Sustainable Bioenergy
January 11, 2010
What are the opportunities for sustainable bioenergy in Western North Carolina? How do we integrate environmental, economic, and social sustainability into the biofuels supply chain?
“Sustainable Bioenergy” is the subject of the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute’s next Green Monday, January 11, from 3:00-5:00 p.m., in the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce second floor conference room. Admission is free and open to the public.
As background, we will explore definitions of bioenergy and biofuels, and describe the multifaceted biofuels supply chain, including feedstock production, harvesting, storage and transportation; biofuel production; biofuel distribution; and biofuel uses in transportation and power generation. Topics to be addressed include research on cane crops, forest products, biodiesel production and distribution, and environmental benefits of biomass boilers.
This Green Monday is presented by the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute with support from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and a generous grant from Progress Energy, and is cosponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Center for BioEnergy Sustainability and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Panelists
Rebecca Efroymson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute
Dean McCraw, Biofuels Center of North Carolina
Susan Fox, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Tom Ranney, North Carolina State University, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
Brian Winslett, Blue Ridge Biofuels
Randy Dellinger, Foothills Bio-Energies
Garald Cottrell, Wellons Energy Solutions Groups
Presentations
Audio
Green Monday 11 Audio
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Video
Videographer/Editor: Peter Brezny of PurpleCat Networks
