center of innovation - energy

Center of Innovation - Energy

Jill P. Stuckey, Director

AgricultureTifton

ManufacturingGainesville

Life SciencesAugusta

AerospaceEastman

LogisticsSavannah

EnergyAtlanta

Drivers

• Economy – Forest Industries/Balance of Trade• Mandates • Energy Security – Supply disruptions, Middle East• Environment

The United States, with 5% of the worlds population, consumes roughly 25% of total energy production, yet only holds 2% of the proven petroleum

reserves.

Provides forumforum for new and expanding businesses

Venue to explain state & federal policies and procedurespolicies and procedures

Expedites permittingpermitting process

MatchmakingMatchmaking to form successful collaborations

Partnering with universitiesuniversities to commercialize research

One Stop Shop

One Stop Shop Energy Center of Innovation Agriculture Center of Innovation Governor’s Office Lieutenant Governor’s Office GA Environmental Facilities

Authority (GEFA) GA Department of Agriculture GA Department of Natural

Resources GA Department of Revenue U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency GA Department of Community

Affairs GA Department of Economic

Development

GA EPD Small Business Environmental Assistance Program GA EPD Air Protection Branch GA Forestry Commission Herty Advanced Materials Development

Center State Fire Marshall U.S. Department of Agriculture University of Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Railroad Association University of GA Small Business

Development Center … and more!

Not one market – but several each focused on a primary renewable energy source

Solar WindGeothermal

Corn Ethanol Biomass

Georgia Forestry = Biomass Energy

Forest

Water

Wetland

Urban

Agriculture

Growth and Removals of Merchantable Trees

32%38 %

42% 73%

Between 1998 and 2008 the growth of growing stock on timberland in the state has exceeded removals by an average of 38.5%

annually or 546,086,970 cubic feet per year

Forest Inventory

Forest Inventory

RWE

Giant Miscanthus• HerbaceousHerbaceous, , DeciduousDeciduous, , PerennialPerennial• Rhizomes rather than seedRhizomes rather than seed• 11 - 25 Dry tons/acre/year11 - 25 Dry tons/acre/year• 27 - 62 Dry tons/hectare/year27 - 62 Dry tons/hectare/year• Height up to 15 feetHeight up to 15 feet• Stems are erect, similar to thin bambooStems are erect, similar to thin bamboo• Low environmental inputsLow environmental inputs• Alternative non-food use for marginal Alternative non-food use for marginal LandLand• Drought tolerant, crowds out weedsDrought tolerant, crowds out weeds• Carbon neutralCarbon neutral• Nutrients returned to the soil each yearNutrients returned to the soil each year

Biomass Energy Facilities 12 biomass-to-electricity projects have been

announced in Georgia

Total of 689 megawatts of renewable energy

$1.8 billion in investment

570 direct jobs 1,700 indirect jobs

Biomass Energy Facilities

• 4 Wood pellet/briquette mills – Operational

• 425,000 Green tons/year

• 5 Others announced

Biomass is a vital part of America’s clean energy future

as we work to decrease our dependence on foreign oil. Biomass projects will help grow regional economics, create new jobs, improve, and protect our environment. We will need architects and engineers to design these plants, skilled labors to build them and trained technicians to operate them. – Tom Vilsack, June 22, 2011

Biofuels Industry Today…Tomorrow?

• KIOR – Biomass to Crude Oil• First United Ethanol – Corn ethanol, 100 M. gal/yr• Windgap Farms, Ethanol, waste brewers yeast, 500 K

gal/yr• US Biofuels, Biodiesel from poultry fat, 10 M. gal/yr• Bulldog Biofuels, Biodiesel from poultry fat, 10 M. gal/yr

Emerging Industry Trends Pellet production

Wood to electricity

Waste to energy

Next generation fuels

European Union interest

Executive Order 13514 “Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance”

Emerging R & D Trends UGA Energy Crops

GaTech Fiber Research, Nanotechnology, Solar

Announced Bioenergy Projects by State

State Projects

GA 37

CA 34

FL, OR, PA 18

ME, MI, VA, WI 17

NY 16

Source: Forisk Consulting, LLC

The State has sufficient biomass to support the development of over 40 major biomass investments of greater than $100 Million each.

Bio based fuels could change the face of rural Georgia

GREENGREEN= JOBS

For More Information Contact:

Jill StuckeyCOI-Energy, Director404-584-1041jill@gefa.ga.gov