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The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy:   Transformative Research and Development in Bioenergy

The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy:   Transformative Research and Development in Bioenergy. Jonathan Burbaum, PhD Program Director January 5, 2012. Creation & Launching of ARPA-E.

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The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy:   Transformative Research and Development in Bioenergy

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  1. The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy:   Transformative Research and Development in Bioenergy Jonathan Burbaum, PhD Program Director January 5, 2012

  2. Creation & Launching of ARPA-E Innovation based on science and engineering will be primary driver of our future prosperity & security 2012 FY2012 Budget ($275M appropriated) 2011 FY2011 Anomaly ($180M under CR) 2009-2010 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ($400M appropriated) • President Obama launches ARPA-E at National Academies on April 27, 2009 2007 America COMPETES Act 2006Rising Above the Gathering Storm (National Academies) 2

  3. ARPA-E’s mission is to overcome the high-risk technological barriers in the development of energy technologies • promoting revolutionary advances in fundamental sciences • translating scientific discoveries into technological innovations • accelerating transformational technological advances in areas that industry by itself is not likely to undertake Reduce Energy Imports To enhance the economic and energy security of the U.S. To ensure U.S. technological lead in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies • Reduce Energy-Related Emissions • Improve Energy Efficiency 3

  4. To date ARPA-E has made 121 awards from seven FOAs to a wide variety of organizations *Total Value of Awards = $366 million 4

  5. ARPA-E currently has 11 focused programs plus a broad portfolio of projects from its first solicitation IMPACCT End-Use Efficiency Transportation Electrofuels BEEST PETRO HEATS Stationary Power GRIDS ADEPT BEETIT Solar ADEPT GENI REACT 5

  6. ARPA-E FOA 1 projects can be categorized into one of ten energy technology areas Water 1project Waste Heat Capture 1project 6projects Energy Storage Conventional Energy 2projects VBR Power Systems 5projects Building Efficiency 3projects Biomass Energy FOA 1 Carbon Capture 5projects 4projects Renewable Power 5projects 5projects Vehicle Technologies Solar Fuels

  7. Macroalgae and biobutanol technology combined provide a sustainable biofuel • Approach: • TechnoeconomicFeasibility • Biocatalyst Feasibility • Commercialization via Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels (a DuPont/BP Joint Venture) • Seaweed: • Scalable production • Potential to reduce GHG emissions by >90% compared to petroleum based fuels • Grown at large scale today • Biobutanol: • Can be produced from a range of feedstocks • Compatible with current infrastructure • Physical properties which create value throughout the fuels supply chain • Can be blended at 16% in gasoline 7

  8. “Electrofuels”, a program area for mid-to-long term solutions to many current biofuel production inefficiencies Assimilate Reducing Equivalents: other than reduced carbon or products from Photosystems I & II (ex. direct current, H2, H2S, etc.) Pathways for Carbon Fixation: reverse TCA, Calvin- Benson, Wood-Ljungdahl, Hydroxpropionate-hydroxybutyrate, or newly designed biochemical pathways “Electrofuels” targets the first application of non-photosynthetic, autotrophic microorganisms for the production of infrastructure compatible biofuels. 13 projects, $45M ARPA-E, $56M Total Fuel synthesis: metabolic engineering to direct flux to high energy content molecules Alkanes Etc. Butanol 8

  9. Direct electron transfer: UMass will leverage the ability of some microbes to make electrical contacts with electrodes Geobactermetallireducenscan form conductive biofilms on the surface of electrodes Acetogenes such as Sporomusaovatahave demonstrated the ability to produce acetate directly from electrons with high coulombic efficiency Clostridium ljungdahliiwill be engineered to produce butanol from electrcity 9

  10. PETRO (Plants Engineered To Replace Oil): Developing dedicated biofuel crops PETRO targets two strategies to address the inefficiency of biofuel production in plants. Photosynthesis: Optimizing chlorophyll content and carbon fixation pathways in plants to maximize energy capture from sunlight. CBB+ CO2 CO2 Metabolic engineering: Incorporating novel biochemical pathways and optimizing flux to produce high energy molecules in planta. CBB PETRO will create field ready plants that have enhanced energy capture from sunlight and can convert that energy into direct fuel molecules. 10 projects, $37M ARPA-E, 36 months sugars (4.6%) (6.0%) pyruvate 10

  11. Pine trees engineered to produce fuel molecules in addition to providing pulp for paper Loblolly pine The Technology: Increase storage capacity for turpentine/fuel molecules Increase the production of fuel molecules from 3% to 20% Improve the quality of the produced fuel molecules The Impact: “Bolt-on” to an existing industry - Loblolly pine is already a commercial crop grown on 10M acres for paper Potential to produce100 million gallons of fuel per year from less than 25,000 acres of forestland Tapping pine trees

  12. Thank you Jonathan Burbaum, PhD jonathan.burbaum@hq.doe.gov http://arpa-e.energy.gov/

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