Link to Opinion Editorial

2008-04-22T09:02:00.000-07:00

The Willamette Valley Biomass Working Group had an opinion piece published in the Register Guard Sunday, April 20, 2008 about our work on the biomass and biofuels opportunities.
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=95510&sid=5&fid=1

Studying Local Renewable Energy

2008-04-20T12:22:00.000-07:00

The Willamette Valley Biomass Working Group is collaborating with a wide array of local and regional entities to study the feasibility of turning local "waste" streams into renewable energy. This collaborative partnership has already been awarded one federal and two state grants totaling $400,000. Read our successful grant proposals and project documents at the following link: http://www.lanecounty.org/CAO_EconDev/Energy.htm

Documents to Review

2008-04-11T18:45:00.000-07:00

The following documents are from a wide range of sources. They are intended to provide background and information into various renewable energy subjects. The documents are arranged by category.

Oregon Specific Documents

Biofuels in Oregon and Washington:
A Business Case Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges (2008)http://www.pnl.gov/biobased/docs/biomass_business_case.pdf

OREGON BIOFUELS AND BIOMASS: Woody Biomass in Oregon -
Current Uses, Barriers and Opportunities for Increased Utilization,
And Research Needs
Oregon State University; May 2007
http://inr.oregonstate.edu/download/UtilizationForestBiomass_May07.pdf

OREGON BIOFUELS AND BIOMASS: Potential Project Survey including
Regulatory Barriers; Oregon State University; May 2007
http://inr.oregonstate.edu/download/BioenergySurveyReport%20_May%2007.pdf

Biofuel Potential in Oregon: Background and Evaluation of Options
Oregon State University; January 2007
http://arec.oregonstate.edu/faculty2/Biofuels%20in%20Oregon%20Jan%2030.pdf.

Biomass Energy and Biofuels from Oregon’s Forests
Oregon Forest Resources Institute; June 30, 2006
http://www.oregonforests.org/media/pdf/Biomass_Full_Report.pdf

State of Oregon Forest Biomass Working Group : A Report to theGovernor’s Renewable Energy Working Group (2005)
http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Biomass/docs/final_report_06_PDF.pdf

Oregon’s Renewable Energy Action Plan (2005)http://oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/docs/FinalREAP.pdf

RENEWABLE ENERGY: AN OREGON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (2005)
http://www.oregonclusters.org/Docs/032505%20FINAL%20RE%20Report%20to%20OECDD%20-%20final%20(2).pdf

Renewable Energy Economic Development Strategy Action Plan (2005)
http://www.oregonclusters.org/Docs/Actionplans-energy%20OBA-3-26-05.pdf

A Model Ordinance for Energy Projects (2005)http://www.governor.state.or.us/ENERGY/SITING/docs/ModelEnergyOrdinance.pdf

Oregon Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Reductions Governor’s Advisory Group On Global Warming State of Oregon, December 2004
http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/GBLWRM/docs/GWReport-FInal.pdf

Western Forest Health and Biomass Energy Potential: A Report to the Oregon Office of Energy - Introduction (2001)
http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Biomass/docs/WFH/front.pdf

Western Forest Health and Biomass Energy Potential: A Report to the Oregon Office of Energy – Part I—Forests and Biomass (2001)
http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Biomass/docs/WFH/part1.pdf

Western Forest Health and Biomass Energy Potential: A Report to the Oregon Office of Energy – Part II—Biomass Energy (2001)Considerationshttp://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Biomass/docs/WFH/part2.pdf

OREGON CELLULOSE-ETHANOL STUDY: An evaluation of the potential for ethanol production in Oregon using cellulose-based feedstocks (2000)http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Biomass/docs/OCES/OCES.PDF

Biomass to Energy

Status Report Europeon Biomass Biorefinery (2007)http://www.biorefinery.nl/fileadmin/biorefinery/docs/publications/StatusDocumentBiorefinery2007final211107.pdf
Office of the Biomass Program US DOE 2007 - 21012 Workplan
http://www.inl.gov/bioenergy/reports/d/1012_mypp_07-12.pdf

Linking Distributed Electricity Production from Alternative
Energy Sources to the Traditional Generation and Transmission
System (2007)
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/Special%20Study%20On%20Farm%20Generation_Booz%20Allen.pdf

Alcohol Fuels from Biomass –
Assessment of Production Technologies (2007)http://www.westgov.org/wga/initiatives/biomass/ASSESSMENT-BIOALCOHOL-tech.pdf

Research, Development & Demonstration of Advanced
Bioenergy Concepts in California (2007)http://biomass.ucdavis.edu/materials/forums%20and%20workshops/f2007/f2007_Tiangco.pdf

Biomass Energy Data Book (2006)
http://devafdc.nrel.gov/pdfs/9737.pdf

Biomass as Feedstock: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply (2005)
http://www.inl.gov/bioenergy/reports/d/1011_billion_ton.pdf

Biomass Gasification (2004)
http://www.wisbiorefine.org/proc/biomassgas.pdf

Roadmap for Agricultural Biomass Feedstock Supplyin the United States (2003)
http://www.inl.gov/bioenergy/reports/d/1010_roadmap.pdf

Biomass for Electricity Generation (2002)
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/analysispaper/biomass/pdf/biomass.pdf

Straw to Energy

A New Look at On-farm Production of Bio-based Products from Grass Seed Straw (2006)
http://gscssa.wsu.edu/progress/06/1606.pdf

Feasibility of a Producer Owned Ground-Straw Feedstock Supply System for Bioethanol and other Products (Idaho 2006)
http://www.inl.gov/bioenergy/projects/d/1001_feasibility.pdf

An Engineering Review of Feasibility of a Producer Owned Ground-Straw Feedstock Supply for Bioethanol and other Products (Idaho 2006)
http://www.inl.gov/bioenergy/projects/d/1006_ch2m.pdf

Biomass Resource Feedstock Supply (Idaho 2006)
http://www.inl.gov/bioenergy/projects/d/1004_hess.pdf

Straw Value Add Committee - Final Report (Idaho 2006)
http://www.inl.gov/bioenergy/projects/d/1003_grantreport.pdf

Idaho Straw Assembly Business Models (Idaho 2006)
http://www.inl.gov/bioenergy/projects/d/1005_grant.pdf

Potential for on-farm conversion of straw to bioenergy in seed producing operations (2004)http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/seed-ext/Pub/2004/30.pdf

Gridley Ethanol Demonstration Project Utilizing Biomass
Gasification Technology: Pilot Plant Gasifier and SyngasConversion Testing - Rice Straw (2004)
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/37581.pdf

Straw Background Documents

High Yield Grass Seed Production and Water Quality Protection Handbook
http://forages.oregonstate.edu/organizations/seed/osc/brochures/water-quality/residue.html

Grass Seed Production and the Environment http://forages.oregonstate.edu/organizations/seed/osc/brochures/production-environment/brochure.pdf

Commodity Data Sheet (2008)
http://oregonstate.edu/oain/EconInfo/CDSFiles/cds08/grasseed.pdf

Waste to Energy

Organic Resource Recovery Through Advanced Anaerobic Digestion (2005)
http://www.onsitepowersystems.com/files/APSdigesterSummary_general_handout_4page_12_05.pdf

Biogasification of Organic Solid Wastes for Energy Production (2005)
http://www.apfct.com/download/report/AM%20Session/793.pdf

Developing a R.D.T. Digester System with Built-In Flexibility (2005)http://www.jgpress.com/Energy05/Zhang_M.pdf

WASTE TO ENERGY: A Guide for Local Authorities (AU)
http://www.bcse.org.au/docs/Publications_Reports/WasteToEnergy%20Report.pdf

Woody Biomass to Energy

Woody Biomass Issue Paper
Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition; June 2007
http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/pdf/policy/biomass/biobrief.pdf

Woody Biomass Users’ Experiences Offer Insights for Government Efforts Aimed at Promoting Its Use (2006)http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06336.pdf

Cellulosic Ethanol

Breaking the Biological Barriers to Cellulosic Ethanol
http://www.inl.gov/bioenergy/reports/d/1005_breaking_the_barriers_optmized.pdf

Anaerobic Digesters

Market Opportunities for Biogas Recovery Systems - A Guide to Identifying Candidates for On-Farm and Centralized Systems (2006)
http://www.epa.gov/agstar/pdf/biogas%20recovery%20systems_screenres.pdf

Feasibility of Generating Green Power through Anaerobic Digestion of Garden Refuse from the Sacramento Area (2005)
http://www.nerc.org/documents/sacramento_feasibility_study.pdf

Pyrolysis & Gasification

Thermochemical Ethanol viaIndirect Gasification and Mixed
Alcohol Synthesis of Lignocellulosic Biomass (2007)http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/41168.pdf

Sustainable Energy as Economic Development

Energizing Rural America: Local Ownership of Renewable Energy Production is the Key (2007)http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/01/pdf/rural_energy.pdf

Sustainable Energy in London http://www.tcpa.org.uk/downloads/TCPA_SustEnergy.pdf

Renewable Energy Project Financing

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RENEWABLE PROJECT FINANCE (2006)http://www.nrel.gov/technologytransfer/entrepreneurs/pdfs/19_forum/kayukov.pdf

Financing Renewable Energy (2006)http://www.nextenergy.org/ppt/tetpresentations/brucewoodry.ppt