Program: Tuesday, November 9, 2004
BioCycle Presents The Fourth Annual Conference On:
Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling
November 8, 9, 10, 2004 • Des Moines, Iowa • Renaissance Savery Hotel
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TUESDAY, November 9, 2004
Morning 8:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Concurrent Session A
New Methods/Markets Using Wood For Renewable Power
ENERGY COMPARISONS USING WOOD FUEL
Experiences in using wood, natural gas, and other fuel sources; Heat recovery data with green wood and dried wooden pallets; Materials handling methods.
Jeff Koster, Koster Grain, Inc.
WOOD FUEL UTILIZATION IN DIVERSIFIED MARKETS
National and international developments; Analysis of equipment and emerging opportunities.
Joseph Murray, Green Energy Resources
ENERGY RECOVERY FROM WASTE WOOD IN A CENTRAL CITY AREA
Supplying community power requirements through use of wood residuals; Interactive software programs; Environmental and economic data; Commercial equipment available.
John Madole, J. Christopher Madole Associates
CONVERTING AN INCINERATOR FACILITY INTO A BIOMASS POWER PLANT
Financing and operating a 20 megawatt heat/
power plant that will use clean wood waste from urban forest and industrial generators; Updated technologies/materials handling methods.
Michael Krause, Green Institute
Upgrading Anaerobic Digestion System Performance
IMPROVING STATUS OF ON-FARM DIGESTER SYSTEMS IN THE MIDWEST
Systems and performance of digesters; Numbers, types, modifications; Review of owner experiences.
Joe Kramer, Resource Strategies, Inc.
WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE IN FARM-SCALE DIGESTION
Case studies of digesters designed for dairy operations in California; Descriptions of technologies; Lessons learned.
Doug Williams, Williams Engineering Associates
PRODUCING ENERGY AND COMPOST FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
Integrated approach to diverting organics from landfills; Evaluating technologies and processing equipment; Determining economics of different systems; Integrating with composting operation.
Robert Craggs, R.W. Beck, Inc.
Morning 8:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Concurrent Session B
Sustainable And Organic Agriculture — The Energy Connection
COMPOST IN LOW-ENERGY AGRICULTURE
How sales of certified organic crops offset any additional costs; Compost as critical component of soil fertility techniques in organic horticulture operations in Iowa.
Kathleen Delate, Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, Iowa State University
ENERGY CROPS FUELED WITH BIOSOLIDS
Connecting municipal wastewater solids with fertilization of canola as an energy crop; Production of biodiesel; Additional benefits of biosolids recycling in sustainable agriculture systems.
Ted Durfey, Emerald Ranches/Natural Selection Farms
IMPACT OF AN ORGANICS RECYCLING SITE ON A REGION'S ECONOMIC FUTURE
Evaluation study answers critical questions for dealing with dairy, cheese and meatpacking wastes; Protecting jobs and soil/air/water.
Brad Holtz, Green Bay (WI) Land Conservation District
SAVING ENERGY ON ORGANIC FARMS
From linking industrial and agricultural generators in a region’s wasteshed ... to first-hand management of an organic orchard, a soil scientist makes the right connections.
The Powerful Role Of Compost
COMPOST ALTERNATIVES TO PETROLEUM-BASED PRODUCTS
Research demonstrates effectiveness of compost in erosion and sediment control and storm water management — making it a potential replacement product for petroleum-based silt fence; Relevance to compost use as an alternative to petrochemical products.
Tom Glanville, Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
GREEN ROOFS AS ENERGY SAVER, URBAN WATER PROTECTOR
Role of rooftop gardens in insulating buildings and moderating temperatures; Use of compost in soil matrix; Added benefit of significant reductions in storm water runoff.
COMPOST, SOIL ORGANIC MATTER — AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Quantifying carbon sequestration in soils amended with compost, biosolids and other organic amendments; Comparing carbon balance and energy recovery of organics recycling management technologies versus landfilling.
Jim McNelly, Renewable Carbon Management, LLC
Afternoon 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Plenary Session
Energy Independence Via Biomass
RESEARCH FOCUS ON ORGANICS REUSE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Hydrogen, biopolymers, and other value-added products from thermochemical treatment of by-product streams.
Robert Brown, Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies, Iowa State University
USE OF BIOMASS IN EUROPE TO GENERATE HEAT, ENERGY AND BIODIESEL
Fulfilling the potential through large numbers of operational facilities; How mandatory organics recycling policies led to innovative commercial treatment systems for MSW (examples from Germany).
Anke Wienand and Karl Ambratis, International Economic and Ecological Services
CONTEMPORARY AND PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOGAS RENEWABLE ENERGY IN CALIFORNIA
Overview of the California Energy Commission’s PIER Renewable program on biogas power and heat generation from dairy manure, sewage wastewater sludge, and food processing wastewater.
Zhiqin Zhang, California Energy Commission
ORGANICS RECYCLING AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Highlighting the impact organics recycling — from composting and compost use to biofuel and power production — has on moving nations toward energy independence; How to take advantage of renewable energy credits to improve project and program economics. New perspective on national security.
Nora Goldstein, BioCycle
George Savage, CalRecovery, Inc.
Evening 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Special Session
ORGANICS RECYCLING IN THE MIDWEST — ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Informal session hosted by regional agencies provides an opportunity for networking on incentives/regulations/renewable energy mandates to recycle organics into fuel, feed, compost and mulch.
