May 10-13, 2010 (CBC sessions: May 10-11)
University Conference Center
UC-Davis
Davis, CA
Forum Announcement
Forum Presentation
The California Biomass Collaborative held its seventh annual forum on biomass, in conjunction with the UC-Davis Energy Institute’s UC Energy Week 2010, May 10-13, at the new UC-Davis university conference center. Concurrently, the California Renewable Energy Collaborative also held meetings of the wind, solar, and geothermal collaboratives. In addition to these sessions, there was also a clean tech summit, which covered issues of resource accessibility, science challenges, energy efficiency, and integration of alternative energy sources, and an event wrap-up by the California Integrated Renewable Energy Systems group.
The CBC forum sessions covered: new directives, state mandates, and the Bioenergy Interagency Working Group’s new Bioenergy Action Plan; sustainability standards for agricultural and forest biomass use; and best uses and appropriate policies and definitions for urban-derived biomass and food processing wastes. See the Forum Announcement, below, for more information.
Program and Proceedings
May 10th, 2010 (Day 1)
Planning for Biomass Energy Development
Session, Speaker
- Opening and Welcome: Forum logistics, agenda, and survey, Stephen Kaffka, California Biomass Collaborative – PDF
- Keynote Presentation: Developing Biomass Energy in California, James Boyd, California Energy Commission – PDF, Video
Session 1—Revisiting California’s Bioenergy Action Plan
Moderator: Bryan Jenkins
Session, Speaker
- Programmatic EIR for Dairy Digester and Co-Digester Facilities, Clay Rodgers – PDF, Video
- Permitting of Anaerobic Digesters in California, Ken Decio, CalRecycle – Video
- Forest Practice and State Greenhouse Gas Goals, Bill Snyder – Video
- Sustainable Sourcing for Biomass Fuels, Bill Kinney, California Energy Commission – Video
- Panel Discussion – Video
Session 2—Sustainability Standards and Biomass Projects
Moderator: Stephen Kaffka
Session, Speaker
- A Brief History of Sustainability, Stephen Kaffka, California Biomass Collaborative – Video
- Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels: Key Challenges, Alissa Kendall, UC Davis – PDF, Video
- AB 118 Sustainability Program and Standards, Jim McKinney, California Energy Commission – PDF, Video
- Sustainability Provisions for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Mike Waugh, California Air Resources Board – PDF, Video
- Production Sustainability Standards, John Heissenbuttel, Council on Sustainable Biomass Production – PDF, Video
- International Standards of Sustainability for Biofuels: Overview and Status Update, Sonia Yeh, UC Davis – PDF, Video
- Sustainability Standards and Certification, Jeff Dlott, Protected Harvest – PDF, Video
- Lodi Winegrape Commission’s Sustainable Winegrowing Program, Cliff Ohmart, Lodi-Woodbridge Wine Growers – PDF, Video
- Specialty Crop Standards, Hank Giclas, Western Growers – PDF, Video
- Organic Standards, Claudia Reid, California Coalition of Organic Farmers – PDF, Video
- Sustainably Produced Bioenergy, Debbie Hammel, National Resources Defense Council – PDF, Video
- Industry Perspectives: Western States Petroleum Association, Cathy Reheis-Boyd, Western States Petroleum Association – PDF, Video
- Industry Perspectives: Community Fuels, Christopher Guay, Community Fuels – Video
- Industry Perspectives: Pacific Ethanol, Neil Koehler, Pacific Ethanol – Video
- Wrap-up, Stephen Kaffka, California Biomass Collaborative
May 11th, 2010 (Day 2)
Managing Urban-Derived Biomass
Session, Speaker
- Opening and Welcome: Forum agenda, Stephen Kaffka, California Biomass Collaborative – PDF
Session 3—Alternative Uses for Urban-Derived Biomass
Moderator: Clark Williams
Session, Speaker
- Urban Biomass Utilization, Howard Levenson (for Mark Leary), CalRecycle – Video
- Biomass and the Renewable Portfolio Standard, Anthony Eggert, California Energy Commission – PDF, Video
- Uses for Urban-Derived Biomass for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Mike Waugh (for Michelle Werner), California Air Resources Board – PDF, Video
- AB 222: Needed Statutory Reforms, Kay Martin, BioEnergy Producers Association – PDF, Video
Session 4—Jurisdiction-Sponsored Deployment of Urban Biomass Conversion Technology
Moderator: Jacques Franco
Session, Speaker
- City of San Jose Zero Waste Strategies and Case Studies, Michele Young, City of San Jose – PDF, Video
- Refuse to Resource: A Municipal Framework for a Future without Landfills, Patrick Mathews, Salinas Valley Waste Management Authority – PDF, Video
- Los Angeles County Conversion Technology Demonstration Project Update, Coby Skye, Los Angeles County – PDF, Video
Session 5—Private Deployment of Urban Biomass Conversion Technology
Moderator: Fernando Berton
Session, Speaker
- Waste-to-Fuels: Advancing the Best Low Carbon Fuel Pathway for California, Ted Kneische, Fulcrum Bioenergy – PDF, Video
- Anaerobic Digestion and the Path to Zero Waste, Paul Relis, UC Santa Barbara – Video
- Extracting Value from Organics, Paul Sellew, Harvest Power – PDF, Video
- In-City and On-Farm Projects, Kevin Best, Real Energy – PDF, Video
Session 6 — Financing Urban Biomass Conversion Technology
Moderator: Stephen Kaffka
Session, Speaker
- AB 118: California’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Funding Program, Bill Kinney, California Energy Commission – PDF, Video
- Project Funding Opportunies, Ari Elden, Kennedy Jenks, Consultants – Video
- Tax Exempt Bond Project Financing, Michael Paparian, California Pollution Control Financing Authority – PDF, Video