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Initiative is a public-private partnership that showcases bioenergy
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Roger Kasper, from DATCP, shared this opinion piece from the June 3 issue of the Wall Street Journal. The article uses two recently released federal reports on ethanol to describe the current staning of ethanol in the energy landscape.
Ethanol's Grocery Bill: Two federal studies add up the corn fuel's exorbitant cost
Filed under Corn ethanol
Timothy Baye, professor of business development with UW Extension, shared this major report on climate change by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, with such topics as: science, impacts, adaptation, technological solutions, business solutions, and state and local actions.
Climate Change 101: Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change
Filed under Climate Change
Roger Kasper, from DATCP, shared this NY Times article from May 26th about BP's experimental ethanol plant and what it means for big oil companies.
Big Oil Warms to Ethanol and Biofuel Companies
Filed under Corn Ethanol
Roger Kasper, from DATCP, pointed us to this article in The Economist, a major business journal, covering the
Institute for Chemistry's worldwide report on biofuel.
Biofools: Farming biofuels produces nitrous oxide. This is bad for climate change
Filed under Climate Change
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Century Farmstead in Dane County, Wisconsin. |
Bioenergy Case Studies and Green Energy Survey
UWEX @ Work: Presented by Andrew Dane, Community Development Agent of Barron & Chippewa Counties, a set of case studies covering Wisconsin-based bioenergy companies and projects as well as a report of conclusions from a renewable energy survey.
Filed under UWEX @ Work and Comprehensive Resources
Bioenergy in recession:
A pair of articles from the NY Times linking the recession, the stimulus bill, and renewable energy from March 2009. These articles give one perspective on the risks and potential of moving toward renewable energy in the future.
Cost Works Against Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources in Time of Recession
Stimulus, policy shifts seen spurring U.S. renewable energy boom -- someday
Filed under Economics
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Extension News:
For all news releases related to UW Extension work, visit: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/news/
ANRE News Releases
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Maria Redmond from the Wisconsin Office of Energy Independence, shared this, the OEI's grant page for up-to-date
Wisconsin grant programs, federal grants/incentives and private monies available for renewable energy and fuel related projects.
Filed under Links
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NOTE: Some articles or reports on this page may require Adobe Reader (marked with "pdf"). If there is an error when you open these documents, you can download Adobe Reader here. If you have any questions, contact Cole Vandermause at vandermause@wisc.edu. Also, previously featured items are placed in our growing Bio Library.
If you come across an article or report you'd like to share, send it along. If you would like to join the Bio-Energy and Bio-Economy Team or have comments or questions, let us know.
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