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An Update of the ETI Bio energy Activity

Paul Bennett

All Energy Conference, Aberdeen

24 May 2012

http://www.eti.co.uk/


Why is Bio energy Important?

• Potential for about 10% contribution to UK 2050 Energy supply

from UK biomass without negative impact on food supplies or

sustainability

• Coupled with Carbon Capture and Storage could supply 50 – 100

Mte of negative CO2 emissions

• UK energy system would on average be £44 billion more

expensive in 2050 without bioenergy

• Flexibility – can deliver heat, power, gas and liquids


Bio energy Project Portfolio

Project Budget

£M

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Eco-system Land Use Model 3.4

Bioenergy Value Chain Model 1.2

Bio-CCS 0.7

Energy from Waste Research

project 1.4

Energy from Waste

Demonstration 13.0

Bioenergy Technology

Demonstrator 1 tbc

Bioenergy Technology

Demonstrator 2 tbc


£3.4m - 3 year project

• Impact of bio energy crop land-use changes

on soil carbon stocks and GHG emissions.

• Develop a quantitative model of biomass

growth, soil chemistry, GHG emissions

•Chronosequencing of 100 soil cores

•GHG flux measurements

•GIS mapping to allow recommendations for

most environmentally efficient LUC operations

and crop management.

March 2011 - ETI and BBSRC co-funded International workshop on Soil Chemistry at

Rothampsted Research – led to 3 external publications linked to the ELUM project.

Eco-systems Land Use Modelling


£1.2m – 1.5 year project

• Model linking bio energy crop growth with technology options for logistics, pre-

processing and final use as heat, power or transport fuel.

• Agronomic, techno-economic and geographic factors associated with the cultivation,

collection, processing, transmission and distribution of biomass.

• Economic or GHG optimisation of sustainably developing UK biomass resources whilst

converting these to various energy vectors.

Bio energy Value Chain Modelling


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Health Warning

Strategic insights are generated

based upon a range of model runs

and not a single run as shown

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CCS development

£0.7m - 1 year project

Techno-economic study of biomass to power

with CCS

• Assess the technology options and

gaps, and the likely time-scales for

implementation.

• Detailed review of 8 most likely options

(inc post & pre-combustion and oxy-firing,

dedicated and co-firing)

• Produce sub-models for inclusion into

BioVCM project

Biomass to Power with Carbon

Capture and Storage (CCS)


Example Output: Capital costs and

Technology Readiness Levels


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CCS development

£1.4m - 1.5 year project

• Analysis and Characterisation of UK

Waste Arisings

•Assessment of EfW Technologies

•Identification of Technology combinations

for most appropriate UK deployment

•Define demonstration Project

Energy From Waste


• EfW – Request for Proposals published and on ETI’s website.

– Demonstrate a 5-20 MWe facility capable of operating on UK typical waste

– >25% net electrical efficiency and 80% reliability

– Phase 1: Up to 3 consortia in a design competition.

– Phase 2: Single consortium to construct and operate. (Budget £13 million)

– Close date for bids - 2nd July

• 2 Placeholders for Bioenergy Technology Demonstrators.

– Currently being shaped with the insight generated from the Value Chain

Model and the Bio-CCS project

– Aim to publish Q4-’12/Q1-’13

Technology Demonstrators


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