Jill P. Stuckey, Director
Center of Innovation - Energy
Manufacturing
Gainesville
Energy
Atlanta
Life Sciences
Augusta
Aerospace
Eastman
Logistics
Savannah
Agriculture
Tifton
Drivers
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Economy – Forest Industries/Balance of Trade
Mandates
Energy Security – Supply disruptions, Middle East
Environment
The United States, with 5% of the worlds population, consumes roughly
25% of total energy production, yet only holds 2% of the proven petroleum
reserves.
One Stop Shop
 Provides forum for new and
expanding businesses
 Venue to explain state & federal policies and procedures
 Expedites permitting process
 Matchmaking to form successful collaborations
 Partnering with universities to commercialize research
One Stop Shop
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Energy Center of Innovation
Agriculture Center of Innovation
Governor’s Office
Lieutenant Governor’s Office
GA Environmental Facilities
Authority (GEFA)
GA Department of Agriculture
GA Department of Natural
Resources
GA Department of Revenue
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
GA Department of Community
Affairs
GA Department of Economic
Development
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GA EPD Small Business
Environmental Assistance Program
GA EPD Air Protection Branch
GA Forestry Commission
Herty Advanced Materials Development
Center
State Fire Marshall
U.S. Department of Agriculture
University of Georgia
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Railroad Association
University of GA Small Business
Development Center
… and more!
Solar
Geothermal
Wind
Not one market – but several each focused on a primary
renewable energy source
Corn Ethanol
Biomass
10,000,000
9,000,000
8,000,000
7,000,000
6,000,000
5,000,000
4,000,000
3,000,000
Agriculture
Water
Wetland
Urban
Georgia Forestry = Biomass Energy
Hectares
Forest
2,000,000
1,000,000
0
Growth and Removals of Merchantable Trees
80
Million Green Tons
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60
38 %
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40
32%
30
Growth
20
10
42% 73%
Removals
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Between 1998 and 2008 the growth of growing stock on timberland
in the state has exceeded removals by an average of 38.5%
annually or 546,086,970 cubic feet per year
Forest Inventory
1,400
1,200
Million Green Tons
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
Inventory
Growth
Removals
Forest Inventory
1,400
1,200
Million Green Tons
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600
400
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RWE
0
Inventory
Growth
Removals
Giant Miscanthus
• Herbaceous, Deciduous, Perennial
• Rhizomes rather than seed
• 11 - 25 Dry tons/acre/year
• 27 - 62 Dry tons/hectare/year
• Height up to 15 feet
• Stems are erect, similar to thin bamboo
• Low environmental inputs
• Alternative non-food use for marginal
Land
• Drought tolerant, crowds out weeds
• Carbon neutral
• Nutrients returned to the soil each year
Biomass Energy Facilities
 12 biomass-to-electricity projects have been
announced in Georgia
 Total of 689 megawatts
of renewable energy
 $1.8 billion in investment
 570 direct jobs
1,700 indirect jobs
Biomass Energy Facilities
• 4 Wood pellet/briquette mills – Operational
• 425,000 Green tons/year
• 5 Others announced
Biomass is a vital part of America’s clean energy future
as we work to decrease our dependence on foreign oil.
Biomass projects will help grow regional economics, create
new jobs, improve, and protect our environment. We will
need architects and engineers to design these plants,
skilled labors to build them and trained technicians to
operate them. – Tom Vilsack, June 22, 2011
Biofuels Industry Today…Tomorrow?
• KIOR – Biomass to Crude Oil
• First United Ethanol – Corn ethanol, 100 M. gal/yr
• Windgap Farms, Ethanol, waste brewers yeast, 500 K
gal/yr
• US Biofuels, Biodiesel from poultry fat, 10 M. gal/yr
• Bulldog Biofuels, Biodiesel from poultry fat, 10 M. gal/yr
Emerging Industry Trends
 Pellet production
 European Union interest
 Wood to electricity
 Executive Order 13514 “Federal
Leadership in Environmental, Energy,
and Economic Performance”
 Waste to energy
 Next generation fuels
Emerging R & D Trends
 UGA Energy Crops
 GaTech Fiber Research, Nanotechnology, Solar
Announced Bioenergy Projects by State
State
Projects
GA
37
CA
34
FL, OR, PA
18
ME, MI, VA, WI
17
NY
16
Source: Forisk Consulting, LLC
Bio based fuels could change the face of rural Georgia
The State has
sufficient
biomass to
support the
development of
over 40 major
biomass
investments of
greater than
$100 Million
each.
GREEN= JOBS
For More Information Contact:
Jill Stuckey
COI-Energy, Director
404-584-1041
jill@gefa.ga.gov