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COFI Conference

April 5, 2013

Promising Bioenergy

Technologies / Applications

Michael Weedon

Executive Director

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Our Results

• 19 Technology Development & Demonstration Projects

• 11 Capacity Building Projects

• $16.6 million planned/committed

BCBN Investment

Partner Investment $16.6

$106.9

Total Value of Projects

$123.5 million (as of February 27, 2013)

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1. Utilize Waste Streams to Displace Fossil Fuels

Most Important Initiative Today

Utilization of existing waste streams (solid wood residues, pulp and paper

sludge, forest residuals, municipal biosolids and gases and agricultural

animal and crop waste) holds the highest immediate potential for bioenergy

development.

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What’s Next?

Ultra clean high hydrogen syngas from

woody biomass to produce electrons

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What’s Next?

Compressed clean biogas as a transportation

fuel for garbage trucks.

Increase biogas output from landfill or even woody biomass?

Economics: Electrons vs. Transportation Fuel

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2. Promote Thermochemical Clean Syngas

Generation, Distribution and Transportation Fuel

Demonstration Projects

Potential Game Changer

These technology developments provide new

pathways for high value fossil fuel

replacement applications.

Ultra clean gasification

technologies for power generation

and pipeline injection Synthetic biodiesel from organic waste

materials

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3. Promote Biochemical Production Demonstration

Projects for Biomethane, Ethanol, Biodiesel and High

Value Chemicals A Pulp and Paper Industry Opportunity

Conversion of biomass residuals into

transportation grade fuels/specialty chemicals

is one of the highest value applications for

bioenergy

Lignol’s High Purity Lignin provides a high

value revenue stream to improve the financial

viability of

Lignol Demo in Burnaby

Integrated resource management is key to

improved energy utilization, cost reduction and

development of the bioeconomy.

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3. Promote Biochemical Production Demonstration Projects

for Biomethane, Ethanol, Biodiesel and High Value Chemicals

A Pulp and Paper Industry Opportunity, with Application at Metro

Vancouver’s Lulu Island Waste Water Treatment Facility

• Fully transportable demonstration plant using microsludge technology to turn

WAS into biogas and biochemicals

• Early results showing 2 X gas output through pre-processing, significantly

thickening waste activated sludge which permits lower capital costs for digestors

• Platform to evaluate other potential improvements

Paradigm Technology at Catalyst Pulp and Paper

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Microsludge Waste to Energy Project Summary

Promising Results

Benefits

• Produces green biogas to replace natural

gas

• Reduces secondary sludge for disposal

• Reduces mill chemical and operating costs

• Optimizes current treatment processes with

substantially reduced secondary sludge

Paradigm Technology at Catalyst Pulp and Paper

Financial Returns (for a typical full scale installation)

• Annual benefits of $3 million

• Capital cost of $7 to $10 million

• Payback less than 3.7 years

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4. Promote Torrefied Fuels to Displace Coal Promising With Huge Potential

Myth or Reality? International Developments

Topell

Stramproy Green Energy

Andritz

New Biomass Energy

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Active in British Columbia

Alterna

Diacarbon

BC Biocoal

Global Biocoal

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Solid wood residual derived second generation energy products, such as torrefied

pellets and briquettes (the processing of wood at elevated temperatures in the

absence of oxygen to increase energy density and reduce logistics costs), represent

one of the highest potential growth opportunities in BC.

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5. Combined Heat And Power Woody Biomass

Systems In Off-grid Communities

Economically Viable Opportunity For First Nations

Displacement of diesel and propane through deployment of CHP systems

reduce cost of energy in off-grid communities and generates jobs and pride

in communities.

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Small scale 45 kwe biomass CHP for a

remote community District Energy System

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Larger scale 250 kwe biomass CHP for a

remote community District Energy System

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Dr. Craig Venter, Craig Venter Institute

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Conclusion

The race for clean sustainable

energy in the new bioeconomy has

begun

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Thank you

Michael Weedon

BC Bioenergy Network

www.bcbioenergy.ca