Office of Energy Independence WBI Biogas Strategy Meeting Judy Ziewacz 15 October 2010
Governor’s Goals April 2007 Executive Order
25% of electricity & fuels from renewable resources by 2025 10% of the emerging bio industry & renewable energy market by 2030 to create jobs Become national leader in groundbreaking energy research
Energy Fast FactsWisconsin 2008
Costs: $23.8 billion or 10% of GSP Renewable electricity = 4.87% (2009 estimate about 6%) Ethanol = 10% of gasoline supply 91% of total renewable energy biologically-sources
Wisconsin 2008: Renewable Energy Production (trillions of BTUs)
Type
Amt
%
Biomass Ethanol Biogas Hydro Wind Solar
49.30 18.30 6.60 5.30 0.83 0.03
61.3 22.8 8.2 6.6 1.1 >0.1
Alternative Energy – Economic Development Strategies
Build on Wisconsin Assets: 1) Add Value to Unique feedstocks 2) Invest in Energy Efficiency 3) Invest in Manufacturing to Retain & Expand; Retool; Attract New
Home-Grown Strategy to Reduce Fossil Fuels & GHG Adding Value to Waste Streams
• Cheese & Food Processing Plants • Forest & Urban Wood Waste • Industrial Waste • Animal Processed Fiber
The Big Cheese A Sector Example
“Whey” Better Power • 120 cheese plants in the state • Value: turned expense into energy; reduce cost to cheese plant; create energy independent wastewater treatment plant
The Big Cheese A Sector Example
Waste to Energy: Beaver Dam • $20 million wastewater upgrade • High-strength pre-treatment eliminate 90% of Kraft waste load • Whey converted to biogas • Enough electricity to run plant • $250,000 savings; $270,000 in revenue; Kraft saves $500,000; quarterly utility rate increases $2 quarterly
Digesters (22 generate $8 million) 2nd generation technology Scrubbers – Natural Gas; BioAg Pipeline Capital & 2nd generation technology from out-of-state & out-of country Potential Methane destruction income (carbon policies)
Potential from Wisconsin Dairy Cows: 5 kWh per day per cow X 1,252,000 cows = 6 million kWh x 365 days= 2.19 billion kWh @ 9-cents = $197 million
2003 BioGas Symposium Marian College FdL – 2004 Agricultural BioGas Casebook Joe Kramer, Resource Strategies, Inc. 2005 – State Role in Advancing Methane Digesters, Alternative Heat & Power Sources 2006 Making Money from Manure
2005 The Minnesota Project – Anaerobic Digester System for Mid-Sized Dairy Farms. 2006 A Protocol for Quantifying & Reporting the Performance of Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Livestock Manures Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc………….October 15, 2010
ARRA SEP & AFV
TBA – metropolitan area & landfill gas = multi-million investment TBA – Indian tribe – waste to energy investment TBA – garbage vehicles for 3rd waste streams
ARRA SEP
Whey Better Power (Betin) – $550,000 investment at goat cheese plant for digester Food Processors – 2 companies $4.1 million for digester/biomass boiler
Hope you are hungry for.. Good food. Good policy. Good homegrown biogas. Thank you!