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Jason Fischbach, Anne Reynolds and Troy Runge were presenters at the recent Bioenergy Roundtable on biomass markets and aggregation held on the UW-Madison campus. For a summary slide show of what was discussed, click on the link below.

1/6/09 Bioenergy Roundtable

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Event: The 2010 Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference: Bioenergy, Conservation and the Wisconsin Landscape will be held March 11 in Madison. The purpose of this conference is to help all of us be pathfinders for bioenergy, conservation and the Wisconsin landscape.

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A reminder that the State of Wisconsin/University of Wisconsin has an RFI out for Charter Street fuel supply. Responses are due April 1, 2010.

Charter Street Biomass Heating Plant Project

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed a highly efficient, environmentally friendly process that converts a biomass derivative into the chemical equivalent of jet fuel.

New Process Yields High-Energy-Density, Plant-Based Transportation Fuel

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Extension News: For all news releases related to UW Extension work, visit: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/news/

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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.

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Roger Kasper, from DATCP, shared this article announcing a grant to the Wisconsin company, Virent.

Virent Bags $2.4m DOE Grant For Biofuel Development

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America's Energy Future, a joint project between the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institue of Medicine, and the National Research Council has developed a website for all research being released, including:

America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition

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Troy Runge, Gary Radloff, and Timothy Baye were presenters at the recent Bioenergy Roundtable held on the UW-Madison campus. For a summary slideshow of what was discussed, click on the link below

7/29/09 Bioenergy Roundtable

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