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Current Status of Renewable Energy
Mike MontrossBiosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department
University of Kentucky
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2/21
Outline
• Current Sources of Energy• Liquid Fuel Replacement
– Ethanol• Electricity Replacement
– Co-firing– Solar– Wind
• Biomass Feedstocks
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Sources and End Uses of Energy (Quadrillion Btu)
US Energy Information Administration
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4/21
What Will Change Status of Renewable Energy?
• Regulations/mandates– Renewable Fuels Standard– Renewable Portfolio Standard– Carbon/Greenhouse Gases– Changes in environmental regulations on
mining/oil/gas extraction• Cost of alternative fuels ($/ton,
$/mmbtu, $/kWh or $/gal)
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5/21
Other Issues Driving Renewable Energy
• Environmental quality• National security• Underutilized agricultural production• Rural development• Balance of trade• Increased tax revenue for states/cities
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Outline
• Sources of Energy• Liquid Fuel Replacement
– Ethanol• Electricity Replacement
– Co-firing– Solar– Wind
• Biomass Feedstocks
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7/21
Potential Legislation
• Renewable Fuels Standard–Renewable Biofuels (Starch – corn, wheat,
milo, and barley)• 15 billion gallons by 2015• Production capacity from corn at almost 12 billion gallons today, with
probable expansion to 15 billion gallons
–Advanced Biofuels• 21 billion gallons by 2022 (16 billion cellulosic, 5 billion undifferentiated
including biodiesel)• Less than 1 billion gallons developed or under development• DOE has provided over 900 million dollars (soon to be announced)
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Ethanol Feedstocks
• Starch (corn, wheat, barley, milo)• Sugar (sweet sorghum, sugarcane, sugar beets)• Cellulose (plant material)
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9/21
Wholesale Costs of Liquid Fuels
Fuel Cost ($/gal) Commodity Price Feedstock Cost ($/gal)
Gasoline 3.50 (July 08) $145/barrel 3.45
2.00 (Nov 09) $76/barrel 1.80
Ethanol 2.90 (July 08) $7.00/bu 2.50
2.05 (Nov 09) $3.75/bu 1.35
Ethanol On Equal Energy Basis
3.90 (July 08) 3.30
2.70 (Nov 09) 1.80
No taxes, credits, etc. consideredPricing data from EIA and US Agricultural Marketing Service
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10/21
Estimated Costs of Ethanol
Corn Based Cellulosic Today?--
Illustrative
Cellulosic 2010-12— DOE
target
Feedstock $1.17@$3.22/bu2.75g/bu
$1.00@$60/dt60g/dt
$0.33@$30/dt90g/dt
By-Product -$0.38 -$0.10 -$0.09
Enzymes $0.04 $0.40 $0.10
Other Costs** $0.62 $0.80 $0.22
Capital Cost $0.20 $0.55 $0.54
Total $1.65 $2.65 $1.10
Keith Collins, USDA Chief Economist, 2007** (includes preprocessing, fermentation, labor)
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Outline
• Sources of Energy• Liquid Fuel Replacement
– Ethanol• Electricity Replacement
– Co-firing– Solar– Wind
• Biomass Feedstocks
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12/21
Potential Regulations
• Renewable Portfolio Standard–30 states mandate some type of RPS
• Ranges up to 25%
–5 states have voluntary goals including Kentucky at 1000 MW
–Federal legislation introduced and under debate could establish an RPS of 25% by 2025
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Costs of Alternative Sources of Power
Source Annual Capital Cost (¢/kWh)
O&M (¢/kWh)
Electricity Cost (¢/kWh)
Scrubbed Coal 1.7 3.2 4.9
Coal with Sequestration
2.9 5.1 8.0
Biomass 3.1 7.1 10.2
Solar PV 12.0 1.2 13.2
Wind 3.8 3.0 6.9
EIA - Cost and Performance Characteristics of New Central Station Electricity Generating TechnologiesSolar and wind based on 50% load factor
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Wind Potential
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Payback of Solar Systems
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Energy Cost ($/mmbtu) of Biomass and Fossil Fuels
Source November 2009 December 2008
Natural gas 3.71 6.79
Coal 2.17 5.20
Biomass 3.10-3.75 5.00-6.25
Prices from Kentucky Energy Watch (coal and natural gas)Southern Illinois USDA Agricultural Marketing Report on Utility Grass Hay
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Outline
• Sources of Energy• Liquid Fuel Replacement
– Ethanol• Electricity Replacement
– Co-firing– Solar– Wind
• Biomass Feedstocks
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Biomass Feedstocks for Energy Production
• Unused residues from traditional timber harvest– Thinning
• Short rotation woody crops• Urban residues• Herbaceous energy crops• Agricultural residues
• What feedstock is cheapest to produce and deliver to an end-user
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Biomass Required to Meet Federal Legislation
RPS 15% 13.0 million tons 20% 18.2 million tons 25% 22.0 million tonsRFS 10.0 million tonsTotal Biomass 23 to 32 million tons
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Kentucky Land Resources (ac)
Pastureland Other Farmland
Private Forestland
Total Land
West 750,000 2,400,000 1,400,000 4,600,000
Central 1,600,000 2,700,000 2,100,000 6,300,000
East 250,000 910,000 4,070,000 5,200,000
Total 2,600,000 5,900,000 7,600,000 16,200,000
Ignore cropland – if you can raise row crops you will continue
With advances in bioenergy crop yields and proper incentives – Kentucky could be a major player
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Closing Remarks
• Renewable energy will play a future role– Energy independence, balance of trade, rural
development– Cap and trade legislation– Mining/gas/oil extraction changes
• Cost still an issue• Co-firing probably more likely than cellulosic
ethanol• Kentucky has a large land base that could be
developed for renewable energy production
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Anaerobic Digestion
• Large systems in Europe (primarily Germany)• Numerous farm installations• Wet feedstocks