Past Events

Growing green energy: Poplar as a short rotation bioenergy crop

Hybrid poplars are the fastest growing trees in the temperate zone. It is not surprising then that the United States Departments of Agriculture and Energy have identified hybrid poplar as one of the country’s most important feedstocks for the renewable transportation fuels industry. Join GreenWood Resources, Inc. and Washington State University for a one-hour webinar about using hybrid poplars as feedstock for transportation biofuels.

GreenWood Resources, the world’s foremost developer and manager of hybrid poplar tree farms for a variety of markets including the renewable fuels market, leads feedstock research and development for Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB).

What’s covered:
• Hybrid poplar as a feedstock for cellulosic renewable fuels
• Poplar hybridization and varietal selection for bioenergy
• Farming practices and feedstock production
• Harvesting and processing practices for short rotation poplars
• The future of the renewable fuels industry using hybrid poplar.
To register contact Nora Haider, nora.haider@wsu.edu.

Assessing the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Sustainably Produced Poplar-Based Biofuels

This webinar, by Rick Gustafson, Erik Budsberg, and Jordan Crawford of the University of Washington, will provide an overview of how the AHB team is making the production of hardwood biofuels sustainable. The focus will include research on Life Cycle Analysis of making jet fuel from poplar feedstock. To participate please contact Nora Haider, nora.haider@wsu.edu.