SET-PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

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1 SET-PLAN IMPLEMENTATION The Steering Group of the SET-Plan in its last meeting on October 28 th, 2010 agreed to speed-up the execution of activities of the Implementation Plans (IPs) of the European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs). It was decided to collectively identify the possibilities for launching joint actions between Member States and/or Member States and the European Commission. The mapping exercise carried out through this questionnaire builds upon this decision of the Steering Group. It aims to identify topics for leveraging best ongoing efforts with complementary joint actions, as prioritized by the Implementation Plans. In this phase the mapping will focus on projects and activities with a total budget higher than 1 M. We trust that you also consider the success of this exercise important for the immediate implementation of the SET-Plan. MAPPING OF PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS To which EII(s) is your project, activity, resource or investment relevant? (multiple choices are possible) WIND SOLAR GRIDS CCS NUCLEAR BIOENERGY X A. PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES GENERAL INFORMATION Name of project: Project Bramble Acronym: Give project acronym, if applicable Location: Applicable only for demo/pilot project; enter specific location(s) and Member State(s) Project partners: List project partners; name coordinator first. For European & international projects mention the country affiliation of each partner Teesside, England Solvert Limited Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 1 of 6

2 Project website: Contact details: Name, affiliation and contact details of the project coordinator Start date: mm-yyyy Duration: in months Kris Wadrop, Chief Executive, Solvert Limited. The Wilton Centre, Redcar, Cleveland England. TS10 4RF Nov SHORT PROJECT DESCRIPTION Provide a short abstract of max. 100 words Project Bramble will establish the EU s first commercial scale biodegradable waste to advanced biofuels production unit in the North East of England; consuming biodegradable waste diverted from landfill the business will integrate best in class proven technology from the waste management, industrial biotechnology, chemical production and water management industrial sectors to produce 50,000 tes/yr of n-butanol, acetone,, ethanol, hydrogen (combined) and renewable power for consumption within the EU. The project is led by leaders in the aforementioned industrial sectors and will leverage both private and public funding wherever possible to secure the overall objective. Two of the Three liquid products from the site are considered second generation biofuels due to the feedstock and production process. The third liquid product can be sold into the chemical sector or used to generate renewable heat and power to support plant operation. The primary gaseous product is hydrogen which, through using existing pressure swing absorption technology, can be purified to the quality required for consumption in fuel cell technology supporting both road transport fuel and renewable power objectives. The value of producing n-butanol as a fuel instead of ethanol is to support renewable fuel inclusion in the burgeoning diesel market in the UK/EU where satisfying more than 5% renewable content inclusion (typically FAME aka biodiesel) from biodiesel is difficulty due to the availability of suitable feedstocks. N-butanol can be blended with biodiesel without compromising the existing diesel infrastructure and supports the cold flow properties of the other renewable component. PROJECT GOALS & OBJECTIVES Goals: Indicate main qualitative goals Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 2 of 6 1. Validate the biodegradable waste to advanced biofuels production route 2. Validate that the fuels produced via renewable routes can be incorporated into the local fuel supply chain. 3. Demonstrate strong returns for a renewable fuel business model 4. Demonstrate alternative ways of utilising societies waste without reliance upon incineration or landfill

3 Objectives: Indicate quantitative objectives (similar to KPIs of the IPs of the EIIs). Also indicate intermediate milestones where applicable. 1. Validate the production supply chain at 10m 3 scale or greater by end Dec Identify and secure appropriate development land within the chosen region by end Dec Secure feedstock contracts to supply >80% of the required biodegradable waste to the facility by end Jun Secure product off-take contracts for >75% of the production facilities output by Jun Secure planning consent and other necessary operating permits by end Dec Secure financing to build full facility by end Dec PERFORMANCE OF THE PROJECT Assumed state-of-the-art: Describe quantitatively the state-of-the-art that the project objectives are based upon Achievements so far: If intermediate results are available, please indicate the current achievements (qualitative and/or quantitative) Difficulties and potential risks: Indicate briefly problems encountered or to be encountered in the short term (e. g. overall legislative context, public acceptance, permitting, etc.) Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 3 of 6 Each of the unit operations within the overall process flowsheet exist today at commercial scale. The stateof-the-art is therefore production of cellulosic biomass from either autoclave or MBT waste treatment facilities, hydrolysis of that material using CAMBI technology followed by enzymes to produce a glucose stream which can be fermented by Clostridia to produce n-butanol, Acetone, Ethanol and Hydrogen. The products are purified using standard distillation and the water recycled using USAB anaerobic digestion, aerobic digestion and other standard water treatment technologies to enable the majority of the water to be recycled for reuse in the process Waste management technologies operating at commercial scale have provided samples of biomass which has been reduced to a fermentable sugar stream that was then converted to ABH via fermentation using Clostridia microbes at lab scale (1L). Process - The challenge is ensuring the feedstock can be prepared for fermentation in a consistant manner at industrial scale and that inhibitors do not accumulate in the recycled water resulting in a decline in fermentation performance. Legistlative commercial incentives to derive energy from waste do not support diversion of biomass into higher value liquid fuel applications resulting in an economic disadvantage for what is a better use of the

4 material (Recycle vs energy recovery from the EU waste hierarchy) FUNDING & BUDGET Funding programme: Give the name of funding programme Funding public entity: Indicate which public entity is in charge of /manages the programme Total (public & private) project budget ( ): Public funding ( ): Total effort (person-months) Currently privately funded, public/private options are being investigated Phase 1 200k (funded) Phase 2 2 million (funding underway 2011) Phase 3 4 million (2012) Phase million ( ) Phase 1 25 person months Phase 2 ~100 person months Phase 3 ~250person months Phase 4 ~ >10,000 person months DISSEMINATION OF PROJECT RESULTS Publications, presentations in conferences and workshops, and other dissemination means: Give highlights only Progress to date from the project has been primarily communicated at conferences and in publications as a means to raise funds for the next stage of the business. As the business progresses through to phase 3 the research and development team will publish literature and the project results will be widely dissemination through various waste management and renewable chemical conferences. TOWARDS COMMERCIALISATION Indicate (new) products and/or services expected from the project. Are new business models required for commercialisation of the project results? Highlight expected commercialisation benefits, e.g. patents, spin-offs, new products, business partnerships The project will produce the first advanced biofuel plant in the UK that can be used to underpin the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation and Renewable Energy Directive. By establishing a distributed supply chain the longer term vision would be for plants identical to Bramble to be located adjacent to large conurbations to form a symbiotic relationship. The conurbation provides the feedstock for the plant and the plant provides energy security for the population of the conurbation, most probably for direct use in the public service sector where long term deals Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 4 of 6

5 with local authorities can be established to provide economic security enabling finance to be secured for the production asset. In addition the process will use energy integration via CHP and Anaerobic Digestion of waste biomass for reuse of digestate and effectively delivers a near closed loop water recycle SYNERGIES WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS OF THE EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVES NETWORKING KNOWLEDGE SHARING Contribution to/relevance with the IPs: To your opinion, to which activities of the IPs of the EIIs is this project related to? Indicate contributions / complements. Please note that reference here is made to the activities of the IPs as published in activities/implementation-plans EIBI Potential synergies with other projects and activities: Can you identify any other project(s) in your country, another MS or at European level that could be synergetic with this project? Opportunities to develop a balanced portfolio of feedstocks, technologies and products will be explored with the UK National Group Networking: Would you be willing to share results with the projects identified above? Indicate willingness to networking and also potential conditions Those of an non-commercially sensitive nature Knowledge sharing: Would the abovementioned Networking necessitate a formal knowledge sharing agreement? To your view would this be the preferred route? This can be propagated both ways Future steps: Are there any follow-up activities considered after the completion of your project? Is there a need to scale up activities in this topic at European level? There is a vast opportunity to utilise alternative waste biomass sources which has not been given proper exposure amongst other feedstock options and to directly integrate into an existing supply chain and current offtake would drive rapid acceptance of this opportunity RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS B. RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 5 of 6

6 Describe in short any RD&D infrastructures that your project relies on. Are these available or do they need to be developed? The project will utilise the new 10m 3 production facility currently being installed at the Centre for Process Innovation. This facility will enable validation of the process supply chain at meaningful scale from which engineering scale-up can be readily undertaken. As the project is using existing technologies assembled to form a unique supply chain there are a number of opportunities to validate the full supply chain using a holistic process flowsheet rather than having to invest in creating a sub-scale demonstration facility that will never be commercially viable. If these are to be developed, what is the corresponding investment required? What is the allocated budget ( ) for this investment in your project? 6 million is required to develop commercial objectives in parallel with supply chain validation to take the project to the point of investment in the commercial scale facility which is currently estimated at million. OTHER INFORMATION Date: when the questionnaire was completed 7 th February 2011 Information provider: Give the name and affiliation of the contact person for the questionnaire. If you are the project coordinator, check the box project coordinator Kris Wadrop Solvert Chris Dowle EIBI Coordinating Group Please send the completed form to set-plan-secretariat@ec.europa.eu preferably by FEBRUARY 15. Thank you for your cooperation! Rev. 1 January 2011 Page 6 of 6