Advanced Biomass Workshop (2007)
8 am - 5 pm
November 15, 2007
Location: University of Minnesota - Morris
- 7:15 Registration Opens- Coffee, Juice, and Rolls
- 8:00 Opening And Welcome - Joel Tallaksen WCROC
- 8:05 Welcome to UMM- Roland Guyotte Interim Vice-Chancellor, UMM
- 8:20 Biomass In Renewable Energy Systems (PDF, 156K)
-Greg Cuomo, U of M Umore Park - 8:45 Current Biomass Applications
Focus On Renewable Energy: Thermal Conversion of Biomass (PDF, 889K)
-Lowell Rasmussen, University of Minnesota Morris
Biomass Powered Corn Ethanol: An Evolution Towards Higher Performance Biofuels (PDF, 2.2M)
-William Lee, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Cooperative - 10:00 Break
- 10:30 Biomass Technologies and Facilities
Biofuels from Biomass
-Lanny D. Schmidt, University of Minnesota
Installation and Operation, of a New CPC Downdraft Biomass Gasifier at UMD's NRRI Coleraine Minerals Research Laboratory
-David W. Hendrickson, Natural Resources Research Institute, U of M Duluth
Biomass Technologies at the University of Minnesota Morris (PDF, 279K)
-Doug Maust, Hammel, Green, and Abrahamson, Inc. - 12:00 Lunch
- 1:15 Breakout Sessions
Topic 1 Sustainable Feedstock Supplies
Agriculture at the Crossroads: Sustainable Feedstock Supplies (PDF, 5.6M)
-Don Reicosky, USDA-Agricultural Research Service-NCSCRL
Balancing biomass for bioenergy and conserving the soil resource... or Having your biomass and your soil too (PDF, 1.4M)
-Jane Johnson, USDA-Agricultural Research Service-NCSCRL
Sustainably Producing Agricultural Biomass Feedstock Supplies (PDF, 1.3M)
-Joel Tallaksen, West Central Research and Outreach Center
Development of Multifunctional Biomass Systems
-Don Wyse, University of Minnesota
Topic 2 Biomass Project Economics
A Strategy for Biomass to be Competitive Economically (PDF, 4.6M)
-Linda Meschke, Rural Advantage
Carbon Credit Basics (PDF, 6.7M)
-Steve Wagner USDA-Agricultural Research Service-NCSCRL
Biomass: What if? The economics of substituting biomass for natural gas (PDF, 156K)
-Maria Brun- University of Minnesota Morris
Biomass Supply Chain and Credit Valuation
-Kevin Triemstra- Golder Associates Inc. - 2:45 Break
- 3:05 Breakout Sessions
Topic 1 Feedstock Supply
Biomass Feestock: Field to Facility Supply (PDF, 4.3M)
-Mike Reese, West Central Research and Outreach Center, U of M
Feedstock Supply (PDF, 1.5M)
-Eric Woodford, Woodford Custom, Inc.
Production of Densified Biomass (PDF, 1.2M)
-Vance Morey, University of Minnesota
Sunrise Agra Fuels: Fuels From The Heartland
-Russell Koopman, Sunrise Agrafuels Inc.
Topic 2 Regulation and Policy
-Wally Sparby, Staff Assistant to US Congressman Collin Peterson
-Torrey Westrom, State Representative District 11A
-Aaron Peterson, State Representative District 20A
Air Quality Permitting of Biomass Fueled Facilities (PDF, 281K)
-Heather Magee-Hill, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Government Economic Development Incentives for BioMass Power Projects (PDF, 503K)
-Todd A. Taylor, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. - 4:30 Future Directions in Renewable Energy (PDF, 405K)
-Lowell Rasmussen, University of Minnesota Morris - 5:00 Optional Biomass Plant Tour
- 5:45 Informal Off-site Social
-Prairie Inn, 200 E Highway 28, Morris
-Discussion of forming a statewide gasification association
In no way are the presenters or their employers liable for the information listed in the presentations.
Workshop Promotional Brochure (PDF, 82K)
Workshop Promotional Flyer (PDF, 242K)
Workshop Speaker Profiles (PDF, 38K)