Category: Webinars
Effectiveness of a Pacific Northwest Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax in the Context of the Federal Biofuel Policy
Presenter: Dr. Gregmar Galinato This webinar explores how the federal biofuel policy on cellulosic feedstock along with a tax structure that seeks to control carbon…
Market Opportunities for Hybrid Poplar
Presenters: Brian Stanton, Carlos Gantz, Rick Stonex, and Tim Schallich The poplar veneer industry is making good strides in the Pacific Northwest and will help…
Estimation of job creation and economic activity from investment in hybrid poplar bio-jet fuel
Presenters: Dr. Nathan Parker, Dr. Josué Medellin-Azuara, and Dr. Boon-Ling Yeo This study estimates the net economic impacts of short-rotation poplar for bio-jet fuel production…
Converting hybrid poplar to biofuels and biochemicals: feedstock properties and conversion techniques
Presenters: Renata Bura and Fernando Resende Woody biomass can be converted into a variety of biofuels and biochemical. Researchers at the University of Washington are…
Managing the Environmental Risks of Poplar
Presenters: Dr. Andrew Rodstrom and Dr. Aurea Nardelli This webinar features information about the different environmental risk mitigation strategies employed by GreenWood Resources and the…
Biofuels & Wildlife
Presenters: Dr. Brian Moser and Dr. Robert Fletcher In this special Earth Day webinar, we are brought together researchers from across the United States to…
Harvesting Short-Rotation Poplar for Bioenergy
This webinar presents the information on how to harvest poplar every 2 to 3 years for bioenergy and harvesting data from field trials. Hybrid poplar…
Biochemicals: The First Steps Toward Commercialization
Presenters: Dr. Rick Gustafson, Erik Budsberg, and Jordan Crawford Biochemicals, produced during the conversion pathway to biofuels, offer more immediate market opportunities for emerging biofuel…
Biofuels Policies: Why a Clean Fuels Standard and Other Government Policies Are Important to Bringing the Advanced Biofuels Industry to Scale in the Northwest
Presenter: Ross Macfarlane of Climate Solutions Ross Macfarlane of Climate Solutions, addresses key policies affecting biofuels in the Northwest with a focus the debate surrounding…
Growing green energy: Poplar as a short rotation bioenergy crop
Presenters: Dr. Brian Stanton, Rich Shuren, Rick Stonex, and Bruce Summers Poplars are the fastest growing trees in the temperate zone. It is not surprising…
This project is supported by an Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30407 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).