Expanding Biofuel Production - Sustainability and the Transition to Advanced Biofuels - Lessons from the Upper Midwest for Sustainability
Lussier Family Heritage Center
3101 Lake Farm Road
Madison, Wisconsin
June 23-24, 2009
An ad hoc committee organized a workshop in June 2009 that assessed the sustainability impacts of expanding biofuel production at a regional level. Workshop participants assessed lessons learned from dramatic increases in corn based fuels and identified the implications of advanced biofuel production, examining feedstock production, refining, distribution and use. The objective of the workshop was to inform local, state and federal decision-makers and to suggest policies that could be developed to encourage more sustainable practices and to mitigate potentially adverse impacts on specific regions of the country as the U.S. transitions to the next generation of biofuels.
This workshop was supported by the Energy Foundation and the National Academies' George and Cynthia Mitchell Endowment for Sustainability Science.
Agenda
Expanding Biofuel Production - Sustainability and the Transition to Advanced Biofuels - Lessons from the Upper Midwest for Sustainability (PDF 34KB)
Presentations
U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), Implications for State Biofuels Policies
The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA): Proposed Changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) (131 KB)
Overview: Regional Biofuels' Policies (Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa)
An Overview of Wisconsin Policies Relating to Biofuels (1.8 MB)
A Transition to Advanced Biofuels: Where Are We?
Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts (169 KB)
Next Generation Hydrocarbon Biorefineries (6.9 MB)
Sustainability and a Transition to Advanced Biofuels
Sustainable Biofuels (3.6 MB)
The Economics of Expanding Biofuel Production in the Upper Midwest (Panel Discussion)
Biofuels and Rural Development (622 KB)
Economics of Expanding Biofuel Production in the Upper Midwest (1.5 MB)
The Environment and Health (Panel Discussion)
The Environment and Health (Panel Discussion) (1.2 MB)
Connections Between Midwest Agriculture, Bioenergy, and Water Quality (9.8 MB)
Looking Beyond GHG, Land Use, Energy, and Biodiversity - Other Environmental, Health, and Safety Considerations (2.7 MB)
Biofuels: Roadmap to Sustainable Landscapes (230 KB)
The Business of Biofuels: Perspectives from the Investment Community and Industry (Panel Discussion)
BP Biofuels: Achieving Better, More Sustainable Biofuels, Sooner (446 KB)
Expanding Biofuel Production: An Investor's Perspective (645 KB)
Role of the RFS in Inducing Investment in Cellulosic Biofuels Refineries (29 KB)
Research for Decision-Makers (Panel Discussion)
Research for Decision Makers: Federal Research Relevant to Sustainability (1.7 MB)
Sustainable Bioenergy Production: A U.S. Department of Energy Perspective (1.2 MB)
Impact of Rapid Land-Use Change in the Northern Great Plains: Integrated Modeling of Land-Use Patterns, Biophysical Responses, Sustainability, and Economic and Environmental Consequences (3.7 MB)
Biofuels Bonanza?: Exploring Community Perceptions of the Promises and Perils of Biofuels Production (2.6 MB)
Tools to Inform Policy Choices (Panel Discussion)
Sustainable Biofuels and Bioproducts from our Forests: Meeting the Challenge (2.5 KB)
Metrics Models and Tools for Evaluating the Impacts of Biofuels (851 KB)
Tools to Inform Policy Choices: A Technology Policy Perspective (1.9 MB)
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Steering Committee
