Industries and Agro-Resources

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1 French Competitiveness Cluster Industries and Agro-Resources People, Plants, for ever. Non-food uses of biomass

2 Picardie and Champagne -Ardenne regions Paris Non-food uses of biomass French Competitiveness Cluster Industries et Agro-Ressources What is a Competitiveness cluster? Brussels A network, within a defined geographic area, of companies, education centers, public and private R&D units. committed to a partnership process aimed at the creation of synergies around common innovative projects Created in French clusters 17 world class clusters Only 1 on biomass

3 A major agricultural area Picardie and Champagne -Ardenne regions % surface in France Barley 23% Wheat 19% Sugar beet 57% Rapeseed 20% Potatoes 39% Hemp 47% Flax 13% Alfalfa 80% Ref : Agreste, 2007

4 A major Agro-industrial area 200+ companies and 25,000 jobs 3.4 bn 13,000 staff 2.7 bn 3,400 staff Structured industrial value chains Major industrial actors 1.0 bn 1,300 staff Picardie and Champagne -Ardenne regions 6 bn 6,000 staff Sugar refineries Starch refineries Malting plants Mills Oil crush plants Deshydration 1.8 bn 5,500 staff 2.5 bn 6,000 staff

5 A tight Research network Amiens Laon Reims 4 Universities 2 Graduate schools INERIS research center (Risks, sustainability, ) 3 INRA centers Agronomy Research Institute 3 demonstration platforms A 25 year cluster initiative

6 Demonstration platform on Agronomy & energy crops Set-up in 2006 Linked to INRA R&D centers Linked to the national plan REGIX : evaluation of the potential of sustainable biomass production in France. Compare 7 annual or perennial crops: fiber sorghum, triticale, fescue, alfalfa, switchgrass, miscanthus and poplar coppice. To evaluate biomass productivity and biomass quality according to industrial process To evaluate long term environmental impacts on C and N cycles. To identify the most suitable energy crops and sustainable cropping practices Open experimental platform To evaluate long term environmental impacts of different agro-systems Ressources et Territoires

7 Demonstration platform on Agronomy & energy crops 163 ha of homogeneous soil Data collection Modeling activities Expected results Dry matter yield and quality at various stages Soil and plant nitrogen content Organic C and N evolution (C N fertilizer) GHG emissions (CO 2, N 2 O) Evolution of the physical soil properties (structure, soil water content, temperature) Assessment focused on Production/growth of the plants Environmental and energetic aspects Objectives To allow the evaluation of the production chain To supply elements to select the most suitable crops and to direct adapted cropping rules N Balance in crop & soil Nitrates fluxes N & C sequestration Potential & actual productivity including stress Water consumption Biodiversity status Towards a reliable environmental balance

8 Demonstration platform on biomass green chemistry Non profit organization Founded in permanent staff 200 contracts per year 80 customers per year R&D SERVICE PROVIDER FOR R&D IN PLANT BIOMASS EXTRACTION, CRACKING and MODIFICATION DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS & PROCESSES FOR INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES

9 Demonstration platform on biomass green chemistry 3,000 m² buildings including 2,500 m² labs & pilot plants Biomass cracking & Pretreatment Chemical or enzymatic Modification of biomass Purification Concentration Drying Reactive Extrusion equipped with Hastelloy configuration Pre industrial pyrolyser Chemical and enzymatic vessels including subcritical water technology Jacketed vessels from 5L to 15m 3, flame proof & high pressure vessels Decanters, disk stack centrifuges Milling, extrusion Whole range of membranes up to 30 m 2 Precipitation & Crystallization Falling film evaporators (1 m 3 /h) Mono & multistage spraydryers (up to 100 l/hour)

10 Demonstration platform on white biotechnology Private R&D unit 75% owned by farmers' co-ops Founded in permanent staff A 25 years expertise in plant fractionation, extraction and purification A 25 years experience in fermentation and downstream processes (separation and purification), as well as microbiology and molecular biology Several new biotech process developed over the past 10 years (e.g. Eladium, Hyaluronic acid, Dihydroxyacetone, Bio- and Cellulosic ethanol)

11 Demonstration platform on white biotechnology Fermentation labs & pilot capacities up to 80 m 3 Lab & pilot facility A state-of-the-art fermentation facility for process development, with fermentation reactors from 5L up to 100L. Pilot & production facility 40 m 3 and 80 m 3 fermentation reactors for industrial scaling up. downstream purification process equipment Large scale demonstration plant Open demonstration platform Started in Q3 08 Ready in Q First production for L-Succinic acid: 2000 T/year (Bio amber)

12 IAR Members 16 co-ops ops 15 CENTRES DE RECHERCHE Biomass producers ( forestry (agriculture and Utiliser toutes les composantes de la Plante BIOREFINERY 58 ENTREPRISES Research and Technology Transfer centers 10 ORGANISMES DE FORMATION Universities and Engineer schools Industries 112 members (Apr. 2009) 20 industrial groups 38 SMEs

13 The biorefinery concept Access to biomass Biomass Sustainable Development New industrial needs Renewable carbon Environment friendly BioEnergies Biofuels, biogaz, electricity, heat products M a r k e t s AgroMaterials Building, Paper, Textile, Plastics, Packaging New industrial tools Biomass Green Chemistry White Biotech BioMolecules Chemical intermediates, glue, Lubricants, surfactants BioIngredients Food Ingredients, Processing aids, nutraceutics

14 Biobased Products : Markets

15 Core business Agriculture and First transformation industry Access to Biomass Lignocellulose deconstruction Industries et Agro-Ressources Core business and Strategy tegy Sustainable Development Bio-based feedstock Logistic & pre-treatment Biomass Green Chemistry Agronomy Lab Pilot plant Industrial demonstration Biobased products biofuels, polymers, chemicals, ingredients Bio-process Markets

16 R&D projects on biorefinery Market driven innovation Since 2006 Training, transfer Analysis of industrial needs and demands Project management Adaptation and mobilization of bio resources 72 projects labelled 49 projects financed Total R&D budget: 155 M Public subsidies: 30-40% Evaluation of technical choices and sustainable development Adaptation of processes and increase of added value

17 Access to Biomass Mapping of sustainable resources Wheat straw

18 FUTUROL Project The french 2 nd generation bioethanol R&D project 11 partners 8 years 3 levels 74 millions 30 million grant from OSEO Labeled by IAR and supported by OSEO

19 FUTUROL Project Laboratory Commercial plant Industrial Prototype l/year Pilot plant l/year litres/year FACTOR 50 FACTOR 20

20 FUTUROL : planning PILOT PLANT CONSTRUCTION 2 years Go / No Go R&D ACTIVITIES 5 years 2 years 1 year PROTOTYPE INDUSTRIAL DIFFUSION INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION years

21 SYNTHONS project Evaluation platform on bio-based chemical intermediates Development of 2 technological platforms to evaluate the feasibility of the industrial production of chemical intermediates from biomass Bio-based feedstock Biomass Green Chemistry Chemical Intermediates

22 White Biotech Industrial demonstration Plant 21 millions invested Capacity up to 350 m 3 First molecule produced will be L-Succinic acid BRIE BRIE 2000 MT/Yr plant : production started late 2009 PROVIDES IP PORTFOLIO 50 / 50 Worldwide JV PROVIDES DEMO PLANT

23 Succinic acid : a new step towards integrated biorefinery Sugar Refinery Wheat Processing Mill Cellulose Hydrolysis Pilot OUTPUT OUTPUT OUTPUT Sucrose Glucose C5 &C6 sugars Bioethanol plant Succinic acid plant CO 2 Diethyl succinate

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25 International projects Current situation and potential of the biorefinery concept in the EU: strategic framework and guidelines for its development Study existing or planned European biorefineries Identify socio-economic factors and regulatory aspects which improve or slow down the development of biorefineries Build a range of forecasting scenarios for biorefinery development Select the concepts and the operational policies for the future development of biorefineries Coordinated by 8 European partners

26 Star COLIBRI: Strategic TARgets for 2020 COLlaboration Initiative in BioRefInery: Biorefineries Joint CSA * call * (Coordination & support action) Enhancing exchange of information, synergies and cross-fertilisation between projects in the field of Biorefineries Promote coordination of on-going research at European and national levels defining research priority needs... Information exchange in any aspect of the entire value chain... Durée: 2 ans - Budget: 2 M

27 International collaborations Objectives Cooperation with other clusters,within the chain, towards final users markets. value Target countries Europe : inter clustering approach ROW : Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, USA.

28 Conclusion Our vision Develop new outlets for agriculture. Replace oil based products by biobased products, with respect to sustainable development. Our mission Improve the industry competitiveness of our two regions through Innovation with biobased products. Our ambition Become by 2015, the European reference on Innovation for non food uses of biomass.

29 Welcome in France in Champagne Ardenne and Picardie! People & Plants, for ever 29