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Biomass Energy Workshop

May 2006

Oxford Suites Downtown, Spokane, Washington

Presentations are organized under the following headings:

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General Topics

  • Biomass Workshop Overview

    Roger Taylor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (PDF 265 KB)

  • Division of Energy and Minerals Development (DEMD)

    Steve Manydeeds, DEMD, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (PDF 1.9 MB)

  • Business Development and Strategic Bioenergy Planning

    Roger Taylor, NREL (PDF 251 KB)

Woody Biomass Resource Assessment

  • Forest Management Compliance

    John Vitello, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Forestry (PDF 625 KB)

  • Forest Fuels Supply and Inventory

    Tim Moriarty, BIA Forestry (PDF 2.6 MB)

  • Integrating Hazardous Fuel Funding into a Biomass Project

    Dennis Dupuis, National Interagency Fire Center and BIA (PDF 318 KB)

  • Healthy Forests and Stewardship Contracts

    John Waconda, BIA (PDF 522 KB)

  • Woody Biomass Integration for Heat, Power, and Fuels

    Scott Haase, DEMD (PDF 2.1 MB)

  • Biomass Resource Assessment System

    Jason San Souci, Native Communities Development Corporation (PDF 2.3 MB)

Woody Biomass for Heat

  • Institutional and Commercial Woodchip Heating

    Adam Sherman, Biomass Energy Resource Center (PDF 2.2 MB)

  • Wood Chip Heating for BIA Schools: New Mexico Case Study

    John Waconda, BIA (PDF 978 KB)

  • Idaho Fuels for Schools Program

    Mike Tennery, Idaho Fuels for Schools (PDF 2.0 MB)

  • Extruding Biomass into a Solid Fuel for Heating and Cooking

    John Olsen, Cree Industries (PDF 973 KB)

  • Advanced Residential Wood Heating and Economics

    Roger Taylor, NREL (PDF 397 KB)

Woody Biomass for Power

  • Biopower Generation in California

    Frederick Tornatore, TSS Consultants (PDF 2.3 MB)

  • Warm Springs Biopower Example

    Frederick Tornatore, TSS Consultants (PDF 583 KB)

  • Red Lake Biopower Project

    Jack Whittier, McNeil Technologies (PDF 340 KB)

  • Emerging Small, Modular Biopower Systems

    Art Lilly, Community Power Corporation (PDF 584 KB)

  • Funding Opportunities for Tribal Biomass Projects

    Chris Cassidy, United States Department of Agriculture (PDF 2.2 MB)

Biomass for Fuels

  • Agricultural Biofuel Resource Assessment

    Scott Haase, DEMR (PDF 816 KB)

  • Ethanol: Current Technology and Tribal Opportunities

    Brian Duff, BBI Biofuels (PDF 1.0 MB)

  • Biodiesel Technology, Economics, and Examples

    Shaine Tyson, Rocky Mountain Biodiesel (PDF 732 KB)

  • Emerging Biofuels Technology and Economics

    John Sheehan, NREL (PDF 3.4 MB)

  • Anaerobic Digester Technology

    Brian Duff, BBI Biofuels (PDF 803 KB)

  • Tulalip Anaerobic Digester Project

    Daryl Williams, Tulalip Tribes (PDF 251 KB)