Biofuels Montana Update: EPAC Billings Biofuel Conference

Chester MT, 3/07

Department of Environmental Quality Energy Planning and Renewable Energy Section June 26, 2012, Billings, Montana

Howard Haines Montana Bioenergy Program Manager 406 841 5252 [email protected]

Ethanol Use

(all retail may or may not) State FY MGY blend MGY ethanol 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 40.669 4.067 170.679084 17.067

2010 174.592936 17.459 2011 206.571 blend + 0.632197 =21.3

2012 thru April 17 30 30 12.6

198.973

2.4

3.1

3.0

3.1

gas total 491.90

315.175

311.197

496.324

412.578

* Most E10 is out of Billings and Missoula. Ethanol is being used for octane boost (not E10)

Proposed Ethanol Plants

(Mont) Permitted MGY 0 125 (only 1 on MDT list, 6/2012) Feedstocks Wheat, corn, barley (383 MGY in July 2008) Operating/planned cellulosic pilot plants 0 (Aug 2008 had 1 in Butte, @ 150k/year capacity)

Biodiesel Use (variable, depends on cost) State FY Blend-MGY B-100 gallons 2004 2005 0.345

0.347

70,000 71,000 2006 2007 2008 2009 0.348

71,149 336,180** 946,328 802,759 2010 2011 2012 (thru Apr) 758,560 784,598 807,589 Total Diesel, mgy 245.243 207.931

273.570/ 958.646

242.179/ 808.925

*Biodiesel as B5 is not tallied (as sold in Havre)

Proposed Biodiesel Plants

Permitted

1

(Mont) MGY Feedstocks 0.1-0.275

Canola, safflower, camelina Total planned 0 Operating (FY 2012) 4 1 0.015

0.100

Self use, used fry oil Canola, camelina, other

What’s Next: Biobutanol?

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Why:

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Higher energy content (24%+);

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Higher allowable blend rate for vehicles & pipelines (16-24%);

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More higher value co-products;

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Each gallon of biobutanol = 1.3 ethanol equivalents

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Process: ABE (6:3:1 advanced now 35:65:1) & others

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Each pound grain = about 1/3 (in weight) each of alcohols (acetone, butanol, ethanol, propanol) gases (CO2 & H2) and distillers grains

Biobutanol ~ Biofuels Growth?

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14 billion gallon/yr (bgy) EtOH capacity (15 bgy RFS cap)

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13 bgy “E10” blend wall Higher allowable

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100 mgy ethanol ~ 80 mgy biobutanol (Gevo and Butamax) (plus DDGS, acetone & EtOH) or

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14 bgy EtOH capacity ~ 11.1 BtOH capacity

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16% (E10 equivalent) blend rate = 20.8 bgy

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Biorefinery or Bioremediation?

Product Price, $/ton

Gasoline Petroleum butanol isobutanol 2-ethyl hexanol Acetone Jet fuel fuel ethanol $833.00 ($2.5/gal ) $612.00 ($90/bb) 1,780-1,984 2,220-2,447 2,180-2,660 1,034-1,322 $901.40

$714.0

Where to Get Help:

www.biodiesel.org

www.deq.mt.gov

www.biodieseleducation.org

http://agr.mt.gov/camelina/default.asp

Howard Haines 406 841-5200, [email protected]

Camelina

The End. Thanks for Listening, Questions?