26-2 Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest: A System for Advanced Biofuels Production From Woody Biomass in the Pacific Northwest.



Sunday, October 21, 2012: 1:00 PM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Junior Ballroom B, Level 3, 3

Rick Gustafson, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
The overall goal of this project is to ready the Pacific Northwest for a 2015 introduction of a 100% infrastructure compatible biofuels industry that meets the region’s pro-rata share of RFS2 targets using sustainably grown regionally appropriate woody energy crops. The primary biomass source for this biofuels system will be poplar wood grown on industrial plantations and lands managed by small landowners. Biomass conversion to drop-in fuels will be done with a hybrid biochemical/thermochemical conversion process being developed by ZeaChem.  We are using an integrated program of research, extension and education to achieve this goal. Capstone activities for the project are the following:

This talk will provide an overview of the project and the accomplishments from the first year’s work. The benefits of a regional integrated approach to biofuel development will be a central theme of our presentation.

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