breaking the biofuels sugar cost barrier ceo kef kasdin april 21, 2011
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Breaking the Biofuels Sugar Cost Barrier
CEO Kef Kasdin
April 21, 2011
Refine
CO2
+H20+
Nutrients
Fuels & Chemicals
FeedCreation
Growth$
Harvest$
Process$
Logistics$
Sugarcane, Corn, Cellulose
From Sunlight to Sugar Today
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The cost amplifier
From Sunlight to Sugar Today
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World sugar price volatility
Sugarcane Economics
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Productivity Per Acre Drives Cost
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State of the Art: Liquid Photobioreactor
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Proterro is developing a fermentation-ready sugar to enable economical production of biofuels and chemicals.
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Protose:• Is feedstock, not fuel• Is not derived from corn, sugarcane, or
cellulose• Does not require harvesting or separation• Is a geographically flexible sugar source
Refine
CO2
+H20+
Nutrients
Fuels & Chemicals
FeedCreation
From Sunlight to Protose
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Removing the cost amplifier
•Lower cost than sugarcane, corn or cellulose•Significantly higher productivity per acre•Reach market through partners
Proterro Protose™ Sugar
Synthetic Biology Accomplishment
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Engineered a novel sugar-producing organism
Natural SystemCyanobacteria
+ salt = sucrose
Final strainfor continuous, scalable Protose production
DNA Manipulation
Proterro Invented Solid Phase PBR
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Demonstrated & Scaled 10x; Modular approach
1 foot x 1 foot 1 meter x 1 meter
