Alberta Biomass Inventory Why Alberta s Industrial Heartland? October 1st, 2014 Jeff Bell Industry Development Officer, Clean Energy and Biorefining Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development jeff.bell@gov.ab.ca
Bio-Industrial Opportunities Branch 2 2
3 Source: Bridge 2020- http://bridge2020.eu/our-work/
Alberta: The Perfect Storm Forestry Agriculture Oil & Gas Bioindustrial Sector Petrochemical 4
The Biomass Potential Biomass 5
Current Situation- Bioenergy Heat: Strathcona, Camrose Biodiesel: Kyoto, ADM, Olds College Ethanol: Permolex, Enerkem, Highmark Biogas: Lethbridge Biogas, Highmark 6
Current Situation - Biomaterials Synermulch (Calgary) Stemia (Chin) Canadian Greenfield Technologies (Calgary) TTS / Biocomposites Group (Drayton Valley) Hart Fibre Trading (Leduc) Barr Ag (Olds) 7
Current Situation- Biochemicals Ceapro Inc. (Leduc) Botaneco/Concept Capital Management (Calgary) Radient Technologies (Edmonton) AlPac (Boyle) 8
Example: Bio-cluster Biomile, Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada Traditional sawmill products Bio-electricity Fibre matting plant Car parts Building products Plastics and resins Building insulation Synthetic natural gas Renewable transportation fuels Cellulosic fuels Bio-based consumer chemicals Bio-based industrial chemicals Bio-coal/Bio-char demonstration plant Pellet plant (wood or bio-coal) Research and development Waste to energy plant 9 9
Example: Bio-cluster Biohybrid Chemistry Cluster Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario, Canada Ethanol Cellulosic Ethanol Biodiesel Biogas Greenhouses Renewable Chemicals Biosuccinic Acid Research Facilities Business Incubator Biomaterials Automobile parts Green building materials Bioplastics 10 10
Emerging Bio-cluster? Alberta Industrial Heartland, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Oil seed crushing Bio-fuel blending Bio-fuel transloading and logistics Bio-chemicals Carbon capture Hydrogen Waste heat Industrial gases Greenhouses Bio-fuel manufacturing Bio-plastics and resins Construction materials Renewable natural gas etc. 11
The Private Sector Ecosystem Seeds/Crops Genetics Feedstock Providers Sugar Fermentation Syngas Fermentation Gas-Phase Thermo chemical Pyrolysis Transesterfication Solar to Fuel precursors Marketing, Distribution and Blending Refining (Obligated Parties) Retailing Chemical Companies Consumer Product Companies Diamond Green Diesel Upstream Midstream Downstream Venture Backed 12 Source: SVB and Bloomberg New Energy Finance. 12
Mini-Bios: Dow Chemicals Core Alberta Products ethane, ethylene, propane-plus, propane, butane, pentane plus, polyethylene, electricity Existing Bio-economy tie (not in Alberta) Biofuels Bio-based plastics Bio-based catalysts for biofuels Bio-based plasticizers Bio-based epichlorohydrin Bio-based rheology/viscosity modifiers Bio-based wetting agents/surfactants Bio-based dielectric fluids 13 13
Mini-Bios: Shell Core Alberta Products Aviation Fuel, c3c4 mix, catalysts, heavy distillates, n Hexane +, Sulphur, Synthetic Crude Oil, Unleaded Gasoline, Benzene, heavy aromatics, monoethylene glycol, styrene monomer Existing Bio-economy tie (not in Alberta) Biofuel blending and distribution Biofuel production Biofuels production (cellulosic) Bio-electricity Greenhouse production Enzymes 14 14
Mini-Bios: Praxair Core Alberta Products Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, dry ice Existing Bio-economy tie (not in Alberta) Renewable diesel Bioreactors Fluegas fermentation Biofuel production waste offtake 15 15
Mini-Bios: Momentive Core Alberta Products Specialty chemicals (proppants for fracking) Existing Bio-economy tie (not in Alberta) Renewable resins Bio-Based Rheological Mortar Additives Bio-based polyester resins Bio-polymers 16 16
Mini-Bios: Evonik Core Alberta Products hydrogen peroxide Existing Bio-economy tie (not in Alberta) Bio-MTBE Bio-based thermoplastics/ polymers Refined glycerine Biodiesel Syngas 17 17