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PROESA® TECHNOLOGY

Commercial Scale Production of

Fermentable Sugars from cellulosic biomass

Kota Kinabalu September 7th , 2015

Pierluigi Picciotti

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Group Overview: focus on Biochemtex and Beta Renewables

The Proesa™ Technology

CRESCENTINO & Other Projects

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The Biorefinery Concept: Biofuels and Biochemicals

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One of the top 3 producers worldwide

Polymers

60 years of excellence in process development and commercialization of plants

Engineering and R&D

Proesa™: technology leader in biofuels and chemical intermediates from non-food biomass

Sustainable Chemistry

Guido Ghisolfi

Our R&D Centers

4500 m2 dedicated to renewable

resources biochemistry and technology

with pilot plant (1 ton/hr) for biomass

test

Rivalta, Italy

Biochemtex also operates an R&D center focused on cellulosic sugar chemistry in

Bari (Italy)

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The flexibility of the Proesa™

Pretreatment enables a locally sourced and flexible supply chain, based on a mix of locally available agricultural residues and energy crops

Biochemtex Agro was established to develop the supply chain for Crescentino

Through Beta Renewables, Biochemtex Agro supports the analysis and development of the supply chain for Proesa™ licensees

Our Approach to a Local Biomass Supply Chain

This approach guarantees year-round security of supply

Our Business Model

Owns the Proesa™ technology

Conducts the continuous process

improvement

Licenses the technology worldwide

Provides performance guarantees

Supports licensees on biomass

supply chain, off-take

Operates the commercial site in

Crescentino, Italy

Exclusive engineering partner

Supplies, at a minimum, a basic

engineering and key equipment

package

Provides mechanical guarantees

Qualifies EPC contractors

Support in commissioning,

start-up and training

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Supporting your 2G Project from Idea to Realization

Enable Deploy Empower

Project feasibility study and investment estimates

Qualify feedstock in pilot plant

Optimize process parameters and enzymes for feedstock

Support in the development of a biomass supply chain

Basic engineering package

Qualify EPC contractor

Permitting support and procurement of critical equipment

Support in the construction of the plant and deployment

Start-up and training

Support in finding product off-takers

Ensure joint performance guarantees hold

Provide ongoing customer support

Supply of enzymes and yeast

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Engineering Construction Start-up Operations Development

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End

markets

Fuels and energy

Chemicals

and polymers

Feedstock Conversion

Platform Feedstock Conversion

Platform

Advanced

carbohydrates

(cellulose and

hemicellulose)

Cellulosic Sugars

and

Lignin

Petroleum Refinery one raw material

Biorefinery many raw materials

The biorefinery concept is analogous to today's petroleum refinery,

which produces multiple fuels and chemicals from petroleum

The Biorefinery Concept

The New Biomass Barrel

Producing multiple products and integrating waste treatment,

Biorefineries can maximize the values derived from biomass

feedstock and turn biomass processing into real opportunities

CELLULOSE (35 - 50 %)

HEMICELLULOSE

(15 – 35 %)

LIGNIN (15 – 20 %)

ASH (5 – 15 %)

Biofuels

Biochemicals

Biochemicals (Aromatics)

Silica

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Today and …. The transport sector is

responsible for about

25% of global CO2

emissions

An advanced biofuel like

cellulosic ethanol will

reduce GHG emissions

by approximately 115%

Sources: UN-Energy, International Monetary Fund, US DoE and EPA

We need green fuels

Steam Water

CO2 Water

Ethanol

Steam

Power

Biomass Enzymes

Boiler + Generator

Recovery Hydrolysis + Fermentation

Pre-Treatment and Viscosity Reduction

Feed Handling

Cost-effective sugars from biomass

Aggregation: fully integrated process design

Agronomy best energy crops, based on field experiments

Biomass pre-treatment and viscosity reduction: continuous process

Hydrolysis and fermentation: unique hybrid SSCF process yielding high ethanol concentrations

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Separation Fermentation PROESA®

Steam

& Electricity

Today and ….

Biomass

Ethanol

Lignin Energy

Production

Fermentable

Sugars

The Biorefinery Opportunity -

Now a reality through PROESA®

Biomass PROESA® Fermentation

Fermentable

Sugars

Separation

Chemical

& Biological

Conversion

Platform

Lignin Conversion

/Separation

Aromatics

Chemicals Materials

…. Tomorrow Fuel

EtOH, iso-BuOH , JetFuel

BTX PTA

Fatty Alcohols

Polyols n-BuOH

Lactic acid Acrylic acid

Succinic acid Adipic acid

Plastics & Polymers Market

The Biorefinery Opportunity -

a reality through PROESA®

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Hydrogen Catalyst

Hydrogen

BIOMASS C5,6 Sugars

YEAST

biocatalyst

The Concept of Biorefinery

•M&G is developing its own technologies for sugars

conversion and lignin processing.

•A biorefinery will produce various products: initially ethanol,

then diols, and later aromatics.

PROESA™ Fermentation Separation

Fermentation/

Separation

2G Ethanol

MOGHI™ Lignin BTX

Iso Buthanol

Fatty Alcohols

1, 4 BDO

GREG™ Polyols

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Scouting of Technologies

Generation of key inventions

Proof of UNIT OPERATION in the labs

2006-2008

2009-2010

Pilot plant (1 t/day) construction & start up (June 2009)

Pilot Plant operation and data gathering

Test of Plant flexibility using multiple biomasses

Development Timeline

Collaboration Agreements with leading synthetic biology companies

License Agreements

Formation of Beta Renewables

Investment by Novozymes in BetaR

Start of Construction at Crescentino

2011-2012

Crescentino Plant Start-up

USDA loan guarantee for US Project (Alpha in NC)

Continued joind development and co-marketing with Novozymes

Partnership with Lesaffre for yeast technology

2013

Q1-2013

Crescentino Plant Start-up

(40,000 ton/y)

Crescentino operating at steady state & within design parameters

GranBio (PROESA project #2) Start-up

China Project JV Formation and Groundbreaking (2015)

Kick off of #3 Italian Projects

License to Energochemica (Slovakia)

Project Alpha to break ground in 2015

2014-15

Steam Enzymes MO

Biomass

Lignin Fermentation & Distillation

Distillation & Drying

Lignin Separation

The Proesa™ Process Ethanol

Proesa™ Technology benefits:

Feedstock flexibility

Continuous process, no chemical addition, optimal sugar extraction and low enzyme dosage

Fully integrated process design using continuous equipment for capacity from 20k to 100 k tons/yr EtOH

Best in class technology with lowest capex and opex backed with performance guarantees

Smart Cooking

Viscosity Reduction & Hydrolysis

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Proesa™ Cellulosic Sugar Technology

Pre-Treatment Section

Enzymatic Hydrolysis Section

BIOFUELS BIOCHEMICALS LIGNIN CHEMICALS

A Platform for Sustainability

Ethanol

Bio-Jet

Butanol

Fatty Alcohols

1,4 Butanediol

Farnasene

Acrylic Acid

Succinic Acid

Bio-ethylene

Bio-PE

Bio-EO/EG

Others

Phenols

Xylene

Terephthalic

Acid

Benzen

Process and Performance Guarantees for capacity, conversion yield and key consumptions

A Total Project Solution from field to product Uniqueness

IP protection through multiple patent filings

Feedstock flexibility energy crops, agricultural wastes and woody biomass to mitigate risk and maximize asset utilization

Experience Continuous pilot facility in operation since June 2009 and a Commercial Plant operational i

Cost competitiveness low capex (simplified flow schemes and no special materials of construction) and opex (no chemicals required in pre-treatment and energy integration)

Commitment by Bieta Renewables and its partners to continuous development/ improvement

Why Proesa®? :

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Crescentino & Other Projects

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Crescentino, Italy – World’s First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

Ethanol Capacity: 40.000 MT / year

Footprint of 15 Ha

Biomass used: 200.000 MT

Ligno-cellulosic

feedstock (wheat & rice

straw, arundo donax)

13MW green electricity

from lignin

100% water recycle =

zero water discharge

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Bioflex, Alagos, Brazil

Ethanol Capacity: 65.000 MT / year

Feedstock Sugar Cane Straw

Biomass used: 350.000 MT

Ground breaking:

November 2012

Beginning of Work:

February 2013

Plant Start up:

Q4 2014

Fuyang Bioproject, China

Ethanol Capacity: 200,000 MT/year

Feedstock Wheat Straw and Corn Stover

Biomass used: 1,000.000 MT

Ground breaking:

2015

Plant Start up:

2017

M&G Chemicals has publicly announced the plan to build a 2nd generation biorefinery in the Fuyang region,

China, which will convert approximately 1 million tons of biomass into bioethanol and bioglycols.

The biorefinery will use Proesa™ technology, licensed by Beta Renewables, and will rely on Biochemtex

expertise for the supply of critical equipment and for the construction of the plant. The size of such facility,

measured in terms of feedstock processed, will be roughly four times that of Crescentino in Italy.

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Energochemica, Slovakia

Beta Renewables RO registered in Singapore

10 Collyer Quay, OFC, level 40

Singapore 049315

Ph.+65 6808 6048

Mail: [email protected]

www.betarenewables.com

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