Transcript Sun Grant/DOE Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership April 7, 2011 Feedstocks Platform 2011 DOE Biomass Program Review Jim Doolittle, Director NC Regional Sun Grant Center South Dakota State.

Sun Grant/DOE Regional
Biomass Feedstock Partnership
April 7, 2011
Feedstocks Platform
2011 DOE Biomass Program Review
Jim Doolittle, Director
NC Regional Sun Grant Center
South Dakota State University
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Goal Statement
• Development of more accurate cost supply
information and improved communication with
partners in the biomass 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.
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Quad Chart Overview
Timeline
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Project start date: 1-15- 2007
Project end date: 9-30-2013
Percent complete: 50%
Barriers
• Barriers addressed
• Ft-A: Resource avail. & cost
• Ft-B: Sustainable production
• Ft-C: Crop Genetics
Budget
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Total project funding:
$17,719,983
– DOE share = $14,175,986
– Contractor share = $3,543,997
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Funding received in FY09
• $2,000,000
Funding for FY10
• $4,900,000
ARRA Funding - none
Partners
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Sun Grant Initiative
DOE
Land-Grant Universities
USDA-ARS
Monsanto
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Project management
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South Dakota State University
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Project Overview
• Starting point
– Sun Grant Mission
• Enhance America's national energy security through
development, distribution and implementation of biobased
energy technologies.
• Promote diversification and environmental
sustainability of America's agriculture
• Promote opportunities for biobased economic diversification
in America's rural communities.
– Billion-Ton study
• Estimated annual sustainable biomass
resource base at 1.3 billion tons
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Project Overview
• Sun Grant Regional Biomass Feedstock
Workshops
– 2006 SE,NC
– 2007 W, SC, & NE
– Regional evaluation of Billion-ton study
• Identified major feedstocks and projected potential
sustainable supply within regions
• Sun Grant/DOE Regional Biomass Feedstock
Partnership formed in 2007
– Field trials initiated crop-year 2008
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1 - Approach
• Identified Near-Term Biomass Feedstocks
– Herbaceous
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Corn residue
Cereal crop residues
Switchgrass
Miscanthus
Sorghum
Energycane
Cool & warm season grass mixtures (CRP)
– Woody
• Short rotation poplar
• Short rotation willow
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1 - Approach
• Established Primary Tasks
1. Biomass Resource Assessment
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Regional data bases on existing feedstock supply
2. Biomass Resource Development
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Field trials of dedicated feedstocks
Impact of residue removal on sustainability
3. Education and Outreach
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BioWeb
Regional Feedstock Partnership web site
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1 - Approach
• Established Task Teams
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Biomass Resource Assessment
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Mark Downing; ORNL
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NE – Peter Woodberry; Cornell
SE – Sam Jackson; Univ. Tennessee
SC – Michael Dicks; OK State Univ.
NC -Mike Wimberly; SD State Univ.
W – Chris Daly; OR State Univ.
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USDA/ARS Coordinator; Vince Breneman
Sustainable Corn Residue Removal
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Doug Karlen; USDA/ARS
Robert Anex, Univ. WI
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1 - Approach
• Established Task Teams
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Herbaceous Biomass Feedstock Development
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Vance Owens; SD State Univ.
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CRP – DK Lee; Univ. IL
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USDA/ARS Coordinator; Paul Adler
Energycane – Brian Baldwin; MS State Univ.
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USDA/ARS Coordinator; Ed Richard
Miscanthus – Tom Voigt; Univ. IL
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USDA/ARS Coordinator; Adam Davis
Sorghum – William Rooney; TX A&M Univ.
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USDA/ARS Coordinator; Jeff Pederson
Switchgrass – Vance Owens; SD State Univ..
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USDA/ARS Coordinator; Rob Mitchell
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1 - Approach
• Established Task Teams
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Sustainable Cereal Crop Residue Removal
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Russ Karow; OR State Univ.
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USDA/ARS Coordinator; Hal Collins
Woody Biomass Feedstock Development
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Tim Rials; Univ. TN
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Poplar – Bill Berguson; Univ. MN-Duluth
Willow – Tim Volk; State Univ. NY (SUNY)
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USDA/FS Coordinator; Marilyn Buford
Education and Outreach
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Kim Cassel; SD State Univ.
Sam Jackson; Univ. TN
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2 - Technical Accomplishments/
Progress/Results
• Effective Task Teams in place
– Reports from Team Leads are next
presentations
– Completed 3 crop-years of field trials 2008 – 2010
• 59 locations in 37 states
– Field plot yield data and treatment information
uploaded to KDF.
– Regional yield information from literature and
university reports compiled and uploaded to KDF
– Samples collected for sustainability analysis
– Biomass samples collected and sent to INL for
composition analysis and archiving
– Energycane plots in HI
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110 plot locations in 36 states
2 - Technical Accomplishments/
Progress/Results (cont’d)
• Industry partnership -Monsanto DAM project
• Commercial scale collection of corn residue
• Expanded data collection on select plot
locations for improved sustainability analysis
• Tracking carbon
• BioWeb
– http://bioweb.sungrant.org
• Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership
– http://www.sungrant.org/Feedstock+Partnerships
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2 - Technical Accomplishments/
Progress/Results (cont’d)
• 2011 Regional Biomass Feedstock Status
Report
Available online:
www.SunGrant.org
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3 - Relevance
• The data and knowledge generated through the
activities of this partnership are crucial to DOE/EERE’s
Biomass Multi-year Plan goal to develop sustainable,
cost-competitive biomass utilization technologies from
the farmer’s field to the end user.
– Scale-up of dedicated energy crops and crop residue collection
leading to a commercial-scale supply system
• Data to validate long-term biomass yields on non-prime
farmland
• Regional and national data for refinement of life-cycle
analysis
• Information on potential problems of disease and pests
• Data to quantify the range of feedstock properties across
regions and growing/management conditions
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4 - Critical Success Factors
• Continued successful crop-years through 2012 to
provide the 5-year data set prescribed at the beginning
of the project for analysis and interpretation.
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Future Work
• Complete crop-years 2011 and 2012
• Begin analysis of 5-year data set and synthesis
reports by species and across regions
• 2012 Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership
Report and Planning Meeting.
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Summary
• The Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership is midway through its 6-year work plan to compete 5 years of
scaled-up field trials for dedicated biomass crops and
crop residue removal.
• Data from the field trials and resource assessment
activities is uploaded to the Knowledge Discovery
Framework (KDF)
• Individual Task Team reports with greater details on
activity and output/outcomes follow this introduction.
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Additional Slides
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Responses to Previous Reviewers’
Comments
• Inclusion of carbon and greenhouse gas needed
– Starting with crop-year 2009 select plot locations were
chosen for additional sustainability measurements
including carbon.
• More agronomic work including engagement of
the Cooperative Extension Service.
– We have begun working with eXtension on a Biomass
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Community
of Practice
• More work on woody biomass
– Beginning crop-year 2009, we significantly increased the
short-rotation woody crop field plot locations
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Grow renewable energy and biobased industries that
revitalize rural communities by harnessing science and
technological capacities of Land-Grant University
research, education, and Extension programs
Jim Doolittle, Director
North Central Sun Grant Center
South Dakota State University
Concept…
• A national network of land-grant universities and federal
agencies partnering to build a biobased economy.
• Land-grant institutions will broaden their responsibilities
beyond traditional agriculture & forestry issues.
• SGI Centers will be charged with making significant
advances in biobased industries for the benefit of
America’s independent farmers, rural communities, and
public at large.
• Mission
– Enhance America's national energy security
through development, distribution and
implementation of biobased energy technologies.
– Promote diversification and environmental
sustainability of America's agriculture
– Promote opportunities for biobased economic
diversification in America's rural communities.
• Five Regional University Centers
– South Dakota State, U of Tennessee, Oregon
State, Oklahoma State, Cornell University
• Coordinate activities within SGI Region and SGA
• Administer Regional grant program
• Sun Grant Association (SGA)
– Non-profit entity
• Membership from Regional SGI Centers
– Facilitates/Integrates activities of 5 SGI regions
– Facilitates coordination and communication with
agency and private partners
•Interaction of SGA with SGI Centers,
•federal agencies and others
LGU
USDA
LGU
SGA
DOE
LGU
DOT
SGI
Center
LGU
Others
LGU
LGU
LGU
•WWW.SUNGRANT.ORG
•Sun Grant Initiative Regions and Regional Centers
Authorized and Funded
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USDA
– Authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill at $75M
• $5.5 M
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DOE
– Biomass Program project funding
• $11.2 M
– Regional Feedstock Partnership
• $14.2 M
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DOT
– Authorized and funded in the 2005 Highway Bill
(SAFETEA-LU)
• $43.9 M
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Total = $75.6 M
$92.7M with cost-share
•Sun Grant Projects across the
Nation
Publications and Presentations
• Listed with Team Presentations
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