Biofuels from Forest-Based Biomass

Monday, February 18, 2008
2008 Advancing Science, Serving Society (AAAS) Annual Meeting
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biofuels from Forest-Based Biomass topic organized by Marcia Patton-Mallory, USDA Forest Service, and Paul Grabowski, U.S. Department of Energy.

Speakers' Presentations

• Engineering Woody Feedstocks for Biofuels, Overview of Federal R&D Efforts (PDF, 2.1 MB)
  Marcia Patton-Mallory, Ph.D., U.S. Forest Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
• Assessment of Technology Advancements in the Manufacturing of Lignocellulosic Biofuels (PDF, 0.6 MB)
  Steve Kelley, Professor and Department Head, Wood and Paper Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
• The Value Prior to Pulping (VPP) Platform for Biomass Utilization (PDF, 0.8 MB)
  John G. Cowie Ph.D., Director, Technology Management and Deployment, American Forest and Paper Association, Washington, DC, USA
• The Fermentation Pathway of Biofuel from Forest-Based Biomass
  Min Zhang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
• A Compelling Business Case for Forest Forest-Based Biofuel (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  Peter J. Ince, U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
• European Perspective of Forest-Based Bioenergy Development (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  Dr. Markku Karlsson, UPM-Kymmene Corporation, Helsinki, Finland