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| | Lark Seeeds International | Yao Luo | Director of Seed Technology |
Incorporated Consortia
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Bioenergy
| Develop new biofuel cover crops for processing tomato | Intent to breed camelina by combining genomics, transcriptomis, marker assisted Breeding and genome editing technology to improve oil profile in Camelina seeds. The improved varieties will lower the cost to process the seeds oil into sustainable aviation fuel as well as increase the yield for the crops. Lark Seeds International has processing tomato breeding program as well as a seeds distributor for processing tomato in california. At current agricultural practice for processing tomato, the field is idle after the fruits of processing tomato is harvested in late August to early September. Camelina is a great cover crop for this purpose. It tolerates drought and requires short production cycles ( 60-90 days). The new variety of camelina will be sold combining with processing tomato and give more profit to the farmers and take advantage of the field. |
| CA |
| | Lark Seeds International | Yao Luo | Director of Seed Technology |
Incorporated Consortia
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Renewable Energy Integration (REI)
| Developing cover oil crops for processing tomato field and breed for improved oil content and classes of fatty acid for aviation oil | Lark Seeds International has strong interest to develop a cover crops for farmers who planted processing tomato field. Our R&D program showed strong capabilities to integrate whole-genome sequencing, gene target identification as well as employ high density marker assisted breeding program. we also have a state-of-art DNA free genome editing platform which enable us to convert research into commercial trial in less than 2 years. Our seed business in processing tomato enables us to access multiple locations across California and run trials in these locations. We are partnering with Veronomics that closely connected with Yale University. Veronomics has strong capabilities for analyzing the content of different classes of fatty acid as well as bioinformatics. |
| CA |
| | Pono Pacific Land Management | Chris Bennett | VP of Sustainable Energy Solutions |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| Intermediate Crops | Pono Pacific and Par Hawaii have launched a partnership to identify and develop local sources of plant-based oil to produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Par’s Kapolei refinery. Pono Pacific is working with partners on Oahu, Big Island, Maui and Kauai to conduct crop trials of potential biofuel feedstocks. Developing an economical oil crop in Hawai‘i will provide a quality local biofuel supply and usable byproducts, such as animal feed, to help support Hawai‘i’s sustainability goals, and agricultural, ranching and dairy sectors of the local economy. Initial crop trials are focusing on the Intermediate Crop Camelina sativa. Camelina holds an approved pathway for jet fuel under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Pono Pacific is interested in partnering with other institutions and companies on this funding opportunity, and can provide access to Hawai'i's unique year-round growing environment. |
| HI |
| | Rutgers-New Brunswick | Yalin Li | Assistant Professor |
Academic
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Bioenergy
| Subtopic Area 1a-d: Algae, Herbaceous Crops, Intermediate Energy Crops, and Short-Rotation Woody Crops | I have experiences with TEA and LCA across the entire bioeconomy value chain (from field to biorefinery). I have worked with a spectrum of first (corn, sorghum, sugarcane), second (perennial grass, agriculture residuals), third (algae), and hybrid/genetically modified feedstocks (energy cane, oilcane, oil-sorghum) feedstocks, as well as a range of bioenergy (ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, SAF) and bioproducts (lactic acid, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, etc.). Through our software tool BioSTEAM (https://biosteam.readthedocs.io), we are able to perform integrated and automated process design, TEA, and LCA under uncertainty across design and decision space in the same platform. We also have experiences with tools including GREET, Aspen Plus, etc. |
| NJ |
| | Altitude Agri Services, LLC | Kurt Beckley | Member |
Small Business
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Integrated Strategies
| Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle Services | Altitude Agri Services provides Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Services. We partner with private, public and Governmental
organizations to increase their efficiency, safety, and profitability
while ensuring compliance with necessary regulatory requirements.
Altitude Agri Services is a leading provider of drone-based inspection
and data collection services for private industries and governmental
agencies. With a strong focus on precision, safety, and efficiency, we
specialize in utilizing drone technology to meet the unique needs of
our clients.
Altitude Agri Services is your trusted partner for high-quality drone based
services. Utilizing our UAV services for needs such as
infrastructure inspections, mapping and monitoring of valued assets,
landscape and wildlife management missions, photogrammetry,
videography and 3D replication missions, as well as construction
progress monitoring missions, we provide organizations with real time,
accurate information and results. |
| WA |
| | New West Genetics | John McKay | Chief Science Officer |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| Intermediate Crops (e.g. carinata, pennycress, and camelina) | Background: New West Genetics (NWG) is a global leader in premium hemp seed genetics, agronomy, and supply chain coordination. In 2014, the Company began our intensive breeding program that creates premium, proprietary hemp seed bred for high yielding production for feed, fuel, and fiber. Our team combines deep experience in Agriculture, crop breeding and the seed business with modern genomics and a vision for sustainability. NWG has deployed a genetic trait called AMPLIFY ™ that brings oilseed yields and oil quantity/acre ahead of all other oilseeds. This trait together with farmer experience in particular regions, and NWG hemp’s low CI score makes oilseed sourcing from hemp a win. NWG genetics provide a dedicated feedstock for seed oil that is highly suited for fuel production, with lower fertilizer and water requirements than other oilseeds and a lower carbon intensity score.
Interest: NWG has several ongoing projects to build the supply chain for hempseed derived lipids as a feedstock for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. In this new DOE opportunity, we seek research and market development partners for hemp derived sustainable fuel. We can support a supply chain demonstration project, starting with our high performing genetics on the farm to seed crush, and seek partners for fuel refining, blending and qualification for state and federal incentives.
Capabilities: NWG has commercialized varieties and the first double yielding hybrids that are adapted to multiple production environments and bred for sustainability traits. Along with our high performing seed genetics, we provide agronomic support, so producers can prepare their fields and plant manage and harvest the crop using best practices to maximize yield and ROI. NWG also provides market facilitation with crush partners. As a result, farmers are poised to succeed and return to NWG to procure planting seed, agronomic support and opportunities in the supply chain year after year. |
| CO |
| | University of Tennessee | Virginia R. Sykes | Associate Professor |
Academic
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Bioenergy
| Intermediate Oilseeds | Dr. Sykes' lab began examining winter oilseed species for production in Tennessee in 2019. Over the past five years, a large range of species have been examined for regional adaptation, including canola, carinata, pennycress, camelina, flax, mustard, crambe, safflower, turnip, and radish. In addition to examining winter oilseed yield, quality, and economic viability, these studies have expanded on impacts to soil health, allelopathic effects on weeds and soybean, and impacts on yield and quality in subsequent soybean cash crops. |
| TN |
| | Los Alamos National Laboratory | James Brunner | Research Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Bioenergy
| | Microbiome manipulation and design: LANL developed an algorithm for inferring interaction networks from genome-scale models that accounts for the dynamic nature of the community and environment. |
| NM |
| | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Claire Sanders | Research Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Bioenergy
| | Integrated assessment of algae strains, cultivation conditions, and productivity: LANL has capabilities for system informed multivariable strain characterization within various scenarios observed at scale. Expertise in multi-scale and multi-omic systems for the research and development of seed scale up, crop protection, strain discovery, algal physiology, system design, assessment of product yield, and dewatering. In additional LANL has expertise in data management, machine learning, computational fluid dynamics, and climate science and modeling. The cultivation facilities at LANL encompass multiple lab scale systems with varying capabilities, including two different photobioreactor systems capable of simulating environmental conditions, as well as analytical chemistry and full suites of ‘omics and flow cytometry instrumentation. Collocation and coordination of wide-ranging expertise to define approach and scope and integration of growth, sample, and data analysis capabilities. |
| NM |
| | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Sangeeta Negi | Research Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Bioenergy
| | High throughput screening for root phenotype to assess PGPMs: LANL has developed a high-throughput screening protocol that allows us to screen multiple plant growth promoting micro-organisms (PGPMs) in short time. This high throughput protocol can be used for any crop type. Can be performed in climate controlled growth chambers and under any relevant stress conditions.
Performs short plant growth experiments utilizing growth chambers: LANL has 3 Conviron growth chambers (Model: GEN1000 SH) and 2 Conviron growth chambers (Model: PGR15). " |
| NM |
| | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Sanna Sevanto | Research Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Bioenergy
| | Assessing climate impacts of microbial and other soil amendments: LANL has portable, soil-core -based test bed for evaluating impacts of microbial and other soil amendments on plant growth, soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions. The testbed uses soil cores to retain natural soil stratification and can adjust soil hydrology to match field conditions using wick technology. It can be ran in laboratory, greenhouse and growth chamber conditions to reduce need/cost for field trials for testing under current and future climates. |
| NM |
| | Eighth Generation Consulting, LLC | Saxon Metzger | Professor - Lead Consultant |
Small Business
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Solar
| Decommissioning and Circularity Initiatives | Expert at leading primary grant applications as well as for providing teaming partner support with our experience in community benefits for indigenous people, education and workforce development efforts, and solar and storage decommissioning and circularity experience.
Our current remaining package includes the necessary stakeholders to perform this research, with letters of support as well as full plans for the development of a project advisory committee composed of experts and stakeholders to provide support, direction, and review of input and output from this research proposal. Our teaming package includes the Osage Nation owned Eighth Generation Consulting, with graduate professors from NYU and Wilmington University possessing published research and presentation experience. Our team has earned recognition by the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference for it’s Sustainability Planning and indigenous collaboration and research, one with extensive experience as a Sustainability Vice Chair and a mentor for indigenous students with the American Indian Science and Education Society as well as earning the title of Chief Librarian of the International Center for MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma (ICMGLT), which holds special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Our skills also encompass work on software and hardware, assisting organizations such as the Louisiana State University (“LSU”) College of Business, LSU Cybersecurity Clinic, and TryHackMe with the development of large-scale application and technology infrastructure deployments, in service of over 2 million total end users. In addition, we've developed over 50 hours of video training footage and hands-on cloud security laboratories, with extensive experience developing Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-assisted applications.
Community Benefit Planning is also now a required tasks for many proposals to U.S. federal funding solicitation as per Executive Order 14008 which declared 40% of all federal investments in the areas of clean energy and energy efficiency; clean transit; affordable and sustainable housing; training and workforce development; the remediation and reduction of legacy pollution; and the development of critical clean water infrastructure flow to disadvantaged communities (DAC). This is known as the Justice40 Initiative. Guidance and input from experts is needed to brainstorm and execute community engagement. |
| IL |
| | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | Stacy Bonos | Professor |
Academic
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Bioenergy
| Sup Topic Area 1b: Herbaceous Energy Crops: Switchgrass | I have been breeding switchgrass for over 17 years. We have developed several varieties with improve disease resistance and improved biomass yield on marginal land. My lab has conducted GWAS, QTL, and genetic diversity studies with switchgrass. I have experience growing and harvesting switchgrass as well as conducting replicated cultivar trials for evaluation of important agronomic traits including biomass yield, diseases, biomass quality etc. We have an extensive collection of switchgrass germplasm and breeding nurseries of advanced selections. My program is capable of conducting genomics analysis, breeding and selection, remote sensing including drone imagery collection and processing and linking that technology with genomics to improve efficiency of selection. |
| NJ |
| | Argonne National Laboratory | Hao Cai | Group Leader |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Bioenergy
| Subtopic Area 1a-d: Algae, Herbaceous and Intermediate Energy Crops, and Short-Rotation Woody | The Systems Assessment Center (SAC) at Argonne offers life cycle analysis (LCA) and sustainability modeling expertise to help the U.S. bioenergy industry and stakeholders enhance sustainability of the biomass production, harvest, preprocessing, and conversion to biofuels/bioproducts value chain. The SAC develops, updates, and applies the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (GREET) model to inform and advance research, development, and deployment (RD&D) of production and valorization of sustainable biomass resources at scale. The GREET model has been applied to support RD&D investments and programs such as the Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC), herbaceous biomass and biochemical conversion platform, woody biomass and thermochemical conversion platform, and algal biomass and conversion technologies by BETO. SAC and its GREET model have also been supporting the USDA with LCA of oil seed cover crops as feedstock for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production. GREET has been widely used by bioenergy stakeholders to address life cycle carbon intensity and advance the development and deployment of renewable fuels that can be produced from purpose-grown biomass and energy crops.
Besides the GREET model to address carbon intensity, the SAC develops other models to address broad ecosystem services such as water consumption, water quality, and soil carbon effects, under varying climate, land use, and conservation practices at the watershed scale. These models include the Water Analysis Tool for Energy Resources (WATER), the Aware-US model to assess water stress of development and deployment of energy systems, as well as the Carbon Calculator for Land Use and Land Management Change from Biofuels Production (CCLUB) tool to address GHG emissions associated with land use change and land management for crop production. |
| IL |
| | Kasparbauer Bioproducts LLC | Randy Kasparbauer | Owner |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| Herbaceous Energy Crops or Short-Rotation Woody Crops | Several years of farming experience and willingness to grow herbaceous energy crops or short-rotation woody crops in the west-central Iowa geography. Experience with hybrid poplar and giant miscanthus on smaller several-acre-sized plots.
Expert with 15 years of fast pyrolysis experience. Provide technical and business consulting around the production of biochar and bio-oil from the process of fast pyrolysis. Exploring additional opportunities for use of purpose-grown energy crops as feedstock for pyrolysis facilities. |
| IA |
| | Viridos | Jay McCarren | Vice President, Development and Deployment |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| Subtopic Area 1a. Algae | Viridos is the leading industry for algal biofuel productivity, with over 15-years of experience in the field. Viridos’ mission is to design, bioengineer and deploy microalgae to produce algae oil at scale as the preferred feedstock for renewable liquid fuels.
In Calipatria, CA Viridos owns and operates a large-scale outdoor algae growing facility known as California Advanced Algal Facility (CAAF). Viridos has been using CAAF to grow, harvest, and optimize our microalgae productivity cultivation since 2015, and data from CAAF has been included in NREL-SOT for 2022 https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/85661.pdf. Viridos has completed proof of concept of algae seed culture all the way to extracted algal oil.
CAAF has the following operational capabilities: outdoor cultivation in different pond sizes ranging from 2 m2 to 4,000 m2 in open raceways ponds, 42 enclosed photobioreactor units at 2,000L each, harvesting capabilities with ultrafiltration dewatering system and centrifugation, laboratory with routine analysis capabilities, and robust sensor network on ponds and PBR systems.
Viridos is seeking to team with others to develop real-world, large-scale algae biomass and lipid productivity data to enhance algae feedstocks to support low-carbon liquid fuels. Our work focuses on a proprietary unicellular green alga which we bioengineered for high lipid productivity. The lipid composition our harvested feedstock is well suited for refining through the ASTM certified HEFA-SPK process. Our CAAF facility provides the key capabilities required for this FOA. Viridos is continuing to develop and advance cultivation systems – this includes the design of cultivation ponds as well as the sensors and computational tools for integrated pond management. In addition to developing cultivation and productivity we are interested in partnering with those having expertise in lipid extraction, fuel upgrading, co-product valorization, and TEA/LCA. |
| CA |
| | Colorado State University | Braden Limb | Research Scientist |
Academic
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Bioenergy
| Subtopic Area 1a: Algae, Subtopic Area 1b: Herbaceous Crops, Subtopic Area 1c: Intermediate Crops, Subtopic Area 1d: Short-Rotation Woody Crops | Braden Limb is a researcher working under the direction of Dr. Jason Quinn in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University. His research focuses on techno-economics assessments (TEA), life cycle analysis (LCA), and multi-objective optimization of sustainable technologies using process modeling techniques. He has extensive experience modeling purpose grown feedstocks for biofuels (Ethanol, Renewable Diesel, and Sustainable Aviation Fuel) in the United States.
Braden is nearing the completion of a study titled "Feasibility of Purpose Grown Feedstocks for Sustainable Aviation Fuel in the Contiguous United States: Production Potential, Economic Feasibility, Environmental Impact, and Land Use" which evaluates the feasibility of growing eight bioenergy feedstocks (switchgrass, miscanthus, sorghum, poplar, willow, micro-algae, corn, and soybeans) and eight land types (barren, deciduous forest, evergreen forest, mixed forest, shrubland, grassland, pastureland, and cropland currently used for bioenergy) for SAF production in the US on a county-level. This work is funded by the Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) [Award Number: DE-EE0008935] and is planned for submission to Nature Sustainability.
For this FOA, Braden is seeking teaming partners that require TEA and LCA expertise. |
| CO |
| | University of South Florida | George Philippidis | Assoc. Professor, Dir. Biofuels & Bioproducts Lab |
Academic
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Bioenergy
| Microalgae | Expertise in algae cultivation and processing, strain development, mutagenesis, adaptive evolution, multi-omics analysis, and bioinformatics. Lab and outdoor facilities. |
| FL |
| | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Kolby Jardine | Research Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Bioenergy
| Short-Rotation Woody Crops | Kolby Jardine studies plant and microbial metabolism by working at the interface of biochemistry, ecology, and atmospheric sciences (Biochemical Ecology) and is a research scientist in the Ecology Department within the Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The primary goal of the research is to develop a quantitative understanding of the integration of whole plant carbon, oxygen and energy metabolism (e.g. photosynthesis, photorespiration, respiration, and fermentation), water use (xylem transpiration and phloem transport), and cellular growth rates and their biological (genetic) and environmental (e.g. temperature, light, moisture, CO2) controls. Laboratory and field techniques include characterizing quantitative relationships between biochemical (e.g. metabolite concentrations and enzyme activity), optical (e.g. chlorophyll fluorescence and thermal imaging), plant (leaf, stem, root), rhizosphere (root-soil-microbe), and ecosystem gas-exchange fluxes of CO2, O2, H2O, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in order to characterize processes and metabolic mechanisms of potentially high global importance. This presents exciting opportunities for the development of new methods for the continuous local and global monitoring of the physiological, energetic, and oxidative status of plants and ecosystems and their associated cycling of carbon and water.
Key words
1. Leaf, stem, and root gas exchange with the atmosphere
2. Metabolism and transport of volatile organic compounds
3. Integration of carbon cycling and water use
4. Primary carbon, oxygen, and energy metabolism including photosynthesis, photorespiration, respiration, and fermentation
5. C1 and C2 metabolism in plants and microbes including plant-atmosphere and plant-rhizosphere interactions
6. Plant growth and responses to abiotic stress
By working across spatial (molecule to ecosystem) and temporal (seconds to seasons) scales, this research is aimed at developing a mechanistic understanding of key metabolic plant and microbial processes that remain poorly understood, but with a high potential global significance |
| CA |
| | Algenesis Corporation | Ryan Simkovsky | CTO |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| Conversion of Biomass to Bioproducts | Algenesis Materials is a biomaterials company with a mission to replace petroleum plastics with renewable and biodegradable plastics made from algae and other sustainable photosynthetic sources. We were founded in 2016 based on research funded by the DOE at UCSD, and have focused on developing polyester polyurethanes (PU) for use in high value applications, including footwear, outdoor equipment, furniture, and plastic accessories. Through DOE-funded grants, we have the ability and equipment at pre-pilot scales (10 – 100 kg per year, now scaling to tons per year) to convert sugars and/or oils derived from algae, seaweeds, or plants to PUs, including thermoset and thermoplastic polyurethanes. We have commercial partners in numerous manufacturing markets (footwear, fabrics, furniture, and accessories) who are willing to use these PUs for manufacturing consumer products.
We are interested in partnering with biomass production groups to offtake waste streams that include unsaturated fatty acids and/or sugars. We are generally agnostic to the source of the biomass and are capable of working with any of the crops listed for the DOE FOA, including algae, energy crops, wastewater streams, or any other sustainable or photosynthetic biomass. |
| CA |
| | The National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Robert Baldwin | Principal Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Bioenergy
| Subtopic Area 1b-d: Herbaceous and Intermediate Energy Crops, and Short-Rotation Woody | The NREL Biomass Compositional Analysis Team regularly performs comprehensive biomass compositional analysis on a wide variety of materials including herbaceous and woody crops. Biomass compositional analysis data provide essential phenotypic data for correlation with genetic and environmental/agronomic data generated by primary researchers. The data are also routinely used in techno-economic analysis (TEA) and life-cycle analysis (LCA) studies. The dedicated NREL analytical staff is also internationally recognized and has over 100 years of collective experience with biomass analysis.
Comprehensive biomass compositional analysis measures the amount of structural carbohydrates (glucan, xylan, galactan, arabinan, mannan), lignin, ash, protein, non-structural/soluble materials, and total mass closure using internationally-recognized Laboratory Analytical Procedures (LAPs, https://www.nrel.gov/bioenergy/biomass-compositional-analysis.html). The NREL LAPs are internationally recognized as the de facto standard for biomass compositional analysis.
Our methods can also distinguish among different glucose-containing fractions when present simultaneously, e.g., cellulose, starch, and free sugars (Sluiter et al. "Direct determination of cellulosic glucan content in starch-containing samples." Cellulose 28 (2021): 1989-2002. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03652-2).
NREL methods developed for algae lipid analysis provide precise measurement of oilseed lipids https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/87501.pdf), and NREL researchers can also determine extractable lipids and molecular speciation with advanced lipidomics techniques.
We also have expertise in rapid characterization via near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and multivariate modeling. Successful characterization models include hardwood, softwood, corn stover, mixed herbaceous feedstocks. We can work with project teams to provide new rapid characterization models by leveraging existing models and data sets augmented by additional samples from the field trials. |
| CO |
| | The National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Robert Baldwin | Principal Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Bioenergy
| Subtopic Area 1a: Algae | NREL Microalgae & Macroalgae CHARACTERIZATION|CONVERSION|MODELING:
BIOMASS ANALYSIS: NREL’s methods are widely accepted as the standard analytical framework (https://www.nrel.gov/bioenergy/algae-analysis.html) for algae characterization. Highly trained chemists, dedicated analytical chromatography instrumentation, with high-resolution mass spectrometry, and a high-throughput infrared (IR) based analytical pipeline, all customized to quantify lipids, carbohydrates and protein in micro- and macroalgae. Standardized data management archives and interfaces with the Regional Biomass Resource Hub Initiative.
FEEDSTOCK CONVERSION: NREL built a modular non-destructive biorefinery that meets industry needs by harnessing the potential of both micro- and macroalgal composition. Since biomass composition dictates the permutation of operations that creates maximum value in a biorefinery, the technology is readily tailored to best exploit algae feedstocks. NREL has built and de-risked a scale-up continuum from laboratory bench to pilot scale (up to 0.5T dry weight equivalent processing; https://www.nrel.gov/bioenergy/ibrf.html). The production of microalgae fuels, carboxylic acids, polyurethane polymers, and reactive carbon products has been demonstrated at scale (~0.2T). A parallel macroalgae conversion portfolio focuses on extracting carbohydrate monomers and polymers using combined mechanical, chemical and enzymatic treatment, for further valorization to fuel and chemicals.
PROCESS MODELING TO QUANTIFY COST AND CARBON INTENSITY: All cultivation and conversion approaches funnel into up-to-date, innovative, and modular process simulation for techno-economic (TEA) and life-cycle analysis (LCA), using mass and energy models (https://www.nrel.gov/bioenergy/economic-sustainability-market-analysis.html).
BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR INCREASED YIELD AND QUALITY: To access maximum yield, highest carbon sequestration potential, and resilience against biotic and abiotic stressors of high productivity algae, NREL has a suite of genetically engineered photosynthetic algae and cyanobacteria biocatalysts, in addition to enzyme suites, (and obtained outdoor cultivation permits).
REACTOR DESIGN: Innovative reactor and cultivation designs are available for e.g. carbon capture improvements, or wastewater treatment. In depth water chemistry and pond mixing dynamics in expansive algae cultivation simulations (up to 10 acre size) with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are used for in silico op |
| CO |
| | Oak Ridge National Lab | Rebecca Efroymson | Distinguished Environmental Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Bioenergy
| | energy and environmental justice, sustainability, social acceptability of energy, ecosystem services, community benefits, environmental science, environmental toxicology, leading project on social acceptability of biorefineries and stakeholder engagement |
| NC |
| | New West Genetics | John McKay | Chief Science Officer |
Small Business
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Carbon Capture
| purpose-grown energy crops | Background: New West Genetics (NWG) is a global leader in premium hemp seed genetics, agronomy, and supply chain coordination. In 2014, the Company began our intensive breeding program that creates premium, proprietary hemp seed bred for high yielding production for feed, fuel, and fiber. Our team combines deep experience in Agriculture, crop breeding and the seed business with modern genomics and a vision for sustainability. NWG has deployed a genetic trait called AMPLIFY ™ that brings oilseed yields and oil quantity/acre ahead of all other oilseeds. This trait together with farmer experience in particular regions, and NWG hemp’s low CI score makes oilseed sourcing from hemp a win. NWG genetics provide a dedicated feedstock for seed oil that is highly suited for fuel production, with lower fertilizer and water requirements than other oilseeds and a lower carbon intensity score.
Interest: NWG has several ongoing projects to build the supply chain for hempseed derived lipids as a feedstock for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. In this new DOE opportunity, we seek research and market development partners for hemp derived sustainable fuel. We can support a supply chain demonstration project, starting with our high performing genetics on the farm to seed crush, and seek partners for fuel refining, blending and qualification for state and federal incentives.
Capabilities: NWG has commercialized varieties and the first double yielding hybrids that are adapted to multiple production environments and bred for sustainability traits. Along with our high performing seed genetics, we provide agronomic support, so producers can prepare their fields and plant manage and harvest the crop using best practices to maximize yield and ROI. NWG also provides market facilitation with crush partners. As a result, farmers are poised to succeed and return to NWG to procure planting seed, agronomic support and opportunities in the supply chain year after year. |
| CO |
| | New West Genetics | John McKay | Chief Science Officer |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| purpose-grown energy crops | Background: New West Genetics (NWG) is a global leader in premium hemp seed genetics, agronomy, and supply chain coordination. In 2014, the Company began our intensive breeding program that creates premium, proprietary hemp seed bred for high yielding production for feed, fuel, and fiber. Our team combines deep experience in Agriculture, crop breeding and the seed business with modern genomics and a vision for sustainability. NWG has deployed a genetic trait called AMPLIFY ™ that brings oilseed yields and oil quantity/acre ahead of all other oilseeds. This trait together with farmer experience in particular regions, and NWG hemp’s low CI score makes oilseed sourcing from hemp a win. NWG genetics provide a dedicated feedstock for seed oil that is highly suited for fuel production, with lower fertilizer and water requirements than other oilseeds and a lower carbon intensity score.
Interest: NWG has several ongoing projects to build the supply chain for hempseed derived lipids as a feedstock for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. In this new DOE opportunity, we seek research and market development partners for hemp derived sustainable fuel. We can support a supply chain demonstration project, starting with our high performing genetics on the farm to seed crush, and seek partners for fuel refining, blending and qualification for state and federal incentives.
Capabilities: NWG has commercialized varieties and the first double yielding hybrids that are adapted to multiple production environments and bred for sustainability traits. Along with our high performing seed genetics, we provide agronomic support, so producers can prepare their fields and plant manage and harvest the crop using best practices to maximize yield and ROI. NWG also provides market facilitation with crush partners. As a result, farmers are poised to succeed and return to NWG to procure planting seed, agronomic support and opportunities in the supply chain year after year. |
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