Task 42 Update Bio-refineries

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1 Task 42 Update Bio-refineries Geoff Bell National Leader for Australia Sydney, Australia Canberra - September 2014

2 What is the IEA task 42? Task 42 is a program developed by the IEA to track the development and outlook of Bio-Refineries Specifically it is a program focusing on To contribute to the development and implementation of sustainable bio-refineries as part of highly efficient, zero waste value chains synergistically producing bio-based Food and Non-Food. Different from other tasks: Does not just look fuels as the only product Recognises that the future of renewable energy will be multiple products from a single bio-refineries Key products include the following: - Fuels (ethanol and longer chain hydrocarbons) - Chemicals (range of chemicals and chemical pre-cursors) - Food and feed (both primary and secondary food/feed products) - Energy (power and heat) 2

3 Who is involved in the Task? Task 42 is a program has several countries involved including: Netherlands: Team Leader Austria Canada Denmark Germany Italy Japan New Zealand USA Australia 2

4 Task 42 is looking into a number of areas some examples There are a number of areas which Task 42 is exploring and planning reports. Some of the more interesting of these include: (1.1) Technical and non-technical critical success factors in bio-refineries (1.2) Disruptive/game changing bio-refinery technologies (1.3) Central vs decentralized processing (2.4.1) Bio-based proteins (2.4.2) Bio-based products report: proteins for food and non-food applications (3.4) Optimal sustainable biomass valorisation (4.3) Country reporting 3

5 Deliverables for 2014 No. What Who Due date Status 1.1 Report Critical Success factors Biorefineries US M18 -> M21 In progress 1.2 Report Disruptive / Game Changing Biorefinery AUS NL M12 -> M18 In progress Technologies 1.3 Report advantages decentral biorefineries / WS1 FRA M24 / M21 In progress / X NL 1.4 Report/Paper Biorefinery-Complexity-Index AT M6 -> M18 Working doc in progress 2.1 / WS 2a and 2b D M12 -> M21 Scheduled & i AT/DEN SUP (BEL) Report on Upgrading Strategies D AT M12 -> M24 In progress Glossy Leaflets D AT M12 -> M24 In progress / Bio-based Chemicals Report NL M24 -> M30 Postponed Bio-based Proteins Report NL M36 -> M21 In progress Contribution to T40/T42 report NL M24 To start Participation in related workshop (ws3) NL M12 -> M18 June Country Reports IT NL M36 -> M24 In progress 5.1 Bi-annual Task Meetings, incl. industrial stakeholder NL M6, M12, M18, Delivered M4, meetings and excursions, agenda and reporting M24 M11, M13, M18 (planned) 5.2 Integrated report Annual National Task42 Meetings NL M12, M24 Delivered M11 Info integrated in Bi-annual Progress Report for ExCo 5.3 Task website NL MO Delivered M0, new one M Task newsletters (electronically, 4 a year) NL Quarterly -> First one M18 twice a year 5.5 Task Reports and Brochures, see above + NL Glossy Task42 Brochure with background, results and further work M33 -> M18 In progress Glossy Task42 Poster to be used at conferences M6 Delivered M2 Glossy Task42 Leaflet with Activity M3 Delivered M2 Programme 6. Annual Biorefining Training / Summer School NL Annually M19 Hungary 3

6 Gantt Chart of Task 42 for the current Triennium Activity No. Topic Status Alarm Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1. Assessing the market deployment aspects for integrated biorefineries 1.1 Technical & non-technical critical success Planning R factors 1.2 Disruptive/game changing technologies Planning R 1.3 Central vs. decentral processing Planning ws1 R 1.4 Biorefinery-Complexity-Index Planning R R 2. Supporting industrial/sme stakeholders finding their position in a future BioEconomy 2.1 Role involved market sectors Planning R ws ws2 R 2a 2.2 Upgrading strategies existing industrial Planning R infrastructures 2b ws2 R 2.3 Factsheets major biorefineries / national case Planning FS studies FS Bio-based chemicals report Planning R Bio-based products report: proteins for food Planning R and non-food applications R 3. Analysing optimal sustainable biomass valorisation approaches for food and non-food applications within a market-pull approach 3.1 Sustainability assessment toolbox Planning R R wd R R 3.2 Mobilising sustainable bioenergy supply Planning R chains R R R 3

7 Gantt Chart of Task 42 for the current Triennium (continued) Activity No. Topic Status Alarm Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 3. Analysing optimal sustainable biomass valorisation approaches for food and non-food applications within a market-pull approach (continued) 3.3 Future market demand for biomass from the Planning ws 3 R BioEconomy perspective ws3 R 3.4 Optimal sustainable biomass valorisation Planning IS R 4. Preparing policy advice on further needs 4.1 Roadmap Biorefinery Planning To be decided by IEA Headquarters 4.2 Biorefinery (related) policies in participating Planning ws4 R countries ws4 R 4.3 Country reporting Planning One per country + updating 5. Organising knowledge dissemination activities One per country + updating 5.1 Bi-annual Task meetings, stakeholder Planning tm tm tm tm tm tm meetings and excursions tm tm tm tm tm tm tm 5.2 Annual Task meetings at national level Planning ntm ntm ntm 5.3 Task website, incl. database Planning 5.4 Task newsletters Planning nl nl nl nl nl nl Nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl nl 5.5 Glossy Task42 brochure, poster, leaflet Planning TL TP TB 5.6 International conferences and workshops Planning 6. Developing and organising training activities TL TP TB TB 6.1 Annual training school on biorefining Planning TS2013 TS2014 TS2015 TS2014 IS 3

8 Highlights from a recent presentation: Overview of bio-refineries and current status Tomorrow s bio-refineries in Europe Presented by Ed de Jong (VP Development Avantium Chemicals Co-Chair IEA Bioenergy Task 42) Value added products from Bio-refineries with emphasis on bulk chemicals Drop-in versus novel functionality Examples of European Bio-refineries 4

9 Energy only Bio-refineries Infrastructure exists - Value chains, power plants, digestion plants and biofuel plants Profitability is questionable - Government financial support - Regulated market Product driven Bio-refineries (food/feed, chemicals and materials) Only limited facilities in operation yet Key technologies are often still in the R+D phase High potential Bioenergy will be the lubricating oil in a future circular BioEconomy 5

10 Value added products from Bio-refineries with emphasis on bulk chemicals: Why value added (higher value) products? To improve the economics of bioenergy production To make scaling up easier (makes plant already commercial at smaller scales) Unique functionality Reduction in Non-Renewable Energy Usage (renewable products and less fossil fuel use) 6

11 Current chemicals market size Fossil based chemicals: 330 million tonnes per year Main molecules: methanol, ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene and xylene Biobased chemicals and materials: 50 million tonnes per year Main molecules: non-food starch, cellulose fibres and derivatives Only 5% to 7% of crude oil goes to petro-chemicals! Lower volume than fuels, but higher value 7

12 How will the market for biochemical develop Pull or Push Government Legislative Push Driven by: Sustainability Greenhouse Gases and Reduction in Non-Renewable Energy Usage Technological Push Biochemical/Chemical Concepts versus applicability Market pull Brand owners 8

13 Market Pull: Driven by the majors Coca Cola: We are working to completely eliminate the use of non-renewable fossil fuels in our plastic bottles while maintaining quality and recyclability Danone: Reducing the environmental impact of packaging: we will be developing partnerships with 2 nd and 3 rd generation bioplasitics manufacturers P&G: Using 100% renewable or recycled materials for all products and packaging Pepsico: Reduce the carbon footprint of our operations Unilever: Halve the greenhouse impact of our products across the lifecycle by 2020 Nestle: Leading in the development and use of packaging materials made from sustainably managed renewable resources such as bioplastics Toyota: Green. That s how we would like the world to be. As an environment leader, we do more to meet industry standards we seek to raise them 9

14 Platforms to produce chemicals Current dominant platforms: C6 Sugar platform Plant based oil platform Other platforms Syngas Biogas C6/C5 sugars Algae Oil Organic solutions Lignin Pyrolysis 10

15 European Biopolymer production capacity 2015 (estimated) Product tonnes % of total Bio-PE 450,000 26% Bio-PET 290,000 17% PLA 216,000 13% PHA 147,100 9% Biodegradable Polyesters 143,500 8% Biodegradable Starch Blends 124,800 7% Bio-PVC 120,000 5% Others 218,300 15% Total 1,709, % 11

16 Where will be substrates for bioplastics come from? Global Land Area 13.4 billion hectares Global Agricultural Area 5.0 billion hectares Arable Land 1.4 billion hectares Biofuels 55 million hectares 1.0% of global agricultural area Bioplastics 1.1million hectares 0.022% of global agricultural area (2016) 12

17 Example of a better bioplastic: PEF Next Generation Polyester Superior performance over PET O2 Barrier: 10x improvement H2O Barrier: 2x improvement CO2 Barrier: 4x improvement Improved thermal stability Excellent mechanical properties Significant reduction in carbon footprint 13

18 PEF Market potential Market potential Bottles: 18 million tonnes per year Fiber: 42 million tonnes per year Film: 5 million tonnes per year 14

19 Current status of Bio-refineries in Europe (examples) Expanding Agri-Food complexes Borregaard (Norway multiple products based on wood substrate) Roquette Adding value to biofuels plants Abengoa (building 2 nd generation facility as well) BTG 2 nd generation pilot and demonstration plants Biochemtex (ethanol based on crop waste and Arundo Donax) Inbicon (recently announced larger scale facility with Novozymes) CIMV Biobased chemicals Avantium chemicals Reverdia (DSM/Roquette) 15

20 Conclusions from Ed de Jong Biorefining co-producing food/feed, bio-based products and bioenergy is the way to go for large scale sustainable use of biomass in a future BioEconomy Bioenergy will be the necessary lubricating oil (closing energy and mineral loops) within a future BioEconomy We need a clear international level playing field for optimal large scale sustainable biomass production and valorization. Biorefining is not new, it is already used for some time: for example, the food and paper sectors and is now being demonstrated and rolled out in other sectors. Development and demonstration is still required to lower costs of biorefineries Need some additional non-technical factors such as encouraging policies for large scale implementation Biorefining needs a multi-stakeholder approach to cover the full chain and all markets. Needs co-operation! 15

21 Revolutionary Food and Fuel Questions Evolutionary Technology Geoff Bell Microbiogen Pty Ltd Ph: