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17-18 October, Brussels Algae Biorefineries for Europe – Towards a Sustainable Economy

Current US Algae Biorefineries- Projects and Perspectives

José A. Olivares IMDEA Energia and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Visiting Scientist Los Alamos National Laboratory, Guest Scientist Editor-in-Chief for Algal Research – an Elsevier Journal

Headliner Productivity

Photo Source: NBC Olympics Website

• Qingdao, China
• Green alga (Ulva prolifera)
• late May - early July 2008
• > 200,000 tons biomass
• < 17 km2 coastal area

(~ 4,200 acres)

Ø 47 tons/acre Ø 118 tons/ha

Photo Source: AP News Eye Press

• Vs. Land Plant Productivity of 10-30 Tons/ha/yr.

The Algal Biorefinery

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Alcohols, methane Lipid co- products, Omega- 3 Fatty Acids Methane, liquefaction (FAME) (alkanes)

Renewable Diesel, SPK

Integrated Biorefinery (IBR) Program Key Challenges Involve Lowering the Risks

§Inadequate Supply Chain Infrastructure §Processing, Conversion and Production Costs §Replicability §Scalability (sustainability) §Financing §Offtake Agreements §Biofuels Distribution Infrastructure §Codes, Standards, and Approval for Use §Consumer Lack of Acceptance and Awareness

US Department of Energy – BioEnergy Technologies Office (BETO) Demonstration and Market Transformation (DMT) Integrated Biorefinery (IBRs)

Algenol

DOE Funds (2010-2015) - $25 M Cost Share - $25 M Partners:

• PNNL – Hydrothermal Liquefaction
• DOE – Donated used Hydrothermal Liquefaction unit to Algenol

for IBR

• Leading plastics manufacturers
• Plastics welding equipment manufacturers

Goals of the Algenol Integrated Biorefinery

• prove the commercial viability of the bioconversion of

industrial waste CO2 into liquid transportation fuels in enclosed photobioreactor systems

• proprietary metabolically enhanced algae
• evaluate enclosed photobioreactor systems and

metabolically enhanced algae

• bioenergy production and Carbon Capture and Utilization
• various climates

Scale §§ Up to 2 tonnes CO2/Day §§ Up to 18,000 gal/yr EtOH §§ Up to 3,000 gal/yr greencrude

Algenol

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Construction of commercial scale 2 acre PBR system

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6120 PBRs

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Full integration of all processes

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Ethanol dehydration

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Greencrude production §

Operated 4000 photobioreactor system for over 500 days

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Next generation PBR production system developed

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Lower cost system is 3x larger than prior generation reactors

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Significant improvements in manufacturing quality, brought in house all photobioreactor manufacturing

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Increased genetic stability of commercial production strain

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Commercial production strain converts extraordinary amount

• f carbon into fuel

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80% carbon branching into ethanol

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Successful creation of antibiotic resistance-free ethanologenic AB1 strains

BioProcess Algae (Iowa)

DOE Funds (2013-2017) - $6 M Cost Share - $6 M Partners: BioProcess Algae, Sweetwater Energy and Elevance Renewable Science

Sapphire Energy

DOE Funds (2010-2014) - $36 M Cost Share - $52 M Partners üHarris Group üBrown and Caldwell üAMEC/Geomatrix üLinde (CO2 and conversion) üTesoro (offtake agreement) üPhillips 66 (upgrading and part 79 registration for on road diesel fuel) üDOE co-processing grant

Sapphire Energy

Solazyme

DOE Funds (2010-2012) - $22 M Cost Share – $8.7 M Partners ü Abengoa Bioenergy Corp. ü BlueFire Ethanol, Inc. ü Renewable Energy Group, Inc. ü UOP LLC

Solazyme

2016 Multiyear Project Plan, BioEnergy Technologies Office

2016 Multiyear Project Plan, BioEnergy Technologies Office CHALLENGES TO TARGET

• Biology and culture management for

productivity

• Low-cost, scalable cultivation systems
• Low-cost, high-throughput harvest technologies
• Performing integrative analysis to identify

critical barriers Developing higher-value co- products

• Demonstrating feasible routes to finished fuels

$15 M $8.8 M $18 M $14 M $14 M $20 M

New Algae Integrated Biorefinery (IBR) Project Announced

Kauai Algae Facility

• Integrated inoculation through harvesting
• CO2 from adjacent power plant flue gas
• Demonstrated contamination control
• Demonstrated Zobi HarvesterTM
• Full cultivation media recycle
• ABY1 strain improvement tools

Alga Biomass Yield Phase 2

• Lipid oil pathway yield 2200-3700 gal/ac-yr
• HTL oil pathway yield 4200-6500 gal/ac-yr
• Pre-processing energy (% of biofuel): 10-5%
• Demonstration in integrated outdoor system

Integrated Biorefinery Project

• $1.2 M project
• Pilot-scale algae biofuel facility
• Improved productivity of open pond cultivation
• More energy-efficient algae harvest

17-18 October, Brussels Algae Biorefineries for Europe – Towards a Sustainable Economy

www.algalbbb.com

11 – 13 June 2018 Motiff Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, USA

Algal Research

IMPACT FACTOR 2015: 4.694

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/algal-research/

Algal Research is an international phycology journal covering all areas of emerging technologies in algal biology, biomass production, cultivation, harvesting, extraction, bioproducts, and

• econometrics. It publishes original research and

reviews on algal biology (phylogeny, molecular traits and metabolic regulation of microalgae for biofuels), algal cultivation (phototrophic systems in open ponds, heterotrophic systems), algal products and economics, algal harvesting and extraction systems, new conversion technologies for algal biomass and technoeconomic modeling

• f algae biofuels systems.

Editor-in-Chief: Jose Olivares (USA) Associate Editor: Eric Dunlop (Australia) Associate Editor: Ivet Ferrer (Spain) Associate Editor: Peter Lammers (USA) Associate Editor: Marie Magnusson (Australia) Associate Editor: Jason Quinn (USA) Associate Editor: Kenneth Reardon (USA) Associate Editor: Tishouye Tanaka (Japan) Associate Editor: Adrian Unc (CA)

Average editorial speed for all submitted manuscripts

7.1 5.9 10.5 10.1 8.4 16.3 5.8 8.5 12.6 5.4 5.6 10.9 5.6 4.2 11.3 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 YTD

5 10 15

• No. of weeks

Subm.- 1st dec. Total author revision time Subm.- fin. dispos. u

Swift decision-making/paper-handling is a boon for authors, reflects well on the journal, and is very good for the journal’s reputation in the field

Thank you! Muchisimas Gracias !