Session: Establishing and Ensuring Sustainable Biofuels Development: A Department of Energy/Industry Perspective (2009 Spring National Meeting)

Tuesday, April 28, 2009: 8:30 AM

Room 17 (Tampa Convention Center)

Description:

This session will highlight the broad range of U.S. Department of Energy research focused on the environmental sustainability of biofuel production including land use and soil health, water use, biodiversity, and impacts on greenhouse gas emissions. Projects profiled with focus on large cross-cutting efforts that are developing the resources, technologies and systems needed for the biofuels industry to grow in a way that protects our environment.

Sponsor:

Topical 9: Sustainability: Lessons, Actions and Outlook

Chair:

Alison M. Goss Eng
Email: alison.gosseng@ee.doe.gov

Co-Chair:

David N. Thompson
Email: david.thompson@inl.gov

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

(54a) Sustainable Bioenergy: a Novozymes Perspective
Cynthia Bryant

Recorded presentation

8:55 AM

(54b) Optimizing the Sustainability of Ethanol Conversion at the Biorefinery
Garvin Heath, David Hsu, Daniel Inman, Margaret K. Mann, Andy Aden and Thomas Foust

Recorded presentation

9:20 AM

(54c) Sustainable Biomass Supply Systems
Jacob J. Jacobson, Erin Searcy, Dave Muth, Erin Wilkerson, Shahabaddine Sokhansanj, Bryan Jenkins, Peter Tittman, Quinn Hart and Richard Nelson

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

(54d) Water Use and GHG Emissions for Sustainable Biofuel Development
May Wu, Gayathri Gopalakrishnan, Michael Wang, Hong Huo, M. Cristina Negri, Marianne Mintz and Salil Arora

Recorded presentation

10:10 AM

(54e) Towards Sustainable Bioenergy: Architecture for a Shared Environment for Collaboration
Budhendra Bhaduri and Daniel J. Getman

Recorded presentation

10:35 AM

(54f) A National Resource Availability Assessment for Microalgae Biofuel Production
Richard Skaggs, Mark Wigmosta and Andre Coleman

11:00 AM

(54g) Sustainable Bioenergy: An Abengoa Perspective (Webcast Not Available)
Kevin Adams

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