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Converting renewable resources into hydrocarbons Marc Delcourt, CEO June 2010
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Global Bioenergies développe sous licence exclusive des procédés de production d'alcènes légers, molécules clé de la pétrochimie,obtenues actuellement uniquement à partir du pétrole. Ces produits (obtenus par ce procédé sous forme de gaz) sont transformables en essence, kérosène, ETBE ainsi qu'en divers polymères utilisés pour la fabrication des pneus, du verre organique, plastiques.www.global-bioenergies.com
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Converting renewable resources into hydrocarbons
Marc Delcourt, CEOJune 2010
Global Bioenergies
• Est. 2008 by Marc Delcourt and Philippe Marlière
• Located close to Paris on the Genopole Campus
• 20 people
• Venture capital funded
• R&D facilities > 700 m2
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Diverse feedstocks…
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Sugar cane
Sugar beet
Sugar 170mT
Starch 2.070mT
Wheat
Corn
Rye, rice, barley, Potatoes….
Ligno-celluloseTo be industrialised in
the near futurePotential: x10.000mT
Straw
Forestry waste
Energy crops
… transformed into isobutene
• Reduced costs and increased GHG savings due to: – No product inhibition
– No distillation or solvent extraction
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High purityIsobutene
Low qualityGlucose
Genetically engineered micro-organism
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Isobutene: products tree
Isobutene
Glucose
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Isooctane
Jet fuel
Diesel
Flavors, dyes
ETBE
Tires
Organic glass
Plastics
Textiles
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Gaseous hydrocarbons
• Except methane, gaseous hydrocarbons are not produced by living organisms
• Bioproduction of gaseous hydrocarbons from renewable resources involves designing artificial metabolic pathways
• Using a new and innovative Synthetic Biology approach, we have designed such an artificial pathway, based on:– non-natural metabolites
– undescribed enzyme activities
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Present state of development
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optimisation Strain construction Scale-up
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discovery
I n p r o g r e s s
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Factory modelisation (Europe)
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• 350kT per yr• 40 000 ha,
(cultivated disc 15km radius)
• Mill• Fermentation• Secondary conversion
• 100 kT per yr• Local distribution
Green House Gas savings
Improved fermentation and no distillation leads to an improved environmental impact
Gaseous fermentation could lead to the only compliant fuel produced from sugar or starch in accordance with EU directives 2017-18
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Oil
CO2
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GBE’s hydrocarbonsEthanol
US corn Brazilian caneEU beetEU wheat
Request to obtain tax incentives in the EU
Present: -35%
2017: -50%2018: -60%
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Summary
• Proof of concept on artificial pathway to isobutene
• A new synthetic biology strategy, based on « hyposteric » substrates
• Commercialization within 5 years
• Only player in Europe (4 competitors in the US)
• In progress: pathways to other terminal alkenes (propylene, ethylene, other butenes…) totalling a market of >$200b
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www.global-bioenergies.com
