michael j. mcadams president 2099 pennsylvania avenue, nw • suite 100 • washington, dc 20006
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Advanced Biofuels Association 2011 Brazil Summit New York City—April 18, 2011. Michael J. McAdams President 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 100 • Washington, DC 20006 T 202.469.5138 | F 202.955.5564 www.advancedbiofuelsassociation.com. Who We Are. What We Advocate. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Michael J. McAdamsPresident
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 100 • Washington, DC 20006T 202.469.5138 | F 202.955.5564
www.advancedbiofuelsassociation.com
Advanced Biofuels Association2011 Brazil Summit
New York City—April 18, 2011
What We Advocate
Technology Neutrality
Feedstock Sustainability
Subsidy Parity
Cellulosic16 BG
Conventional15 BG
Advanced21 BG
Biomass Diesel1 BG
Renewable Fuel Standard RFS2
BG = Billion Gallons
Total: 36 BG
World Ethanol Production
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Other Refined Products
US Refined Diesel & Heat Oil
US Refined Gasoline w/o Ethanol
US Refined K erosene + J et A
Imported K erosene
Imp - Exp Diesel/Heat Oil
US Refined Residual Fuel
Imp - Exp Residual Fuel
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20102000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Biodiesel
US Refined and Imported Finished Fuels and Other Refined Products
How to Think About BiofuelsTechnology
Gasification
Hydrolysis
Hydroprocessing
Synthetic Biology
Fermentation
Catalyst
Feedstocks Corn
Sugars
Wood
Grasses
Municipal Waste
Algae
Molecule Alcohol
Ethanol Butanol
Ether ETBE MTBE
Ester Biodiesel
Hydrocarbon Diesel Jet Gasoline
Energy Content
Environmentally Advantaged
Fungibility (drop in fuels)
Scalability
Economically Competitive
Fuel Properties
U.S.—Brazil MOU
First agreement in 2007 between Presidents Bush and Lula
Bilateral advanced research and development
Helped build advanced biofuels industries in third countries
Worked multilaterally to advance global development of biofuels (standards)
Recent Developments
President Obama 2011 visitPresident Obama and President Rousseff
agreed to cooperate in numerous areasStrengthen U.S.-Brazil economic relationshipAir Transport AgreementTrade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
Conclusion
Brazil and U.S. have unique opportunities to
advance biofuels around the world
Share specific focus on creation of jet fuels
Shared cooperation on R&D for the
development of energy crops