River Bluffs Strategies
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Transcript River Bluffs Strategies
Integration of BioRefineries with
Anaerobic Digestion
Facilities
Bret Healy, River Bluffs Strategies
[email protected]
605-216-1825
US RFS Carve Outs
Only
15 bgy can come from cornstarch
16
bgy must come from fuels derived from
cellulose, hemicellulose or lignin
1
4
bgy must come from biomass biodiesel
bgy of other advanced biofuel may
come from any fuel that qualifies as
advanced biofuel – must reduce GHG
50%
United States Renewable Fuel Standard 2012
Total
15.2 billion gallons/year
Corn: 13.2 billion gallons/year
Biodiesel: 1 billion gallons/year
Cellulosic: 0.5 billion gallons/year
Other Advanced: 0.5 billion gallons/year
United States Renewable Fuel Standard 2015
Total
20.5 billion gallons/year
Corn: 15 billion gallons/year
Biodiesel: 1 billion gallons/year
Cellulosic: 3 billion gallons/year
Other Advanced: 1.5 billion gallons/year
United States Renewable Fuel Standard 2019
Total
28 billion gallons/year
Corn: 15 billion gallons/year
Biodiesel: 1 billion gallons/year
Cellulosic: 8.5 billion gallons/year
Other Advanced: 3.5 billion gallons/year
United States Renewable Fuel Standard 2022
Total
36 billion gallons/year
Corn: 15 billion gallons/year
Biodiesel: 1 billion gallons/year
Cellulosic: 16 billion gallons/year
Other Advanced: 4 billion gallons/year
Sorghum Niche in RFS
• Starch from Grain Sorghum may qualify as an
advanced biofuel (if 50% reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions)
• Replacing natural gas in renewable fuel
manufacturing will be necessary to achieve the
50% reduction needed
• Animal waste may represent a novel approach to
replacing natural gas in ethanol manufacturing
• Other bio-wastes may also fit this role
Needed Components
Ruminant livestock feeding
Alternative Starch Crop production, current and
potential
Source of manure for anaerobic digestion (AD)
Robust demand for wet distiller’s grains
Viable AD technology
Grain sorghum
Barley
Feed wheat, oats, millet
Pathway to Advanced Biofuel status – current NODA
published in Federal Register
Geographic outline
Montana
(eastern)
N Dakota (southwestern), S Dakota
(central), Nebraska (western)
Kansas (central and western)
Colorado (eastern)
Panhandle of Texas, Oklahoma
New Mexico (northeastern)
Existing ETOH Bio-refineries
State
Montana
North
Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
#
0
6
15
26
13
4
4
MGY-nameplate
0
358
1,016
1,544
492
125
250