1. Wisconsin Energy Institute Campus Planning Committee February 25, 2010

2. www.glbrc.org 2 Great Lakes Bioenergy Partners Academic UW-Madison (lead) Michigan State University Illinois State University Iowa State University DOE National Labs Pacific Northwest NL Oak Ridge NL Industry Lucigen/C5-6 Technologies DOE Office of Science Joint Genome Institute BACTER Institute ASCR Wisconsin & Michigan Facilities, Faculty & Staff Tech Transfer WARF, others Mission: NEW technology to sustainably convert cellulosic plant biomass into ethanol & next generation biofuels (~400 hand-picked scientists, staff & students across sites)

3. New York Times- Sept 20, 1925 1933 photo shows a Lincoln, Nebraska gas station of the Earl Coryell Co. selling "Corn Alcohol Gasoline" Biofuels are not a new idea!

4. Conversion of tropical sugar cane (glucose) or corn starch (glucose polymer) to ethanol Fermentation Glucose Ethanol Sugar Cane Fermentation Starch Glucose Ethanol Heat or enzymes Corn (kernels) Today’s Biofuels/bioethanol Technology

5. Biofuels 101 There are many types of biofuels Biofuels = Fuels derived from a biological source Starch, sugar-derived ethanol (transportation sector) “biodiesel”/oils/hydrocarbons (soybean & plant oils, algal farms, etc) Wood or pelletized biomass (heat, energy grid, syngas, etc) Anaerobic digestors (methane) Renewable waste (methane, hydrogen, electricity) Cellulose-derived fuels (Great Lakes Bioenergy); “tomorrow’s sustainable biofuels Cellulose= non-edible part of plant material US generates ~1.3 billion tons of cellulosic biomass yearly; if converted into liquid transportation fuel it could reduce fossil fuel use by ~30% [mandated by US renewable fuels standard]

6. Glucose, Arabinose Xylose, Phenolics, etc. Ethanol, other fuels Cellulosic Biomass Pretreatment “soften cellulose” Fermentation, Conversion ? Chemicals/heat Digest softened polymers ? Enzymes ? Grind (reduce size) Fermentation Glucose Ethanol Sugar Cane Fermentation Starch Glucose Ethanol Heat/ enzymes Corn (kernels) Today’s technology Technology of tomorrow (GLBRC, BESC & JBEI) Conversion of cellulosic plant biomass to fuels

7. www.glbrc.org 7 Great Lakes Bioenergy Mission Fundamental science to sustainably convert cellulosic plant biomass into ethanol & next generation fuels (anticipate $142M from 2007-12) New & EXISTING bioenergy plants Ethanol & next generation fuels from new & EXISTING bioenergy crops Breed to modify cellulose & accumulate new energy rich materials Science to inform solutions

8. www.glbrc.org WEI is Future Epicenter for Great Lakes Bioenergy BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT MODELING SOIL SCIENCES FORESTRY MICROBIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY GENETICS/ BIOTECH PLANT SCIENCES UNION SOUTH COMPUTER SCIENCES PHYSICS CHEMISTRY ENGINEERING Chemical, Metabolic, Combustion, Nuclear, Solar, Wind, P V WID Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI; 220K GSF, $100M) (Enumerated in Wisconsin 09-11 State budget) Design began July, 2009; late Fall 2012 Nexus for biofuels and other renewable energy science & technology research

9. UNIVERSITY AVENUE CAMPUS DRIVE BREESE TERRACE BABCOCK DRIVE 2005 Campus Master Plan

14. University Avenue / Campus Drive Intersection Improvements City of Madison Traffic Engineering

15. University Ave / Campus Dr Intersection – Existing

16. University Av / Campus Dr Intersection – Option #1