Tony Hartmann Great Lakes Ag Energy (608) 215-4446
What do these organiza/ons have in common?
Wisco’ Biofuel Pioneers… Where are they now? • North Prairie Produc/ons • Best Biodiesel Cashton • Renew Energy
GLBF (2005) Mission: Pursue, promote & market clean, carbon‐neutral, fossil fuel replacements.
GLAE (2010) Mission: Develop carbon‐neutral, fossil energy replacement & recycling technologies.
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Feedstock ‐ Raw Materials • • • • •
Current: 1st Generation (1G) Corn starch, Sugar cane Sugar Beets/Sweet Sorghum/Potatoes/Other C6’s Recycled Lipids, Tallow Palm Oil Oilseeds – Soybeans – Canola/’Raps’ – Camelina, Sunflower, Jatropha, etc.
Sourcing/Processing Local Feedstocks Future/Non-food: 2nd Generation (2G) • Wood Chips • Ag Residuals – Stover – Wheat straw/bean stover
• New Energy Crops – Prairie grass, Miscanthus, Fiber Sorghum – Camelina, Pennycress, Hemp, etc.
Policy • Near Term; RFS 2, Tax holidays, Business tax credits for biodiesel, Support for E15 • SXmulus for conversion of exisXng infrastructure (pulp/paper, 1G biorefineries) & Co‐locaXon • Matching grants for applied R & D • Long Term; RFS 3/LCFS, Taxes on fossil raw materials or carbon • Sugar SXmulus…
Public/Private Support • Federal/State Grants – Nat’l Labs/Bioenergy Research
• University/Extension • Local Government/WDNR • Trade AssociaXons – Farmers Union/Farm Bureau
• Private Sector – CHS, Monsanto, ADM, Cargill, Sanimax – Agrecol, Starch EtOH, Fusion Fuels, Sun Power, Walsh
Tony Hartmann Great Lakes Ag Energy (608) 215-4446 www.greatlakesagenergy.com