CHOREN Development of integrated biomass supply chains in South East Asia Michael Deutmeyer general manager CHOREN Biomass Task 40: Sustainable International Bioenergy trade Tsukuba, 28 rd of October 2009 Trademarks SUNDIESEL and SUNDIESEL -Logo are registered trademarks by Volkswagen AG in the European Community and additional countries and are used under license of Volkswagen AG
CHOREN Fact Sheet Privately owned gasification technology provider founded in 1990 Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, RENewable Founded in 1990 by Dr. Bodo Wolf as former head of the DBI Unique know-how in coal and biomass gasification 2003: 1st continuous non laboratory BTL production 2009: 1st commercial scale BTL production Private company (Shell, Daimler and Volkswagen as equity and strategic partners) Based in Freiberg (Germany) with offices in Hamburg, Beijing, Houston Capital employed > 180m Approx. 300 employees Founder Bodo Wolf 2
Gasification Application Overview CHOREN technology is the core for a broad universe of utilizations + Industry Partners Feedstock Prep and Handling Product Conversion Technologies FT-Products (e.g. BtL) Biomass Methanol Ethylene Propylene Waste Coal Entrained Flow Gasification Carbo-V and CCG Gas Cleanup Acetic Acid H 2 DME Ammonia Pet coke/ Residuals Ethanol Urea SNG Utility Integration Power / Steam 3
Biofuels/Synthetic Fuels* BTL best of both worlds Biofuels Synthetic Fuels 1. Generation 2. Generation Feedstocks soy-oil, anim.fats Sugar plants sugarcane, -beat, corn Plantoils/fats Lignocellulose Straw Biomass energy plants,biowaste, wood, straw,... Nat.Gas Coal Process Trans esterification Fermentation Enzymat. Hydrolysis, Fermentation Gasification, FT-Synthesis, Product upgrading Product Biodiesel FAME Bioethanol Cellulosicethanol BTL GTL CTL * simplified; other process/product combinations possible Source: Shell
Development stages at CHOREN CHOREN Industries Pilot plant with air gasifier Alpha 1 MW O 2 Scaleup * 45 (one line) BETA Freiberg First commercial BTL plant 45 MW Beta: 15 ktpa 15 MW air 30 MW O 2 45 MW O 2 HTV Scaleup * 4 (multiple lines) BTL Sigma: 200 ktpa Scouting FED 1-3 FID Sigma plant 640 MW 4 parallel gasifiers á 160 MW Execution Operation 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 5
Beta plant in Freiberg (Saxony/Germany) World first commercial BtL facility 45 MW thermal 65,000 t/a feedstock 18m l/a BtL 6
Proposed Sigma BtL plant in Schwedt Envisaged capacity 200k t BTL per year (~ 5,000 BOPD) 4 parallel trains Scale-up x 4 640 MWth Annual feedstock requirement approx. 1m bdt biomass Capex volume > 1bn 7
Sigma feedstock composition - Schwedt
Project overview BtX-Project pipeline as of September 2009 Σ 4+1 Canada 200kt BTL commercial Feasibility β 2 Canada 30kt BTL commercial Engineering Σ 4+1 USA CHOREN 200kt BTL commercial Scouting complete Σ 4+1 Norway 200kt BTL commercial Feasibility stage Σ 2 Finland 150kt BTL commercial Feasibility stage Σ 4+1 Germany CHOREN 200kt BTL commercial Scouting complete β 1 Germany CHOREN 15kt BTL demonstration approaching commissioning Σ 1+1 Latvia 160 MW BTE commercial Feasibility stage Σ 1+1 Chile BtH 2 plant Feasibility β 1 France CEA 15kt BTL demonstration Engineering β 2 Malaysia 30kt BTL commercial Engineering β Carbo-V 45 MW Σ Carbo-V 160 MW CCG Coal 400 MW CHOREN Offices Hamburg, Freiberg, Beijing & Houston CHOREN projects Third party BTL projects Third party CtX projects
EU-Targets for heat, electricity and fuels Gross Inland Consumption EU 25 in 2004 Gross inland consumption 2004 (1747,2 Mt oe ) Solar 0,6% (0,7 Mt oe ) Renewables 2004 (109,2 Mt oe ) Geothermal 4,9% (5,4 Mt oe ) Biomass (72,3 Mt oe ) Natural gas 23,9% (418 Mt oe ) Nuclear 14,6% (254 Mt oe ) Oil 37,2% (651 Mt oe ) Solid fuels 17,9% (312 Mt oe ) 14,6% Others 0,2% (3 Mtoe) Wind 4,6% (5 Mt oe ) Hydro 23,8% (26,1 Mt oe ) Biomass 66% (72,3 Mt oe ) Biofuels 6,8 % Biogas 6 % Municipal waste 7,1% Solid biomass 80,1% (57,8 Mt oe 134 bdt) woody biomass Woody biomass is essential for Europe s renewable energy sector Source: CHOREN Biomass, based on data from AEBIOM: European Biomass Statistics 2007; Eurobserv ER: Solid Biomass Barometer 2007
EU-Targets for heat, electricity and fuels Gross Inland Consumption Targets for RES 2020 Solar 0,6% (0,7 Mt oe ) Renewables 2004 (109,2 Mt oe ) Geothermal 4,9% (5,4 Mt oe ) Solar 5,2% (18,1 Mt oe ) Renewables 2020 (348,0 Mt oe ) Geothermal 4,7% (16,4 Mt oe ) Wind 4,6% (5 Mt oe ) Hydro 23,8% (26,1 Mt oe ) Biomass 66% (72,3 Mt oe ) Wind 12,6% (43,9 Mt oe ) Hydro 9,9% (34,3 Mt oe ) Biomass 67,6% (235 Mt oe ) ~ 80% woody biomass 550 Mio bdt 300% increase in 15 years Enormous mandated growth of biomass demand Source: CHOREN Biomass, based on data from AEBIOM: European Biomass Statistics 2007
Biomass to energy feedstock Share of solid biomass wood chips and pellets in 2020 Biomass for heat (except pellets) Pellets for heat Biomass for power Pellets to power Biofuels Biomass for power Pellets to power Biomass for heat (except pellets) Pellets for heat Biofuels Over proportional growth of projected pellet demand (multiplied by 10) Non pellet biomass will be mainly represented as wood chip Source: European Biomass Association: A pellet roadmap to Europe (2008)
Bio-energy market segmentation Demand side woody biomass Heat from Biomass Domestic (small boiler) Industrial (large boiler) Small scale customers Medium sized customers Efficiency 70-90 % 90 % Competing fuel Oil Gas Combined Heat and Power Medium sized customers, construction of new plants in Europe 50 %(h) 30 %(p Power from biomass Co-firing Large scale customers, enormous development potential in Europe sleeping giant < 40 % Gas Coal Dedicated BPP Large scale customers, construction of new plants in Europe, large development potential ~ 30 % Biorefineries Biofuels, etc. Medium customer, specific requirements concerning biomass characteristics, promising future market, no alternative to biomass e.g. BTL 50 % Oil (Gas)
Biomass to energy What does the market need till 2020 Imports of wood chips and pellets Local biomass mobilisation Quality fuels Long and midterm supply agreements Sustainable supply chain
Biomass to energy opportunities Focus of CHOREN Biomass Woody biomass favourable for heat production and base load bio-energy supply Focus on two products Wood chips Pellets synergies along the supply chain Building the woody biomass upstream business
Summary CHOREN s development of long term supply chains for biomass Certify biomass sources Apply biomass preconditioning/densification technologies Long term access to biomass source (ownership / long term concessions) Development of new plantation concepts (increasing biodiversity and multiple use) 16
Thank you for your attention C = Carbon H = Hydrogen O = Oxygen REN = Renewable
Disclaimer The document is incomplete without reference to, and should be viewed solely in conjunction with the oral briefing provided by CHOREN. Certain statements that are included in this presentation are forwardlooking in nature. There are associated risks and uncertainties inherent in such statements and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. CHOREN doesn t assume any liability for those statements. There is no requirement or obligation for CHOREN to update these forward looking statements. 18