Canada …a history of big ideas and rich in natural resources

Canada …a history of big ideas and rich in natural resources

Growth Energy Leadership Conference

By Kenneth Field, Chairman, GreenField Ethanol Inc.

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The opportunities for ethanol, biodiesal and biofuels are endless.

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The future will depend on ……

• Technology

• Investment money

• Land mass

• Market

• Public acceptance

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LARGEST LAND PER CAPITA IN THE

WORLD

10% OF THE WORLD’S FOREST

25% OF THE WORLD’SFRESH WATER

SUPPLY

Largest supplier of oil

to the USA

$2.6 billion goods exchanged each day

Major supplier of natural gas

Canada supplies 10% of New York and New England states power

A bit about Canada

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Canada is a small market

30 million people live in Canada. We have roughly the same population as California.

By September of this year Canada will have a 5% Renewable fuels mandate – meaning a market for ethanol of about 1.7 billion litres (500,000 gallons).

Canada is responsible for some big ideas....that have a major impact on our world

communications

life saving drugs

sports

entertainmenttechnology

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Our ethanol industry is building on our innovation tradition

Enerkem

Iogen

Lignol

GreenField

Four leading cellulosic technologies call Canada home

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Enerkem – Wesbury Quebec

Gasification to convert municipal sorted waste to ethanol

Active since 1999

Awarded $50 million by DOE to build plant in Mississippi

Plans to build world’s first municipal sorted waste-to-ethanol commercial plant in Edmonton, Alberta in 2010

Plans to build with GreenField in Varennes, Quebec

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Lignol – British Columbia

Bacterial technology to convert wood and other biomass to manufacture biochemicals and ethanol

Active since 2001 as Lignol

Awarded $30 million by DOE

Planning a commercial demonstration plant for 2010

Collaborations with…

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Iogen – Ottawa, Ontario

Enzymatic technology to convert wheat straw and other biomass to ethanol

Active since late 1970s

Over $300 million spent on research and development

$60 million demonstration plant in operation since 2007 (the world’s first)

Commercial manufacturer of enzymes

Iogen has alliances with….

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GreenField Cellulosic – Chatham, Ontario

Steam explosion and enzymatic technology to convert corn cobs and other biomass to ethanol

Running our pilot plant of 1 tonne a day since 2007

Significantly reduced pre-treatment time and the enzyme cost (by a factor of 20)

Commercial demonstration plant to be built in 2010 (5-10 tonnes a day)

Partnerships with Novozymes and Andritz

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Canada is small but big on ideas

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Advanced Biofuels

Renewable Fuel Standard (US EISA)

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Together we need to enhance the ethanol brand

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We are in a brand war with the oil companies.

Environmentalists, media personalities, movie stars…… and other influencers are Canadian

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Thank you