The California Biomass Collaborative

A Statewide Partnership of Government, Industry, Academia, and Environmental Organizations

First Annual Forum:

January 8, 2004
Cal-EPA Building
1001 I St.
Sacramento, CA

The California Biomass Collaborative held its first annual forum in Sacramento on January 8, 2004. The forum provided an opportunity to hear about the current activities of the Collaborative and to provide recommendations for future directions and actions. Nearly two hundred people attended the forum, including representatives from industry, government, academia, environmental organizations, and other sectors. The first forum covered a variety of topics of importance to biomass resource development in California, including:

• Renewable energy, biomass, and the role of the California Biomass Collaborative
• California's biomass resources: an assessment of current and future potential for fuel and electricity production
• Bioenergy and biopower in California: an inventory of the state's biomass facilities
• Environmental, regulatory, and permitting issues in biomass development
• Research and innovation, and global perspectives

Forum Program, with Proceedings when available (all in .pdf):
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Registration and Reception
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome Terry Tamminen, Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
9:15 - 9:35	Renewable Energy, Biomass, and the California Biomass Collaborative James Boyd, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
9:35 - 10:40	Session 1: California Biomass Resources Moderator: John Shelly, University of California
	Statewide Biomass Assessment—Current inventory and future potentials Bryan Jenkins, Executive Director, California Biomass Collaborative
	Statewide Biomass Future Potentials for Electricity Generation Val Tiangco, California Energy Commission
	Biomass Fuel Supply and Resource Development Tony Wetzel, Energy Projects Consultant
	Natural Resources and Biomass Policies William Craven, Principal Consultant, California State Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee
10:40 - 10:55	Break
10:55 - 12:00	Session 2: Bioenergy and Biopower in California Moderator: Gregg Morris, Future Resources Associates
	Survey of State Biomass Facilities for the California Biomass Facilities Reporting System Randy Bates, Bates Consulting
	Legislation and Policy Relating to Biomass Power Generation Lawrence Lingbloom, Consultant, California State Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee
	European Technology Overview and Relevance to California Ted Atwood, Global Greenlife Institute
	Landfill Gas to Energy in California Patrick Sullivan, SCS Engineers
12:00 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 - 1:30	Agriculture and Biomass Production in California A.G. Kawamura, Secretary, Food and Agriculture
1:30 - 2:30	Session 3: Environmental, Regulatory, and Permitting Issues in Biomass Development Moderator: Loyd Forrest, TSS Consultants
	Regulation, Permitting, and Biomass Policy Phil Reese, California Biomass Energy Alliance
	Biomass Energy--Air Permitting Issues Dave Warner, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
	Potential Impacts of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act on Biomass in California Paul Mason, Sierra Club
2:30 - 2:45	Break
2:45 - 4:15	Session 4: Research and Innovation in Biomass Development Moderator: Toni Symonds, AgWorks California
	Global (International) Perspectives in Biomass Policy and Research Ralph Overend, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
	Federal Research Agenda for Biomass John Ferrel, US Department of Energy
	Developing Collaborative Objectives for Biomass Policy in California Kay Martin, Environmental and Energy Resources Department, Ventura County Gregg Morris, Future Resources Associates
	Prospective Research Agenda for the California Biomass Collaborative Linda Blevins, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore
4:15 - 5:00	Session 5: Discussion and Wrap-up Moderator: Gary Matteson, California Biomass Collaborative
	Preliminary Summary of Forum Surveys Martha Gildart, California Biomass Collaborative
	Questions and Comments from the Floor
	Forum summary George Simons, California Energy Commission
	Concluding remarks Bryan Jenkins, California Biomass Collaborative
5:00	Adjourn

California Biomass Collaborative, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616-5924
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