EERE's Biomass PowerPoint Presentation Template

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Introducing the SGI

• NC South Dakota State Univ.
• NE Cornell University
• SC Oklahoma State University
• SE Un. of Tennessee
• W Oregon State University

www.sungrant.org
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Relation to Land Grant Universities
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LGU - SGI Centers - SGA - Agencies
SGA
Others
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SGI Authorization

• 2002 Farm Bill
• Sec. 9011 Sun Grant Initiative
• An amendment in the FY04 Omnibus
• SGI Structure
• Purposes
• Energy security
• Environmental sustainability
• Economic diversification in rural areas
• Improved coordination between universities and
  agencies on research and education

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Funding

• USDA Special Grant
• Planning and Coordination (640K)
• DOE Special Grant (FY05)
• SDSU and UT (1.5M)
• DOT Trust Fund (05 SAFETEA-LU)
• Each of the five centers (1.4M per Center)
• Prototype regional competitive grants program
• DOE Regional Biomass Program
• Senate FY07 Energy Approps
• Each of the five centers (4.5M total)

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Competitive Grants Program

• DOT Funded
• Completing process now
• National priorities at regional and local level
• A integrated national application process but
  managed at the regional level
• RFPs by beginning of 2007

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The SGI Centers
www.sungrant.org
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Western Region
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Member States
Alaska Arizona California Hawaii Idaho Nevada O
regon Utah Washington U.S. Territories
Affiliated Pacific Islands
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Regional Partners

• DOE National Labs Pacific Northwest National
  Lab, Idaho National Lab, Sandia
• Western Governors Association and state
  Governors offices
• State Departments of Agriculture, Energy,
  Forestry, Transportation and Environmental
  Quality
• State, Regional, and National Nonprofits
• National Biomass Partnership
• Agricultural Development in the American Pacific
  (ADAP)

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Challenges for the Western Region

• Water limitations
• Distance
• concentrated urban areas with vast distances
  between them, making transmission and
  transportation major factors
• Soil and climate diversity
• for example, Oregon has 220 separate agricultural
  commodities, California has more
• Limited production scale, and in some situations,
  areas have limited infrastructure.

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The Western Region

• Will focus on crops, technologies and business
  development strategies that are
• scaled to the realities of rural communities
• sustainable,
• capable of showing applied, on-the-ground
  results, and
• able to handle lots of variables in terms of crops

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Opportunities in the Western Region

• include waste products from agriculture and
  forestry, and in the culls from our forests
• invasive species such as juniper and Scotch
  broom, which are rich in resins, oils and other
  potentially useful compounds
• a strong track record in producing niche crops
  and varietals that could emerge as niche
  bioproducts

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Current Research Priorities for the Western Region

• Feedstock Development
• Bioprocessing Technology
• Bioproduct Development and Commercialization

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Research Priorities (cont.)

• Feedstock Development
• crop production and diversification
• industrial crops development
• drought-tolerant species
• invasive species
• fuel load reduction in forests

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Research Priorities (cont.)

• Processing Technology
• conversion processes
• biofuel and biopower development
• co-generation plants
• waste stream energy capture
• fuel cells from biomass and waste streams

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Research Priorities (cont.)

• Bioproducts
• co-products enhancement
• value-added bioproducts
• biofuels and bioenergy
• medicinal, nutriceutical, and food products
• industrial production

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Next Steps

• Upon line of credit for US DOT grant
• Release competitive grant opportunity
• Establish research and extension projects
• Develop workforce and faculty expertise
• Develop and nurture multi-institutional and
  regional partnerships
• Transfer technology into new and existing
  businesses

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