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Wednesday Webinar: Market Opportunities for Hybrid Poplar
February 10, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Wednesday, February, 10, 2016 | 10:00 am PST
To attend register at: http://goo.gl/forms/RieUsKvLal
Advanced Hardwoods Biofuels (AHB) is working to develop a Pacific Northwest renewable energy industry that provides transportation fuels derived from plantation-grown hybrid poplars. The economics of this industry are very competitive with the petroleum industry when crude sells for $100 a barrel and more. But with current market conditions and prices far below this range, the AHB commercialization phase will be delayed for some time. In the interim, the poplar veneer industry is making good strides in the Pacific Northwest. This initiative will help prepare the region for the eventual emergence of the renewable fuels market. The webinar will be co-presented by Columbia Forest Products and GreenWood Resources and will cover: (1) Poplar veneer manufacturing, (2) Poplar silviculture required to produce high-quality logs for peeling, and (3) Poplar clonal selection to optimize good veneer recovery.
Who Should Attend? Landowners, municipalities growing poplar, wood product industries, and academic researchers
Presenters: Dr. Brian Stanton, Chief Science Officer and managing director, GreenWood Resources. Tim Schallich, Vice President, Columbia Forest Products.
Sponsored by: Washington State University Extension with funding from Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30407 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
How to access the webinar:
Please register for the webinar at http://goo.gl/forms/RieUsKvLal.
On the day of the webinar you can join in at http://breeze.wsu.edu/growinggreen/.
This webinar is part of the AHB Hardwood Biofuels Webinar Series. Find the series including archived presentations online at http://hardwoodbiofuels.org/webinars/.
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Questions?
Contact Marina Heppenstall marina.heppenstall@wsu.edu | 425-741-9953
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