<Project Name> DOE/USDA Biomass Feedstock Gate Review Meeting March <Date,14-16>, 2005

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ltProject NamegtDOE/USDA Biomass Feedstock Gate
Review Meeting March ltDate,14-16gt, 2005

• ltPresenters Namegt
• ltPresenters Organizationgt

Note Each presentation is allotted 35 minutes
20 min. for the presentation and 15 min. for
reviewer QA.
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Presentation Outline

• Strategic Fit
• Feedstock fit
• Milestone fit
• Stage gate fit
• Technical Barriers Addressed
• Customers
• Technical Feasibility and Risks
• Competitive Advantage
• Project Overview
• History and Accomplishments
• Plan/Schedule
• Legal/Regulatory Compliance
• Critical Issues and Show-stoppers
• Plans and Resources for Next Stage
• Summary

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Feedstock Fit
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Milestone Fit
B Milestone
Intermediate Targets ?
Ag. Residue Energy Crop Feedstocks Available to
a Biorefinery at 35/dry ton by 2015
Feedstock Milestone
2010 xx tons at xx/ton
Hierarchy
2015 xx tons at xx/ton
2020 xx tons at xx/ton
Collection/
Storage
Transportation
Preprocessing
Production
Systems
Harvesting
Technology is
Technology is
Technology is
Technology is
Integration
Technology is
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
C Milestone
C Milestone
C Milestone
C Milestone
C Milestone
C Milestone
By 2009, demonstrate
By 2009, develop and
By 2010 identify
By 2009, demonstrate
By 2010, technologies
By 2007 develop optimized process and cost models
for feedstock supply systems and validate
analytically that ag residue feedstocks could be
supplied to biorefineries at 35/dry ton.
transportation cost
demonstrate
sufficient, sustainable
preprocessing
and methods are
reductions resulting in
innovative dry storage
ag. residue supply at
technologies that
developed to harvest
average transportation
methods so that
10/dry ton grower payment
produce ag. residue
and collect nationally
costs of
8/dry ton
or
feedstock degradation
resources with bulk
xx M tons/year of ag.
less.
is less than 5
and flowability
residues with a 50
providing a 50 cost
properties similar to
cost reduction when
reduction compared to
other large solid
compared to current
current (2003) bale
C Milestone
commodities so that it
(2003) technologies.
based systems.
By 2006, resource
can be handled with
(
12.50/dry ton
)
(
1.75/dry ton
)
data with national
traditional high-
coverage for all
volume conveyance
significant existing
thus reducing costs by
ag. residue resources
50 when compared
is up-to-date,
to bale-based systems.
ltIndicate (highlight, circle, etc.) what
milestones your project supportsgt
documented, and
(
2.75/dry ton
)
readily accessible via
the internet
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Stage Gate Fit

• What Stage is the project in?

ltIndicate (highlight, circle, etc.) what Stage
your project is ingt
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Technical Barriers Addressed
Sustainable Supply
1st Tier
ltIndicate (highlight circle, etc.) barrier(s)
your project addressesgt
Cost Social Impacts Economic Impacts Environmental
Impacts
2nd Tier
Technology for Agricultural Residues
Technology for Energy Crops
Biomass Variability Engineering /
Infrastructure - Single Pass/Selective
Harvest - Preprocessing Storage -
Transportation Resource Availability Sustainabilit
y Requirements - Erosion Soil Health - Crop
Yield Productivity
Agriculture Sector Paradigm Shifts Forest Sector
Systems New Crop Development - Perennial
Grasses - Hybrid Poplar - Willow Other Long
Term Barriers
3rd Tier
Gray areas not covered in current review
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Customers

• List and discuss customers of this work

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Technical Feasibility and Risks

• Discuss feasibility and risks of project and
  processes/technology it is developing (see Stage
  Gate guide)

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Competitive Advantage

• Discuss how this project will improve the chances
  of commercial launch of the technology.
• Describe what could happen to make this area of
  research obsolete.

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Project Overview

• Discuss project activities, participants,
  objectives

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History and Accomplishments

• Discuss history and accomplishments at a level of
  technical detail sufficient to provide basis for
  reviewer evaluation this is the meat of the
  presentation

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Plan/Schedule

• Show plans and schedule for this project and
  discuss any deviations or issues

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Legal/Regulatory Compliance

• Discuss patent positions, waste streams
  emissions, safety, permitting, etc. issues.
• Are these issues insurmountable?

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Critical Issues and Show-stoppers

• What are the critical performance parameters that
  must be met?
• Are there any potential show-stoppers (e.g.
  environmental issues, capital replacement
  cycles/needs)

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Plans and Resources for Next Stage

• If this project is successful, whats next?

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Summary

• Summary comments/issues