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Chena River Convention Center, Fairbanks, Alaska
November 14-15, 2007

Click on links to download presentations given at the conference

Wednesday, November 14

9:00am - Keynote Addresses

• Ginger Placeres, Tanana Chiefs Conference
• The Honorable Jim Whittaker, Mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough
• Ron Miller, Executive Director, AIDEA - Alaska Energy Authority
• George Cannelos, Federal Co-Chair, Denali Commission

10:15am - Wood as a Renewable Energy Source

• National Strategy on Biomass Energy (Roger Taylor, Natioal Renewable Energy Lab)
• Renewable Energy Policies and Incentives (Chris Rose, Renewable Energy Alaska Project)
• Proposed Alaska Strategy for Wood Energy Development (Peter Crimp, Alaska Energy authority)
• Interior Alaska Energy Alternatives (Steve Haagenson, Golden Valley Electric Association)

1:00pm - Field Proven Wood Energy Systems

• Fuels for Schools (Angela Farr, Montana State Forestry)
• Sawmill Waste-fired System to Heat Dry Kilns (John Squires, Logging and Milling Associates)
• Craig, Alaska Wood Energy Project Update (Jon Bolling, City of Craig)
• Oujé-Bougoumou, Quebec, Canada, Community District Energy System (via video, Carl Chaboyer, Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation)

3:15pm - Field Proven Wood Energy Systems (continued)

• Dot Lake, Alaska Cordwood Energy System (Dave Frederick, Garn Boiler)
• City of Tanana Wood-fired Boiler System (Bear Ketzler, Tanana)
• Small Wood Power Demonstration for Alaska (Gwen Holdmann, Chena Hot Springs)
• Oregon Wood Energy Project Successes - Lessons for Alaska (Scott Leavengood, Oregon State University)

Thursday, November 15

8:30am - Providing a Sustainable Fuel Supply

• Renewable Energy from Alaska's Forest Land (Mark Eliot, Alaska State Forestry)
• Wood Residues for Energy in Alaska (Allen Brackley, USDA Forest Service)
• Managing Forests for Fuel and Other Values (Peter Olsen, Alaska Village Initiatives)
• Carbon Sequestration and Biomass Fuels (Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks)
• Rural Firewood Business Opportunities (Lee Elder, University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension)

10:15am - New Markets and Technologies

• Maintaining Air Quality (Tom Chapple, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation)
• Delta Junction Pellet Facility (Bob Supernaw)
• Fairbanks Pellet Facility - Update and Plans (Chad Schumacher, NPI, LLC; John Bradley, Fulghum Fibrefuels)
• Kenai Peninsula Pellet Facility - Update and Plans (Bruce Petska, Hughes Pellets Alaska, LLC)
• Sweden and Woody Biomass Innovation (Bjorn Forsberg, Consultant, Göran Westerland, Fulghum Fibrefuels)

1:00pm - New Markets and Technologies (continued)

• Recent Advances in Liquid Fuels from Wood (Roger Tayloir, National Renewable Energy Lab)
• Bio-oil Potential for Alaska (Andy Soria, University of Alaska Fairbanks)
• Small-scale Wood Biomass Gasification (Tom Miles, T.R. Miles Consulting, Portland, OR)
• Biomass Energy Research and Development at Cold Climate Housing Research Center (Dave Misiuk, CCHRC)

3:15pm - New Project Opportunities

• Panel:  Community Wood Energy Project Feasibility  (Dan Parrent, Juneau Economic Development Council; Charlie Sink, Chugachmiut)

 

 

 

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