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U.S. Department of EnergyOverview of DOE Biomass/Biofuels Initiatives

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Sustainable Biofuels, Biopower, and Bioproducts

The Biomass Program is working to advance biomass technologies in support of DOE’s mission to strengthen America’s energy security,

environmental quality, and economic vitality through:

The Biomass Program is working to advance biomass technologies in support of DOE’s mission to strengthen America’s energy security,

environmental quality, and economic vitality through:

Feedstocks

Improving conversion

efficiencies and costs

Evaluating vehicle

emissions, performance,

and deployment

options

Providing a clean,

domestic, dispatchable

renewable source of power

Expanding portfolio beyond

cellulosic ethanol to

hydrocarbon fuels

Developing lower cost feedstock logistics systems

Conversion technologies

Systematically validating and

deploying technology at first-of-a-kind

facilities

Infrastructure Biopower Advanced biofuels

Integrated biorefineries

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Budget Requests

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Budget Breakdown FY 2011

TRL 3, 19%

TRL 4, 12%Non-TRL, 18%

Deployment/ Mrkt Activities, 2%

Program Mgmt Support, 5%

Communications & Outreach, 2%

Education, >0%System/Cost/Mrkt

Analysis, 3%

TRL 8, 42%

TRL 2, 15%

Biomass FY11 Budget Request Breakdown ($220M)

FY 2009 ARRA funding cover TRL 6-7FY 2009 ARRA funding cover TRL 6-7

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Recovery Act Funding and Initiatives$800 Million in Funding to Biomass Program

$509M Pilot and Demonstration-Scale BiorefineriesValidate technologies for integrated production of advanced biofuels, products, and power to enable financing and replication. In 2009, DOE selected

- 12 pilot-scale projects for up to $25M each

- 4 demonstration-scale projects for up to $50M

- 2 research and development projects for $2.5M each

$82M Commercial-Scale BiorefineriesIncrease in funding for one previously awarded project to expedite construction and accelerate commissioning and start-up

$107M Fundamental Research$18M: Integrated Process Development Unit

$5M: Sustainability research with Office of Science, NationalLaboratory, university, and USDA partners$35M: National Advanced Biofuels Consortium (NABC) to accelerate demonstration

$49M: National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and BioProducts Consortium (NAABB) to accelerate demonstration (focused on algae)

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NABC Research Strategies

Consortium Leads: NREL, PNNL

Consortium Partners: Albemarle, Amyris, ANL, BP Products, Catchlight, Colorado School of Mines, Iowa State Univ., LANL, Pall, RTI, Tesoro, UC Davis, UOP, Virent, Washington State Univ.

1 32 64 5NABC matrix of technology and strategy teams will ensure development of complete integrated processes.

Project Objective: Develop cost-effective technologies that supplement petroleum-derived fuels with advanced “drop-in” biofuels that are compatible with today’s transportation infrastructure and are produced in a sustainable manner.

ARRA Funded: DOE Funding $33.8M/Cost Share $12.5M over 3 years

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Biofuels Consortia: Algal Biofuels R&D

National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and

Bioproducts

Sustainable Algal Biofuels Consortium

Consortium for Algal Biofuels Commercialization

Cellana, LLC Consortium

Breaking down critical barriers to the commercialization of algae based biofuels such as aviation fuels, diesel, and gasoline that can be

transported and sold using today’s existing fueling infrastructure.

ARRA-fundedAppropriations funded

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Integrated Biorefineries

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Funding Opportunities

• Recent Funding Opportunities– Integrated Process Improvements for Biochemical Conversion of

Biomass Sugars: From Pretreatment to Substitutes for Petroleum-based Feedstocks, Products and Fuels

• Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0000337

• Application Due Date: 02/07/2011, 11:59 PM Eastern Time

• Open Funding Opportunities– Upgrading of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Oil (Bio-oil)

• Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0000342

• Application Due Date: July 9, 2010 11:59 PM Eastern Time

• Possible Future Opportunities– Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI)

• Joint DOE/USDA

Bioenergy Research Centers

DOE Office of Science Office of Science: Investing up to $400 million in three new centers

• The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center –Univ of Wisconsin/Michigan St Univ– Breeding new varieties, processing techniques and agents for breaking down cellulose,

and improving the microbial and chemical processes that convert biomass

• The BioEnergy Science Center – Oak Ridge National Laboratory– Focuses on consolidated bioprocessing using a single microorganism or group of

organisms to break down plant matter through a one-step conversion method

• The Joint BioEnergy Institute – Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory – R&D focus is on the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels

At the frontier between basic and applied science

Targeting breakthroughs in biofuel technology to make abundant, affordable, low-carbon biofuels a reality