center of innovation - energy jill p. stuckey, director
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Center of Innovation - Energy
Jill P. Stuckey, Director
AgricultureTifton
ManufacturingGainesville
Life SciencesAugusta
AerospaceEastman
LogisticsSavannah
EnergyAtlanta
Alternate Fuels for Aviation Working Group
• Collaborative effort hosted by Aerospace COI with Energy and Agribusiness center support
• Brings together representatives of airline industry, USAF, OEMs, Herty AMDC, testing facilities, researchers, producers
Hartsfield Jackson International Airport (HJIA)
• In 2009, HJIA generated $32.5 billion in direct business revenues,
• Busiest passenger airport in the world (88 Million in 2009) Delta Air Lines ASA – major regional airline World Airways - Leading charter/cargo airline Home to UPS Hub for AirTran Airways
• A Leading Air Cargo Hub in US and in the World HJIA Air Cargo grew 17% from 2009 to 2010 reaching 659,129
metric tons Air Cargo Week’s Airport of the Year for 2009 and 2010
Provides forum for new and expanding businesses
Venue to explain state & federal policies and procedures
Expedites permitting process
Matchmaking to form successful collaborations
Partnering with universities to commercialize research
One Stop Shop
One Stop Shop Energy Center of Innovation Agriculture Center of Innovation Aerospace Center of Innovation Governor’s Office Lieutenant Governor’s Office GA Environmental Facilities
Authority (GEFA) GA Department of Agriculture GA Department of Natural
Resources GA Department of Revenue U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency GA Department of Community
Affairs
GA Department of Economic Development
GA EPD Small Business Environmental Assistance Program GA EPD Air Protection Branch GA Forestry Commission Herty Advanced Materials Development
Center State Fire Marshall U.S. Department of Agriculture University of Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Railroad Association University of GA Small Business
Development Center … and more!
Drivers
• Economy – Forest Industries/Balance of Trade• Mandates • Energy Security – Supply disruptions, Middle East• Environment
The United States, with 5% of the worlds population, consumes roughly 25% of total energy production, yet only holds 2% of the proven petroleum
reserves.
Georgia Forestry = Biomass Energy
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Growth and Removals of Merchantable Trees
32%38 %
42% 73%
Between 1998 and 2008 the growth of growing stock on timberland in the state has exceeded removals by an average of 38.5%
annually or 546,086,970 cubic feet per year
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Forest Inventory
RWE
Giant Miscanthus• Herbaceous, Deciduous, Perennial• Rhizomes rather than seed• 11 - 25 Dry tons/acre/year• 27 - 62 Dry tons/hectare/year• Height up to 15 feet• Stems are erect, similar to thin bamboo• Low environmental inputs• Alternative non-food use for marginal Land• Drought tolerant, crowds out weeds• Carbon neutral• Nutrients returned to the soil each year
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Historical Snapshot
Founded in 1938 to honor Charles Herty, father of the Southern pulp and paper industry
Charter broadened in 2005 to cover all “Materials Manufacturing Industries
Georgia State Authority. • Confidentiality assured.• Independent & focused on objectivity.• Non-profit organization.• Modern quality systems.• Low-volume, high value contract
manufacturing services available
ConceptProof of Concept
Initial Prototype
Pre-scale up
Replication & Process Validation
Pre- scale up
Market Validation
Commercial scale-up
& Launch
Labs, Design, Early Testing
Large Pilot Scale Toolkits, Skilled Technicians, Experienced Technical and Engineering Staff,
Business Focused
People, Training, Financial & Other
Resources
Connection to Resources
(“Technologies, People, Partnerships”)
Jobs and Re
venue
Universities, Industry, & Individuals
Herty AMDC & Industry Entrepreneurs InnovationCenters
InnovationCenters
Herty’s role in relationship to Universities and Centers of Innovation
Large Scale Pilot Operations
Each “energy conversion process” requires different and unique feedstock for optimum cost effective energy production
Optimizing the biomass value chain from field to conversion is key to ensuring a profitable, renewable energy industry
Biomass AcquisitionTypeCost, Delivered Moisture Species Cellulose contentAsh
PreparationParticle Size Moisture ContentBarkEnergy consumption
Pre-ProcessingProcess (drying)Energy consumptionDrying rateVariabilityEmissionsBulk density
Conversion Processes
Announced Bioenergy Projects by State
State Projects
GA 37
CA 21
FL, OR, PA 18
ME, MI, VA, WI 17
NY 16
Source: Forisk Consulting, LLC
The State has sufficient biomass to support the development of over 40 major biomass investments of greater than $100 Million each.
Bio based fuels could change the face of rural Georgia
For More Information Contact:
Jill StuckeyCOI-Energy, [email protected]
http://www.georgiainnovation.org/