yearly; if converted into liquid transportation fuel it could reduce fossil fuel use by ~30% [mandated by US renewable fuels standard]
Cellulosic Biomass • Grind (reduce size) Pretreatment “soften cellulose” • Chemicals/heat Digest softened polymers • Enzymes Glucose, Arabinose Xylose, Phenolics, etc. Fermentation, Conversion Ethanol, other fuels Conversion of cellulosic plant biomass to fuels Technology of tomorrow (GLBRC, BESC & JBEI) Today’s technology Corn (kernels) Starch Sugar Cane Heat/ enzymes Glucose Glucose Fermentation Fermentation Ethanol Ethanol
Great Lakes Bioenergy Mission Fundamental science to sustainably convert cellulosic plant biomass into ethanol & next generation fuels (anticipate $142M from 2007-12) Breed to modify cellulose & accumulate new energy rich materials New & EXISTING bioenergy plants Ethanol & next generation fuels from new & EXISTING bioenergy crops Science to inform solutions www.glbrc.org
BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING FORESTRY PLANT SCIENCES SOIL SCIENCES GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT MODELING PHYSICS CHEMISTRY GENETICS/ BIOTECH BIOCHEMISTRY UNION SOUTH COMPUTER SCIENCES WEI is Future Epicenter for Great Lakes Bioenergy Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI; 220K GSF, $100M) (Enumerated in Wisconsin 09-11 State budget) Design began July, 2009; late Fall 2012 Nexus for biofuels and other renewable energy science & technology research MICROBIOLOGY WID ENGINEERING Chemical, Metabolic, Combustion, Nuclear, Solar, Wind, PV www.glbrc.org
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