Why Alberta’s Industrial...

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 [email protected]

Bio-Industrial Opportunities Branch

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About Us The Opportunity Examples The Heartland Profiles

Source: Bridge 2020- http://bridge2020.eu/our-work/ 3


Forestry

Petrochemical

Agriculture

Oil & Gas

Bioindustrial

Sector

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Alberta: The Perfect Storm


The Biomass Potential

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Biomass

• Heat: Strathcona, Camrose

• Biodiesel: Kyoto, ADM, Olds College

• Ethanol: Permolex, Enerkem, Highmark

• Biogas: Lethbridge Biogas, Highmark

Current Situation- Bioenergy

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• Synermulch (Calgary)

• Stemia (Chin)

• Canadian Greenfield Technologies (Calgary)

• TTS / Biocomposites Group (Drayton Valley)

• Hart Fibre Trading (Leduc)

• Barr Ag (Olds)

Current Situation - Biomaterials

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• Ceapro Inc. (Leduc)

• Botaneco/Concept Capital Management (Calgary)

• Radient Technologies (Edmonton)

• AlPac (Boyle)

Current Situation- Biochemicals

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Example: Bio-cluster

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

Biomile,

Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada

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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

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Emerging Bio-cluster?

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.

Alberta Industrial Heartland,

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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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

Upstream Midstream Downstream

Diamond

Green Diesel

Source: SVB and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Venture Backed

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Mini-Bios: Dow Chemicals

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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


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Mini-Bios: Shell

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Aviation Fuel, c3c4 mix, catalysts, heavy distillates, n Hexane +, Sulphur, Synthetic Crude Oil, Unleaded Gasoline, Benzene, heavy aromatics, monoethylene glycol, styrene monomer


Biofuel blending and distribution Biofuel production Biofuels production (cellulosic) Bio-electricity Greenhouse production Enzymes


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Mini-Bios: Praxair

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Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, dry ice


Renewable diesel Bioreactors Fluegas fermentation Biofuel production waste offtake


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Mini-Bios: Momentive

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Specialty chemicals (proppants for fracking)


Renewable resins Bio-Based Rheological Mortar Additives Bio-based polyester resins Bio-polymers


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Mini-Bios: Evonik

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hydrogen peroxide


Bio-MTBE Bio-based thermoplastics/ polymers Refined glycerine Biodiesel Syngas


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