Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program Update: - PowerPoint Presentation

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Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program Update:Biogas Focus

BioEnergy Association of California

September 23, 2014

Jim McKinney

ARFVTP Program Manager

Assembly Bill 8(Perea, Chapter 401, Statutes of 2013)

Extends ARFVTP funding through January 1, 2024$100 million per yearTo transform California's transportation market into a diverse collection of alternative fuels and technologies and reduce California's dependence on petroleum. “…develop and deploy innovative technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state’s climate change policies.” (Health and Safety Code Section 44272(a))

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Program Policy Drivers

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ARFVTP Funding Summary: 2009-2014

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Investment Areas

Funding Amount

($ millions)

Percent of Total (%)

Number of Awards

Biofuels

152.8

29

55

Electric Drive

159.6

30

128

Natural

Gas

86.0

16

184

Hydrogen

93.4

18

25

Workforce Development

25.2

5

55

Market

& Program Develop.

14.1

3

15

Total

531.1

100

462

Existing Agreements: 2009-2014

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ARFVTP Biofuels FundingFuel TypeFunding($ millions)No. of ProjectsAverage CI(gCO2e/mj)Production(MGY)Biomethane50.915-10.69.6Ethanol23.51149.18.9Cellulosic Ethanol3.9123.60.021Biodiesel36.11211.378.8Renewable Diesel17.1521.847.9Total131.6448.0145.3

E85 Infrastructure: $16.5M for 205 Stations

Biodiesel Tank Storage: $4 M for 4 projects

Biogas Project Status

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ApplicantProject TitleFundingProject StatusFeedstockProduction (DGE)Project StageSacramento Municipal Utility District (Former Recipient Eurisko Scientific)Enhanced Transportation Biomethane Production from Municipal Sludge Digesters$1,830,132Conducting experimentsAnimal and green wasteminimalFeasabilityNorthstate Rendering Co Inc.Anaerobic Digestion of Rendering Waste To Make CNG Vehicle Fuel$5,456,150 In constructionAnimal and green waste370,000PilotPixley Biogas LLCPixley Biogas$4,672,798In planningCow Manure761,729CommercialCR&R IncorporatedCR&R MSW to Biomethane Project$4,520,501In constructionMixed Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)865,000PilotG4 Insights Inc.Thermochemical Conversion of Foresty Biomass into Biomethane Transportation Fuel$1,229,966Conducting experimentsForest biomass, wood waste1,085,682FeasabilityCity of San JoseCity of San Jose/Harvest Power Biomethane Production Demonstration Project$1,900,000Conducting experimentsRecycled feedstocks: urban wood waste, yard waste, and biosolids146,000PilotClean World Partners, LLCThe Sacramento Biorefinery #1$1,315,800OperationalMSW50,782FeasabilityClean World PartnersSacramento BioRefinery #1 Phase II: SCALE-UP to 100 TPD$6,000,000In constructionMSW: organic food waste566,027CommercialTulare County Compost & Biomass Inc.TCCBI Biomethane Production Facility$4,787,694In planningMSW: food and yard waste573,913CommercialEnviron Strategy Consultants, Inc.Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste to Create Biomethane CNG Fuel$1,211,370In constructionMSW: food waste1,000PilotBlue Line Transfer Inc.Blue Line Biogenic CNG Facility$2,590,929OperationalMSW: food and green waste112,000PilotRecology Inc.Recology Hay Road Anaerobic Digester Facility$5,000,000In planningGreen Waste, Food Waste, Non-recycled paper1,407,516CommercialCity of San MateoWastewater Digester Gas to Biomethane for Vehicle Fuel$2,450,000In planningWastewater solids160,000PilotCity of NapaNapa Renewable Resources Project - Anaerobic Digestion to RNG$3,000,000In planningGreen Waste, Food Waste, Horse Manure328,000PilotColony Energy Partners Tulare LLCDemonstration of the Colony Energy Organic Power System (CEOPS) at the Endeavor Facility$5,000,000In planningManure, Food waste, Clean food, Dissolved Air Flotation2,870,000CommercialTotals: $50,965,340  9,297,649 

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Clean World’s 100 Ton per Day Digester

RNG Fueling Station

Diverted MSW Organics Feedstock

$6 million grant

15gCO2e/MJ

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North State Rendering’s

New Anaerobic Digesters

$5.4 Million ARFVTP Grant

Biogas Market Opportunities in Transportation Sector

California’s Truck Fleet = Nearly 1 Million Vehicles4 percent of total vehicle population16 percent of petroleum consumption & GHG emissionsMajor contributor of criteria emissions and PM in urban air basisLow NOx engines and RNG can meet future emission standards for carbon and criteria emissionsConversion to Natural Gas Well UnderwayCompliance option for meeting diesel emissions regulationsAbout 15,000 trucks on road in CaliforniaCEC funding added 1,500 trucks460 natural gas fueling stations in CaliforniaClean Energy Natural Gas / RNG stations and productsCalifornia’s Transit Bus Fleet

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Biogas Market Opportunities in Transportation Sector

Renewable Hydrogen for Fuel Cell VehiclesFCV light duty vehicle population projected to increase rapidly to help meet ZEV MandatePublicly-funded hydrogen fueling stations must have one third renewable hydrogen component (SB 1505)Process Fuel Replacement for Biorefineries5 ethanol biorefineries12 biodiesel biorefineriesFederal Renewable Fuel Standard and State Low Carbon Fuel Standard will drive expansion of biorefineries

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ARFVTP Truck Sector-Related FundingAbout 30 Percent of Total Program Funding

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Technology

Funding

($

Millions)

No. of Vehicles, Fueling Stations or Projects

Commercial Natural Gas Trucks

54.4

2,735 Trucks

Natural Gas Infrastructure

17.5

63 Stations

Commercial Propane Trucks

7.3

600 Trucks

Commercial ZEV Trucks

(Class 6 package delivery)

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160 Trucks

Advanced Technology Truck

Demonstration or Manufacturing

74.6

38 Projects

Total Funding

157.8

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Waste Management CNG Truck

Projected Carbon Reduction Benefits from ARFVTP Investments

Results from NREL’s 2014 Analysis of Expected and Market Transformation Benefitshttp://www.energy.ca.gov/2014_energypolicy/documents/#06122014Dr. Marc Melaina, Principal InvestigatorAnalyzed 207 projects totaling $426.1 million

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Expected Benefits: GHG Reductions Through 2025

ARFVTP projects have the potential to make significant contributions toward meeting California

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s GHG reduction goals