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Wisconsin Energy Institute
Campus Planning Committee
February 25, 2010
www.glbrc.org
2Great Lakes Bioenergy Partners
Academic UW-Madison (lead) Michigan State University Illinois State University Iowa State University
DOE National Labs Pacific Northwest NL Oak Ridge NL
Industry Lucigen/C5-6 Technologies
DOE Office of ScienceJoint Genome InstituteBACTER InstituteASCR
Wisconsin & MichiganFacilities, Faculty & Staff
Tech TransferWARF, others
Mission: NEW technology to sustainably convert cellulosic plant biomass into ethanol & next generation biofuels
(~400 hand-picked scientists, staff & students across sites)
New York Times- Sept 20, 19251933 photo shows a Lincoln, Nebraska gas station of the Earl Coryell Co. selling "Corn Alcohol Gasoline"
Biofuels are not a new idea!
Conversion of tropical sugar cane (glucose) or corn starch (glucose polymer) to ethanol
Fermentation
Glucose
Ethanol
Sugar Cane
Fermentation
Starch
Glucose
Ethanol
Heat or enzymes
Corn (kernels)
Today’s Biofuels/bioethanol Technology
Biofuels 101There are many types of biofuels
Biofuels = Fuels derived from a biological source
Starch, sugar-derived ethanol (transportation sector)
“biodiesel”/oils/hydrocarbons (soybean & plant oils, algal farms, etc)
Wood or pelletized biomass (heat, energy grid, syngas, etc)
Anaerobic digestors (methane)
Renewable waste (methane, hydrogen, electricity)
Cellulose-derived fuels (Great Lakes Bioenergy); “tomorrow’s sustainable biofuels
Cellulose= non-edible part of plant material US generates ~1.3 billion tons of cellulosic biomass yearly; if converted into liquid transportation fuel it could reduce fossil fuel use by ~30% [mandated by US renewable fuels standard]
Glucose, ArabinoseXylose, Phenolics, etc.
Ethanol, other fuels
Cellulosic Biomass
Pretreatment“soften cellulose”
Fermentation,Conversion
?Chemicals/heat
Digest softened polymers
?Enzymes
?Grind (reduce size)
Fermentation
Glucose
Ethanol
Sugar Cane
Fermentation
Starch
Glucose
Ethanol
Heat/ enzymes
Corn (kernels)
Today’s technology
Technology of tomorrow(GLBRC, BESC & JBEI)
Conversion of cellulosic plant biomass to fuels
www.glbrc.org
7Great Lakes Bioenergy MissionFundamental science to sustainably convert cellulosic plant biomass into
ethanol & next generation fuels (anticipate $142M from 2007-12)
New & EXISTING bioenergy plants
Ethanol & next generation fuels from new & EXISTING bioenergy crops
Breed to modify cellulose & accumulate new energy rich materials
Science to inform solutions
www.glbrc.org
WEI is Future Epicenter for Great Lakes Bioenergy
BIOSYSTEMSENGINEERING
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
MODELING
SOIL SCIENCES
FORESTRY MICROBIOLOGY
BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS/BIOTECH
PLANT SCIENCES
UNIONSOUTH
COMPUTERSCIENCES
PHYSICS
CHEMISTRY
ENGINEERINGChemical, Metabolic,
Combustion,Nuclear, Solar, Wind, PV
WID
Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI; 220K GSF, $100M)(Enumerated in Wisconsin 09-11 State budget)
Design began July, 2009; late Fall 2012Nexus for biofuels and other renewable energy science & technology research
UNIVERSITY AVENUE
CAMPUS DRIVE
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2005 Campus Master Plan
University Avenue / Campus DriveIntersection Improvements
City of Madison Traffic Engineering
University Ave / Campus Dr Intersection – Existing
University Av / Campus Dr Intersection – Option #1