Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

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1 Bioindustrial Innovation Canada Woody Biomass: A Driver for the Industrial Bioeconomy Michigan Forest Bioeconomy Conference Grand Rapids, February 1, 2017 A.J. (Sandy) Marshall Executive Director, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

2 Bioindustrial Innovation Canada Accelerating commercialization of clean technologies Vision: Creating jobs and economical value sustainably for Canada Mission: Bioindustrial Innovation Canada provides critical strategic investment, advice and services to business developers of clean, green and sustainable technologies. Our expertise in commercialization builds a stronger Canada. 2

3 Transitioning to a Low Carbon Economy Understanding the Earth s Carbon Cycle and Store Burning fossil fuels creates GHG emissions from historic sources Photosynthesis is nature s process for energy capture and carbon sequestration Creating a low carbon economy requires innovation: choosing lower fossil fuel emission options creating lower GHG process technologies focusing on the biosphere carbon store 3

4 Transitioning to a Low Carbon Economy Opportunity to leverage renewable resources Cereals/straw Forest Hybrid willow Oilseeds 4

5 Transitioning to a Low Carbon Economy Sarnia s chemistry cluster leverages ag residues Located within Ontario s Agricultural Heartland 45% of soybeans and corn within 100km Five County Region around Sarnia corn yields comparable to Iowa more than 1 million bone-dry tonnes sustainably harvestable corn stover available (2009) 5

6 Raw Material Sourcing Anchors Growth of Clusters Development of cellulosic sugar production capacity Biomass Conversion Agricultural Producers Chemical Building Blocks Renewable End Products Reuseable, Recycleable Residuals Vision Created and Projects Launched: An operating agricultural biomass to end-products supply chain by 2020 which is profitable and sustainable for all participants Target: Construction of a cellulosic sugar conversion plant in Sarnia by 2018 processing 75,000 tonnes of agricultural residue Opportunity for all Biomass Sources: Current supply chain developing using agricultural residues Model equally suitable for other biomass sources primarily dependent upon competitive price and sufficient availability 6

7 Integrating into the Hybrid Chemistry Value Chain Opportunity for renewable resources to commercialize Bio-Jet fuel Fossil-based Feedstock Ethanol Butanol Biodiesel Fuels & Energy Bio-based Feedstock Cellulosic sugars Oils Primary Chemicals Polymers & Chemicals Succinic acid iso-butanol Levulinic acid Lignin Finished Products Processed Biomass Advanced Manufacturing Lignin NCC Natural fibres Consumer 7 Low Value Added High Value Added

8 The Hybrid Chemistry Cluster Value Chain An opportunity to build new industries Access to biomass resources is the key component to developing an industrial bioeconomy Southern Ontario has shown that this can be developed based on availability of agricultural residues Many conversion processes are biomass agnostic Biomass suitability primarily dependent upon competitive pricing and sufficient availability Development of woody biomass supply chains is important for the transition to the low carbon economy 8

9 Thank you - Discussion 9