Fueling the Future: The Role of Woody Biomass for Energy Workshop

Presentations from the Spring 2009 workshops at 5 locations in Minnesota

Brainerd

April 2, 2009

• Assessment of Biomass at the County Level (409 K PDF) – Randy Hillard, AURI
• Biomass Marketing Opportunities (3.5 MB PDF) – Mark Linquist, MN DNR
• Biomass Markets and Sale (10.6 MB PDF) – Mimi Barzen, MN DNR
• Biomass Workshop Wrap Presentation (8.5 MB PDF) – Dean Schmidt, WesMinRC&D Coordinator
• Combining Carbon Payment with Biomass Harvest (519 K PDF) – Dean Current, Program Director, Center for Integrated Natural Resource and Agricultural Management; Diomy Zamora, Extension Educator/Assistant Extension Professor, UMN Extension
• Forest Stewardship Planning (311 K PDF) – Dean Makey, MN DNR
• The Basics of Woody Biomass (1.3 MB PDF) – Dana Raines, OnanegozieRC&D Coordinator
• The Current Status and Relevant Issues associated with Woody Biomass Harvesting in MN A Survey of Participatory Loggers – Anna Robertson, MN DNR
• Wood to Kilowatts (535 K PDF) – Cecil Massie, 6 Solutions, LLC

Morris

March 19, 2009

• Densification of Biomass Feedstocks (3.5 MB PDF) – Alan Doering, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
• Financing Growth of the Cellulosic Biofuel Industry (2.75 MB PDF) – Dr. Cole Gustafson, North Dakota State University
• Heating St. Paul with Woods (595 K PDF) – Michael Burns & Jeff Guillemette, Ever-Green Energy
• Local Opportunities for Biomass Energy Production (4.4 MB PDF) – Michael Sparby & Randy Hilliard, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
• Marketing and Sale of Woody Biomass (1.3 MB PDF) – Mohammed Iddrisu, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Trends in Energy Use (988 K PDF) – Dean Current, Program Director, Center for Integrated Natural Resource and Agricultural Management

Ponsford

March 26, 2009

• Biomass Marketing Opportunities (3.4 MB PDF) – Mark Linquist, MN DNR
• Cost Share Assistance Programs (5.8 MB PDF) – Dawn Kier, White Earth Tribal Conservation District; Ed Musielewicz, USDA-NRCS District Conservationist - Becker County; rAdam Woltjer, USDA-NRCS White Earth Tribal Liaison
• Forest Stewardship Plan (677 K PDF) – David Johnson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• From Non-Food Feedstock to Fuel: "Here and Now" – Kerry Nixon, Manager, Central Minnesota Ethanol Coop
• Grasses for Biomass Energy (8.2 MB PDF) – Dwight Tober, Plant Materials Specialist, USDA-NRCS
• The Basics of Woody Biomass (891 K PDF) – Dana Raines, OnanegozieRC&D Coordinator
• Woody Biomass Resources (5.7 MB PDF) – Mohammed Iddrisu, MN DNR
• Wrap Up Session - Implications of Biomass (11.2 MB PDF) – Dean Schmidt, WesMinRC&D Coordinator

Roosevelt

February 18, 2009

• Biomass Basics (250 K PDF) – Greg Cuomo, Association Dean, Extension Center for Food
• Biomass Markets and Sales (10.4 MB PDF) – Mimi Barzen, MN DNR
• Farm Scale Biodiesel Research (5 MB PDF) – Paul Aakre, ASM Program, University of Minnesota - Crookston
• Forestlands and Brushland in Minnesota - The Minnesota Biomass Harvesting Guidelines – Dick Rossman, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Gasification - An Old Technology for a New Use (937 K PDF) – Joel Tallaksen, Biomass Coordinator
• Local Opportunites for Biomass Energy Production (9.11 MB PDF) – Michael Sparby & Randy Hilliard, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
• Syngasto Anhydrous Ammonia: The Case of Haber-Bosch - The Case of Haber-Bosch (319 K PDF) – Michael Sparby & Randy Hilliard, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
• Trends in Energy Use-Renewable Today and Tomorrow (882 K PDF) – Dean Current, Program Director, CINRAM

St. Cloud

April 29, 2009

• Agricultural Biomass for Energy in Minnesota - Trends and Future (4.4 MB PDF) – Mark Lindquist, BiofuelsProgram Manager, MN DNR
• Biofuels from Cellulosic Biomass - An Overview of Current Technologies and Economic Feasibility (2.9 MB PDF) – Ken Valentas, Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota
• Biomass Energy Potential in Minnesota (4.2 MB PDF) – Bill Berguson, Program Director, NRRI, University of Minnesota-Duluth
• Destination 2025 - The future of renewable energy and materials in Minnesota (1.4 MB PDF) – Gregg Mast, BioBusinessAlliance of Minnesota
• Forest Stewardship Planning (3.3 MB PDF) – John Korzeniowski, ForestryDivision, MN DNR
• Property Tax Relief for Forest Landowners (975 K PDF) – Mel Baughman, Program Leader, University of Minnesota Extension; Mike Reichenbach, Extension Educator, University of Minnesota Extension