November 2009

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This page includes information on news and events in November 2009. (News and events are archived here at the end of the month.)

Events

2 November 2009, Berlin Germany: International Workshop - Aquatic Biomass: Sustainable Bioenergy from Algae? (Themes: biomass, algae, Bioenergy)

13 November 2009, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA: Northeast Biochar Symposium 2009. (Themes: agriculture, biochar, carbon storage, soil)

16 November 2009, Washington, D.C., USA: The Energy Conversation - OMEGA: A Call to Action to Produce the Next Generation of Biofuels NOW. (Themes: algae, municipal solid waste, next generation biofuels)

16-18 November 2009, Rome, Italy: World Summit on Food Security. (Themes: agriculture, climate change, food security, food-versus-fuel debate, poverty)
- Preceded by a Civil Society Forum, 14-16 November 2009 in Rome.

16-19 November 2009, Washington, D.C., USA: Cellulosic Biofuels Summit 2009. (Themes: cellulosic biofuels, feedstocks, finance, supply chain, technology)

30 November - 11 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark: Meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change & Kyoto Protocol (COP 15). (Themes: climate change, international cooperation)
- See the Official COP 15 Website

RSB Releases "Version One" of its standards for better biofuels, 20 November 2009 by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels: "The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels has released Version One of its international standard for better biofuel production and processing. The standard includes the Principles & Criteria and an associated guidance document, detailed compliance indicators, and the glossary of terms."[1]

DOE and USDA Award $24 Million in Biomass Grants, 18 November 2009 by EERE News: "DOE and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on November 12 more than $24 million in grants for the research and development (R&D) of biofuels, bioenergy, and high-value biobased products. The grants will support a dozen projects aimed at increasing the availability of biofuels and other products produced from biomass."
- "Six projects involve R&D in biomass conversion technologies, including...develop[ing] kinetic models of biomass gasification" and "develop[ing] a yeast fermentation organism that can cost-effectively convert cellulosic-derived sugars into isobutanol, a second-generation biofuel that balances high octane content and low vapor pressure".
- "Three grants will support biomass feedstock development" including "develop[ing] a form of switchgrass with new traits that eliminate the need for both expensive pretreatment equipment and enzymes".
- "The final three awards will support analyses of future biofuels production. Purdue University will analyze the global impacts of second-generation biofuels within the context of other energy technologies, as well as alternative economic and climate change policy options".[2]

(Tennessee Governor) Bredesen calls biofuel criticism 'outrageous', 6 November 2009 by KnoxNews.com: Tennessee "Gov. Phil Bredesen branded a legislative attack on the BioFuels Initiative he launched two years ago as 'ridiculous' and 'outrageous' Thursday and said it endangers an unannounced 'very large investment in East Tennessee.'"
- A Fiscal Review Committee report "noted that the project has changed substantially from what was projected in 2007, when legislators approved $70 million in state spending on the initiative."
- "A central point was that legislators were told two years ago that the pilot project would produce 5 million gallons of ethanol per year from switchgrass - an amount now reduced to 250,000 gallons with initial production involving corn cobs."[3]

Journal of Industrial Ecology publishes set of articles on GHG-intensity of corn-ethanol, 6 November 2009 by Journal of Industrial Ecology: A set of recent articles, editorials and letters that comprise a lively debate about the greenhouse gas emissions attributable to corn ethanol have shown the GHG intensity of corn ethanol to be between 56 and 60 gCO2e per MJ – or about 60% that of California reformulated gasoline blendstock. This debate has shown that reasoned discussion can move us toward a consensus about models and parameter estimates, but also how prevalent simple mistakes in modeling are and how arduous the process of rooting them out can be.

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