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Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 September 2009 10:26 )
About BTUs from the forest
Written by Administrator
Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:36
The Appalachian Hardwood Center (ahc.caf.wvu.edu), in cooperation with the WV Division of Energy (www.energywv.org) the U.S. Department of Energy’s-Southeastern Biomass State and Regional Cooperative is hosting a educational conference on the opportunities for WV develop successful biomass related projects around its forest resource.
An introductory conference "BTUs From the Forest" was held during the summer of 2005. Approximately 100 attendees were presented with information on West Virginia's wood resource, forest products markets, and case studies from those who have successfully used wood as an energy source. We hope to expand upon the original conference by attracting more alternative energy project developers and wood products industry representatives to a central forum.
Invited speakers will cover topics ranging from the wood products supply chain and wood residue produced, to the barriers that may need to be addressed. We will also be covering carbon and how it relates to the management of our forest resource.
Our goal is to enable attendees to leave this conference knowledgeable on ways to use wood for energy, as well as develop a number of personal contacts with those interested in developing such projects in WV at a commercial scale.
This is conference has been approved for 8.5 CFE hours Category 1-CF.
Over 100 individuals have pre-registered for this meeting. Currently, registration is closed.
Some of the organizations registered to date include:
WVU
USDA Wood Education Resource Center
USDA Forest Service
Fountains Forestry
WVU NRCCE
WVDOF
Lignetics
WV DEP
Matric, Inc.
Plum Creek
WV Division of Energy
Private Forest Landowners
Consulting Foresters
Randolph County Development Authority
USBPT
Penn Virginia
JPE Hardwoods
Tallman Mulch
Red Rock Enterprises
EG&G Technical Services
The Ohio State University
Glatfelter
Rolling Ridge Woods
Tillinghast & Neely
Downstream Strategies
Regional Research Institute
Kennedy Forest Management
Stella-Jones
Argonaut BioEnergy LLC
IOF-WV
WV Water Research Institute
Coastal Lumber Company
Rural Action
Mill Creek Builders Supply
David Hill &Associates
The JOBS project
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
Grant County Mulch
Tech Growth Ohio
Alliance for Green Heat
American Timberland Marketing
Usaw LLC
Last Updated ( Friday, 18 September 2009 10:08 )
Conference Schedule / Agenda
Written by Administrator
Thursday, 28 May 2009 11:25
BTUs from the forest will start on the evening of Monday September 21st with a meet and greet session and continue through late afternoon on Tuesday September 22nd. A tentative agenda follows, agenda speakers will be updated weekly:
September 21st
4:00-6:00pm - registration
6:00-8:00pm - reception with exhibits
September 22nd
8:00am - 5:00pm - conference
Start Time
Topic
Presenter(s)
8:00 AM
Introduction
Shawn Grushecky, WVU AHC
8:10 AM
WV Energy Plan and WV Forest Resources
Jeff Herholdt, Director, WV Division of Energy
Greg Cook, Deputy Director, WV Division of Forestry
8:40 AM
Existing Biomass Use in Central Appalachia
Jan Wiedenbeck, USDA Forest Service
9:00 AM
Logging Workforce – supply challenges and efficient utilization
Curt Hassler, Mountain Loggers Group and WVU AHC
Ben Spong, WVU AHC and Extension Service
9:20 AM
Renewable Biomass Power - Key Project Considerations
Joe Kelly, Business Development, ADAGE (Areva Duke Advanced Green Energy)
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Advanced Energy Initiative
Terri Marts, WVU
10:20 AM
Financing Opportunities
Marten Jenkins, Natural Capital Investment Fund
Randall Underwood, Huntington Banks
10:45 AM
USDA Biomass Energy Cost Share Program
Richard Satterfield, USDA
11:05 AM
USDA FSA Biomass Crop Assistance Program
Kevin Hinkle, USDA FSA
11:25 AM
Long term contracts
Marc Weintraub, Bailey Glasser
11:55 AM
Lunch
1:20 PM
Small scale systems
Lew McCreery, USDA Forest Service
1:50 PM
Project Drivers
Greg Henthorn, Kinetic Star
2:20 PM
Cofiring logistics
Doug Hart, Alstom Energy
2:50 PM
Break
3:10 PM
Forest Land Group (FLG)
Kaarsten Tuner-Dalby, Forest Land Group
3:40 PM
Woody Biomass and Carbon Forestry
Jon Pomp, Forecon
4:10 PM
Biomass BMP Review and
Michael Vanderberg, WVU
4:40 PM
Conference Summary and Wrapup
Shawn Grushecky, WVU
4:50 PM
Conference Dismissed
Last Updated ( Friday, 18 September 2009 10:08 )
Location
Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 20 May 2009 08:36
Our conference facility, the Waterfront Place Hotel (http://www.waterfrontplacehotel.com/) is situated along the Monongahela River in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Monongahela River is one of the primary rivers flowing through the Appalachian region and has a rich history in the development of the USA as it provided transportation opportunities for industrial development in the early 1800s.
Morgantown is located 1.5 hours south of the Pittsburgh Airport (PIT) in southwestern Pennsylvania. Conference participants can also fly into the Morgantown Airport (MGW) after connecting in Dulles International Airport (IAD). There are two flights per day arriving in Morgantown from Dulles International.
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