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Indiana Biomass Energy Working Group

Mission Statement 
The Indiana Biomass Energy Working Group is a consortium of stakeholders from the industry, state and federal government, trade organizations, universities and citizenry working together to create a climate in the state of Indiana that would foster the growth of a viable renewable energy industry, protect our environment, provide energy security and green jobs in our communities. This will be done through educational programming and networking among stakeholders.

 

April 23, 2013

Session Topic: The Culver Duck Anaerobic Digester Session with Site Tour
Download the Agenda HERE.
An introduction to this project is available online HERE.

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Presentations:

Dr. Jiqin Ni
Purdue University
Presentation Title:
"Anaerobic Digester Technology

Ken Jones
Jones Petrie Rafinski
Presentation Title:
"The Culver Duck Digester - Concept to Reality"

David Turner
Turner Tech, LLC
Presentation  Title:  
"Regulatory Considerations for Culver Duck"

Norma McDonald
Organic Waste Systems, Inc.
Presentation Title:
"Finding the Right Recipe or Successful Digester Operations"

Dee Cota
NIPSCO Utility
Presentation Title:
"The NIPSCO Feed-in Tariff"

Location:
Das Essenhaus Dutchman Restaurant Upstairs
240 U.S. 20
Middlebury, IN 46540
(800) 455-9471


January 8, 2013

Session Topic:
Spotlight on Biofuels Development for the Aviation Sector and New Biomass Energy Development in Indiana

Location: Purdue Beck Agriculture Center (Map)

Meeting Resources:

Dr. Maureen McCann, Professor,
Director of the Purdue Energy Center
Presentation Title: Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels

Dr. Nate Mosier, Associate Professor,
Ag and Biological Engineering
Aviation Biofuels: Challenges and Opportunities for Biocatalytic and Thermocatalytic Processes (Click for PDF)

Dr. David Stanley, P.I. NATEF and Professor,
Aviation Technology
Aviation Biofuels: Motivating Factors, Considerations, and Hurdles to Implementaton (Click for PDF)

Dr. Wallace Tyner, James and Lois Akerman Professor,
Department of Agricultural Economics
Aviation and Second Generation Biofuels: Economic and Policy Issues (Click for PDF)

Melanie Thom, President and Senior Staff Scientist,
Baere Aerospace
If I Build and Alternative Aviation Biofuel, Will They Come? (Click for PDF)

New Biomass Energy Update around Indiana
Paul Hartman, Logansport Municipal Utilities
Present RFP to construct a 300 MW Renewable Derived Fuel/Natural Gas power plant (PDF)

 


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