Biomass Energy Workshop
Here are presentations from a Tribal Energy Program workshop in May 2006 in Spokane, Washington, about biomass energy or bioenergy. They’re organized under the following headings:
- General topics
- Woody biomass resource assessment
- Woody biomass for heat
- Woody biomass for power
- Biomass for fuels
General Topics
- Biomass Workshop Overview
Roger Taylor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - Division of Energy and Minerals Development (DEMD)
Steve Manydeeds, DEMD, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development - Business Development and Strategic Bioenergy Planning
Roger Taylor, NREL
Woody Biomass Resource Assessment
- Forest Management Compliance
John Vitello, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Forestry - Forest Fuels Supply and Inventory
Tim Moriarty, BIA Forestry - Integrating Hazardous Fuel Funding into a Biomass Project
Dennis Dupuis, National Interagency Fire Center and BIA - Healthy Forests and Stewardship Contracts
John Waconda, BIA - Woody Biomass Integration for Heat, Power, and Fuels
Scott Haase, DEMD - Biomass Resource Assessment System
Jason San Souci, Native Communities Development Corporation
Woody Biomass for Heat
- Institutional and Commercial Woodchip Heating
Adam Sherman, Biomass Energy Resource Center - Wood Chip Heating for BIA Schools: New Mexico Case Study
John Waconda, BIA - Idaho Fuels for Schools Program
Mike Tennery, Idaho Fuels for Schools - Extruding Biomass into a Solid Fuel for Heating and Cooking
John Olsen, Cree Industries - Advanced Residential Wood Heating and Economics
Roger Taylor, NREL
Woody Biomass for Power
- Biopower Generation in California
Frederick Tornatore, TSS Consultants - Warm Springs Biopower Example
Frederick Tornatore, TSS Consultants - Red Lake Biopower Project
Jack Whittier, McNeil Technologies - Emerging Small, Modular Biopower Systems
Art Lilly, Community Power Corporation - Funding Opportunities for Tribal Biomass Projects
Chris Cassidy, United States Department of Agriculture
Biomass for Fuels
- Agricultural Biofuel Resource Assessment
Scott Haase, DEMR - Ethanol: Current Technology and Tribal Opportunities
Brian Duff, BBI Biofuels - Biodiesel Technology, Economics, and Examples
Shaine Tyson, Rocky Mountain Biodiesel - Emerging Biofuels Technology and Economics
John Sheehan, NREL - Anaerobic Digester Technology
Brian Duff, BBI Biofuels - Tulalip Anaerobic Digester Project
Daryl Williams, Tulalip Tribes