evs & alt fuels: action for tennessee

EVs & Alternative Fuels:

Action for Tennessee

October 2, 2010 --- East Tennessee Solar TourJonathan Overly, Executive DirectorEast Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition

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Agenda

ETCleanFuels’ 2010 Founding Partners:

1. Who is the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition?2. Projects Examples

E85 (& B20) Stations – Nearby and Not-so-nearby Outreach & Education Work Leading the Way with Cellulosic Ethanol – UTBI & Genera

Energy

3. The EV Project – Particulars and the Need-to-know4. More EV + Solar Work

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8-yr old nonprofit in East TN Designated member of U.S. DOE Clean Cities Program (~90) Direct fleet & fuel supplier interaction; meetings; workshops;

presentations; adult & K-12 education; multiple newsletters Focused on transp. sector change:

diversify away from oil & use less!

Who is ETCleanFuels?

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TN E85 & B20 Stations – We Help E85 stations – 33 public stations B20 stations – 32 public stations (most public B20 in U.S.)

Most stations thanks to state funding, ETCleanFuels work, or stations alone.

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State (through TDOT) offers highway incentive program:If station will place “E85” (or “B20”) on their sign, TDOT will erect blue “biofuel” sign… on all 4 exit signs

Getting smart – Let ‘em Know

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(Not policy, but partnership + progress)

I-75 Green Corridor Project

Add 10 E85 & 15 B20 public pumps @ 200 mile intervals

Enable driving all the way from Sault Ste. Marie, MI to Miami, FL on your biofuel

1,786 miles – will be the longest biofuels corridor in U.S.

Displace 1.7+ MGY of petroleum Proposed I-40 last year… didn’t

win

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Two ETCleanFuels Publications

TN CleanFuelsAdvisor

Southeastern Fuels Fix

Ezine

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K-12 School Presentations• Presentations focus on relaying the basics &

importance of alt fuels and fuel economy• ’06-’07 = 700 students reached• ’07-’08 = 1,700 students reached• ’08-’09 = 3,600 students reached• ‘09-’10 = 4,990 students reached

• “1st Graders for Clean Fuels” - hits all 5 of the senses through an interactive presentation

• “Clean Fuels Jeopardy!” a hit! “The Oil Timeline” for younger kids

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Demonstration Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery Switchgrass farmer incentive program Biomass Innovation Park Technology demonstrations Tennessee Biomass Supply Co-op Seed production capacity

Building a Biomass Industry in TNwww.GeneraEnergy.net www.UTbioenergy.org

Biomass

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Demonstration Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery• Collaboration between Genera Energy and DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE)

• Vonore, Tennessee: Niles Ferry Industrial Park, Monroe County, 32 acre site

• 250,000 GPY demo plant and Process Development Unit (PDU) pilot plant

• Optimized as precursor to commercial facility; long-term operation as R&D facility

• Started operations December 2009

• Multiple feedstocks: cob & switchgrass

Copyright 2010, Genera Energy LLC, NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION

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Tennessee Switchgrass Experience• Contracting with local farmers to produce 6,000

acres of switchgrass– Nearly 3,000 acres harvested in 2009– Added >3,000 acres in 2010– 1,000 acres improved varieties

• UT/Genera contract with local farmers– ~$450/ac/yr for 3 years– We provide seed, technical expertise– Separate storage contracts– Yield-based component in 2010

• Averaging about 8 tons/ac by 3rd year– Harvesting ~2 tons in year 1– ~5 tons in year 2– ~8 tons year 3 and beyond

Switchgrass Contract Farms

• 2008 SFIP Contract• 2009 SFIP Contract• 2010 SFIP Contract

CumberlandRoane

Rhea

Meigs

McMinn

Monroe

Loudon

Blount

PolkBradley

Vonore

Knox

Biorefinery

Copyright 2010, Genera Energy LLC, NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION

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Switchgrass

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Switchgrass

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The “EV Project” – We Are In It!!!

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The “EV Project” – Nationwide 14,650 Level 2 (220V) Chargers 310 DC Fast-Chargers 40+ Project Partners 5,700 Nissan LEAF Cars & 2,600 Chevrolet Volt Cars 16 Major Cities

PLUS… 1,200 New Jobs by 2012 5,500 New Jobs by 2017

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The “EV Project” – What’s Coming to TN 1,000 Residential Charging Stations (Level 2 – 220V)

• Installed at “home” of each LEAF purchased 1,200 Commercial Chargers (Mostly Level 2; 60 “DC Fast Chargers”)

• Installed at strategic business parking lots 150 Public Chargers

• For public use at municipally-owned locations (airports, parking garages) 1,000 LEAFs

• Private Drivers• Commercial/

Municipal Fleets

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The “EV Project” – Locations Hardware “footprint boundary design” 3 major cities, plethora of connected, smaller cities

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The “EV Project” – Solar Charging

Unique in project to Tennessee!

TVA SMART Station – “Smart Modal Area Recharge Terminal”

125 total in TN Level 2 charging Specific locations

(ORNL, EPRI, others) Storage = solar-

powered!!

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Providing 50 electrified spaces for class 8 tractor-trailers

Reducing emissions by 70-99% Adding solar!!

• Roof-top• 30-40 kW system• Will offset much of the initial

TSE usage to zero pollution!!

Intent – work on more transportation projects that are EV that include solar!

Crossville TSE Project – Solar, too

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Tennessee – Leading by Example

Follow me on Twitter – “jgoverly”

“Do not follow where the path may lead.Go, instead, where there is no path

and leave a trail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jonathan Overly, Ex. Dir. East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition jgoverly@utk.edu 865-974-3625