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Canada … a history of big ideas and rich in natural resources Growth Energy Leadership Conference By Kenneth Field, Chairman, GreenField Ethanol Inc.
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2 The opportunities for ethanol, biodiesal and biofuels are endless.
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3 The future will depend on …… Technology Investment money Land mass Market Public acceptance
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4 LARGEST LAND PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD 10% OF THE WORLD’S FOREST 25% OF THE WORLD’S FRESH WATER SUPPLY Largest supplier of oil to the USA $2.6 billion goods exchanged each day Major supplier of natural gas Canada supplies 10% of New York and New England states power A bit about Canada
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5 Canada is a small market 30 million people live in Canada. We have roughly the same population as California. By September of this year Canada will have a 5% Renewable fuels mandate – meaning a market for ethanol of about 1.7 billion litres (500,000 gallons).
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Canada is responsible for some big ideas.... that have a major impact on our world communications life saving drugs sports entertainment technology
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7 Our ethanol industry is building on our innovation tradition Enerkem Iogen Lignol GreenField Four leading cellulosic technologies call Canada home
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8 Enerkem – Wesbury Quebec Gasification to convert municipal sorted waste to ethanol Active since 1999 Awarded $50 million by DOE to build plant in Mississippi Plans to build world’s first municipal sorted waste-to- ethanol commercial plant in Edmonton, Alberta in 2010 Plans to build with GreenField in Varennes, Quebec
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9 Lignol – British Columbia Bacterial technology to convert wood and other biomass to manufacture biochemicals and ethanol Active since 2001 as Lignol Awarded $30 million by DOE Planning a commercial demonstration plant for 2010 Collaborations with…
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10 Iogen – Ottawa, Ontario Enzymatic technology to convert wheat straw and other biomass to ethanol Active since late 1970s Over $300 million spent on research and development $60 million demonstration plant in operation since 2007 (the world’s first) Commercial manufacturer of enzymes Iogen has alliances with….
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11 GreenField Cellulosic – Chatham, Ontario Steam explosion and enzymatic technology to convert corn cobs and other biomass to ethanol Running our pilot plant of 1 tonne a day since 2007 Significantly reduced pre-treatment time and the enzyme cost (by a factor of 20) Commercial demonstration plant to be built in 2010 (5-10 tonnes a day) Partnerships with Novozymes and Andritz
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12 Canada is small but big on ideas
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13 I. Project Introduction Total RFS 1 st Generation Ethanol 2 nd Generation Ethanol Other (Biomass-based Diesel) Undifferentiated Advanced Biofuel Advanced Biofuels Renewable Fuel Standard (US EISA) 9 13.95 11.1 18.15 15.2 16.55 12.95 28 30 33 36 22.25 20.5 26 24
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Together we need to enhance the ethanol brand
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15 We are in a brand war with the oil companies.
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Environmentalists, media personalities, movie stars…… and other influencers are Canadian
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17 Thank you
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