Bioenergy in rural development

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Production, processing and sale of biofuels and bioenergy can contribute to rural development.

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BioTown, USA - "BioTown, USA" is a project to make the town of Reynolds, Indiana self-sufficient in energy by using biomass resources.
- The town is currently installing a "Technology Suite" as part of phase II of the project that will consist of anaerobic digestion, gasification, and fast pyrolysis technologies converting municipal and agricultural waste into electricity, biofertilizer, thermal energy and biodiesel.
- The BioTown, USA Sourcebook of Biomass Energy (pdf) by Mark Jenner, PhD; Indiana State Department of Agriculture and Reynolds, Indiana, 3 April 2006. The sourcebook outlines the biomass resources and technologies potentially available to the town.

Validation Report of a Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Biomass Gasifier Power Plant Project in the north-Indian State of Bihar (pdf) by Andreas Gantenbein (Validation by Prof. D. Spreng), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, October 2005.

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Gases: Biopropane \| Biogas \| Synthetic natural gas \| Syngas Liquids: Biodiesel \| Biobutanol \| Biogasoline \| Biokerosene \| Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) \| Dimethyl ether (DME) ETBE \| Ethanol \| Methanol \| Pure plant oil (PPO) \| Pyrolysis oil \| Synthetic Natural Gas Solids: Biomass pellets \| Char/Charcoal \| Wood

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