Biofuels
Seminar: Improving Your Bottom Line with Ethanol, October 2, 2008
On October 2, 2008, the Energy team hosted a panel session on 'Improving Your Bottom Line with Ethanol,' which took place at the Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association and the Empire State Petroleum Association. The seminar provided U.S. petroleum retailers with an overview of the current market for E85, the ethanol fuel pump conversion process, and government programs that are advancing E85 distribution within the United States. For further information, please contact Shannon Fraser.
Presentations
All files are in PDF format.
U.S. Market for E-85 Capable Vehicles, Brad Beauchamp, General Motors
Ethanol Conversion Options, Logistics, and Contracts for Fuel Provisions, David Carey, Protec Fuel Management
Government Assistance and Incentives for Ethanol Conversion, Joan Glickman, Office of Biomass Programs, Department of Energy
Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Retailers of E-85,
Mike Lorenz, Sheetz
Building Biofuels Infrastructure Seminar, June 19, 2007
On June 19, 2007, the Energy team hosted the Building Biofuels Infrastructure Conference. Over fifty representatives from U.S. industry, trade associations, and government agencies working on biofuels developments attended the all-day event. The discussions throughout the day provided U.S. biofuels industry members with information on government programs that advance biofuels development both internationally and domestically. The forum also served to provide U.S. government representatives with information on the challenges that members of the biofuels industry are facing as biofuels infrastructure is quickly growing.
Presentations
All files are in PDF format.
Agriculture Equipment Industry,
Kara Heideman, Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Biofuels Standards Coordination
Activities, Frances
Schrotter, American National Standards Institute
Opportunities and Obstacles for Biodiesel
Development in the U.S., India, and Elsewhere, Russell Teall, Biodiesel
Industries
U.S. Department of Energy, Office
of Biomass Programs, Neil Rossmeissl, DOE-Office of
Biomass Programs
Financing
Biofuels Exports, Craig O'Connor, Export-Import Bank
Sustainable Energy and Climate Change
Initiative (SECCI), Juan Pablo
Bonilla, Inter-American Development Bank
Building Biofuels
Infrastructure, Robert Renkes, Petroleum Equipment Institute
Railroads and Ethanol, Craig Rockey, Association of American Railroads
Bioenergy:
Prosperity and Sustainability Melinda Kimble, UN Foundation
Biofuels Infrastructure, Joseph Mead, World Energy
Federal Feasibility Studies and
Funding, Bill Hagy, USDA-Rural Development
Support for U.S. Exports to Energy
Infrastructure Projects, Anne McKinney, USTDA
For more information, please contact
Sam Beatty or Shannon
Fraser.
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