Archives: November 2007
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20 November 2007
WFU to present innovative workshop at Mid-State Technical College
Event features experts and leaders in the biofuels field
On Tuesday, December 4, 2007, Wisconsin Farmers Union, Mid-State Technical College, Great Lakes Energy Consulting and the Consortium for Education in Renewable Energy Technology (CERET), will sponsor an innovative workshop entitled “Sustainable Biofuels and Local Climate Change Solutions”, to be held at Mid-State’s Wisconsin Rapids campus. (more…)
16 November 2007
Berkeley’s Pact With BP for Research Institute Gives Company Favorable Terms on Intellectual Property
The University of California at Berkeley and its two academic partners have signed the much-anticipated and controversial contract with the energy giant BP for the new $500-million Energy Biosciences Institute. Some of the intellectual-property terms of the research sponsorship, which favor BP, appear to be unusual for a university-industry deal. (more…)
15 November 2007
November 20th Event: Adopting Alternative Fuels Provides New Markets in the Pacific Northwest Presentation
You are cordially invited to a reception and presentation entitled
Adopting Alternative Fuels Provides New Markets in the Pacific Northwest featuring
Mark Fitz, JD
StarOilco
Portland, Oregon
The presentation will focus on the alternative fuel industry and market in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest has clearly been the leader in embracing the usage of alternative fuels and lowering our carbon footprint. Q&A will be an active part of this presentation. Please join us on:
November 20, 2007
at
Marquette University’s
College of Engineering
2:30 p.m.
Reception at Olin Engineering Center - Room 204
3:00 p.m.
Presentation at Olin Engineering Center - Room 202
Olin Engineering Center
RSVP by noon Monday, Nov. 19 to Paradigm Sensors (414)462-8370 or LPassot@paradigmsensors.com
Parking is available in the structure on 16th St. and Wisconsin Avenue
Graciously sponsored by Marquette University and Paradigm Sensors
7 November 2007
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) document
From the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), download a pdf version of
“Examining the Global Environmental Implications of Current & Future Biofuel Strategies“
7 November 2007
Nearly three out of four Americans are pro-ethanol says survey
By Tom Johnston on 11/2/2007 for Meatingplace.com
Despite agriculture’s skepticism about the feasibility of relying on renewable fuels to reduce America’s reliance on foreign fuels, the general public favors the idea of filling their gas tanks with corn-based ethanol and the like.
According to a recent survey, some 74 percent of Americans say the United States should increase domestic production of renewable fuels.
(more…)
7 November 2007
Seminar looks at switchgrass ecology, genetics, agronomics, economics and feedstock properties — Nov. 13
USDA-ARS geneticist Ken Vogel will present a seminar on switchgrass for bioenergy on Tuesday, November 13. The seminar, titled Ecology, Genetics, Agronomics, Economics, and Feedstock Properties of an Emerging Energy Crop, is scheduled for 3:30 pm on Nov. 13 in the Ebling Symposium Center of the Microbial Sciences Building. Vogel works at the Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit at Lincoln, NE and has an active switchgrass breeding and evaluation program. His breeding expertise and collaborative efforts are focused on developing switchgrass, a native prairie grass, as a biomass energy crop that may yield twice the ethanol of corn. As a perennial plant, switchgrass has advantages of not needing annual planting and tillage, saving soil and energy.
The seminar is presented as the annual Dale Smith Lecture, hosted by the Department of Agronomy.
20 November 2007
WFU to present innovative workshop at Mid-State Technical College
Event features experts and leaders in the biofuels field
On Tuesday, December 4, 2007, Wisconsin Farmers Union, Mid-State Technical College, Great Lakes Energy Consulting and the Consortium for Education in Renewable Energy Technology (CERET), will sponsor an innovative workshop entitled “Sustainable Biofuels and Local Climate Change Solutions”, to be held at Mid-State’s Wisconsin Rapids campus. (more…)
16 November 2007
Berkeley’s Pact With BP for Research Institute Gives Company Favorable Terms on Intellectual Property
The University of California at Berkeley and its two academic partners have signed the much-anticipated and controversial contract with the energy giant BP for the new $500-million Energy Biosciences Institute. Some of the intellectual-property terms of the research sponsorship, which favor BP, appear to be unusual for a university-industry deal. (more…)
15 November 2007
November 20th Event: Adopting Alternative Fuels Provides New Markets in the Pacific Northwest Presentation
You are cordially invited to a reception and presentation entitled
Adopting Alternative Fuels Provides New Markets in the Pacific Northwest featuring
Mark Fitz, JD
StarOilco
Portland, Oregon
The presentation will focus on the alternative fuel industry and market in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest has clearly been the leader in embracing the usage of alternative fuels and lowering our carbon footprint. Q&A will be an active part of this presentation. Please join us on:
November 20, 2007
at
Marquette University’s
College of Engineering
2:30 p.m.
Reception at Olin Engineering Center - Room 204
3:00 p.m.
Presentation at Olin Engineering Center - Room 202
Olin Engineering Center
RSVP by noon Monday, Nov. 19 to Paradigm Sensors (414)462-8370 or LPassot@paradigmsensors.com
Parking is available in the structure on 16th St. and Wisconsin Avenue
Graciously sponsored by Marquette University and Paradigm Sensors
7 November 2007
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) document
From the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), download a pdf version of
“Examining the Global Environmental Implications of Current & Future Biofuel Strategies“
7 November 2007
Nearly three out of four Americans are pro-ethanol says survey
By Tom Johnston on 11/2/2007 for Meatingplace.com
Despite agriculture’s skepticism about the feasibility of relying on renewable fuels to reduce America’s reliance on foreign fuels, the general public favors the idea of filling their gas tanks with corn-based ethanol and the like.
According to a recent survey, some 74 percent of Americans say the United States should increase domestic production of renewable fuels.
(more…)
7 November 2007
Seminar looks at switchgrass ecology, genetics, agronomics, economics and feedstock properties — Nov. 13
USDA-ARS geneticist Ken Vogel will present a seminar on switchgrass for bioenergy on Tuesday, November 13. The seminar, titled Ecology, Genetics, Agronomics, Economics, and Feedstock Properties of an Emerging Energy Crop, is scheduled for 3:30 pm on Nov. 13 in the Ebling Symposium Center of the Microbial Sciences Building. Vogel works at the Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit at Lincoln, NE and has an active switchgrass breeding and evaluation program. His breeding expertise and collaborative efforts are focused on developing switchgrass, a native prairie grass, as a biomass energy crop that may yield twice the ethanol of corn. As a perennial plant, switchgrass has advantages of not needing annual planting and tillage, saving soil and energy.
The seminar is presented as the annual Dale Smith Lecture, hosted by the Department of Agronomy.
