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Westmark Hotel, Fairbanks, Alaska — April 25-27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Tours – 2 buses/4 vans tour each facility at alternating times: $15/pp both tours
3rd bus tours Superior Pellet Fuel and then K&K Recycling
2:30–6pm Bus A: Tour of Superior Pellet Fuel: meet at hotel lobby at 2:00pm.
2:30–6pm Bus B: Tour of K&K Recycling: meet at hotel lobby at 2:00pm.
5:15-8:30pm Bus C: Tour of Superior Pellet Fuel meet at hotel lobby at 4:45pm.
Dinner on your own
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Day 1 • Resource Issues
7:00 Registration
8:00-8:20 Welcome
Master of Ceremony: Peter Crimp (AEA) Deputy Director-Alternative Energy and Energy Efficiency
Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell
Mike Harper (AEA) Deputy Director-Rural Energy Group
Mayor Hopkins (North Star Borough)
Jerry Isaac (Tanana Chiefs President)
8:20-8:35 Representative Alan Dick
8:35-9:00 Sustainable Energy Education – Chet Chambers (UAF Bristol Bay Campus) Sustainable Energy Technician
9:00-10:30 Supply Issues in Alaska Moderator – Val Barber
State & Private Forestry – Steve Patterson (US Forest Service) Acting Director R6/R10 State & Private Forestry
Rural Communities – Will Putman (Tanana Chiefs Conference) Forestry Director
BLM – Eric Geisler, Forestry/Soils Lead
Alaska Wood Utilization Center – Dr. Allen Brackley (US Forest Service)
10:30-11:00 Break – refreshments provided by UAF Cooperative Extension
11:00-12:30 Fuel Types – Quality Discussion Moderator-Dane Crowley
Round Wood/Chip Systems
Technical Combustion – Tom Miles (T.R. Miles Consulting, OR)
Densified Wood Product – Ken Walker (Omni Enterprises)
Wood Pellets – Chad Schumacher (Superior Pellet Fuels)
Wood Powder – TBA
4/18/2011
..........Tue. April 26, 2011 • Day 1 continued
12:30–1:30 Lunch break 30 minutes; Northwest Territories Projects – Bryan Pelky
1:30-3:15 Environmental Concerns Moderator-Jasmine Shaw
Forest Practices Act – Mark Eliot, AK Division of Forestry, Northern Region
Responsible Sourcing of Wood for Energy in Southeast Alaska – Dr. Keith Rush, The Nature Conservancy
Sustainable Wood Sourcing and Social Acceptability - Dr. Evan Hjerpa, The Wilderness Society
Mapping Dynamics of Alaska Boreal Forest Under Climate Change Scenarios – Dr. Jingjing Liang, UAF Forest
Sciences
Producing Wood Biomass Energy in the Changed and Changing Climate of Alaska - Dr. Glenn Juday, UAF Forest
Sciences
Q & A
3:15 – 3:35 Break
3:35 – 5:00 Residential Applications Moderator-Ryan Colgan
Cooperative Extension Service – Bob Gorman (UAF CES) Resource Development Agent
Cold Climate Housing Research Center – Colin Craven, Product Testing Director
North Star Borough – FNSB Air Quality Improvement Program – Christina DeHaven, PM2.5 Project Coordinator
Napaimut Traditional Council – Mark Leary, Executive Director
Q&A
5:00-7:00 Resource Fair – Open to the Public – No host bar/Appetizers
….. provided locally by
Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation, Superior Pellet Fuels & Wholesale Distributors of Alaska
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Day 2 • Facility Issues
7:30-10:00 Registration
8:00 – 8:10 Welcome – Chris Maisch AK Division of Forestry Director & State Forester
8:00-10:00 Project Planning, Feasibility, Design & Construction Moderator – Ron Brown
Fuels for Schools – Dave Atkins (USFS Montana)
CTA Engineering – Nick Salmon/Jesse Vigil
Tok Project – Jeff Hermanns (AK DNR)/Scott MacManus (AK Gateway School District) Asst. Superintendent
Rex Goolsby (Construction Representative)
Tanana Project – Bear Ketzler (Tanana, AK) City Manager
10:00-10:30 Break – refreshments provided by USDA Rural Development
10:30-12:30 Project Updates and Operators perspective. Incentives and Financing Moderator – Dave Nicholls
Tok – Scott MacManus/Chris Rauch
SeaAlaska – Nathan Soboleff, Operator
Gulkana Community Wood Boiler Project – Paul Weisner (CE2 Engineers), Sandra Tsinnie and Ray Spears of
Gulkana Village
Oregon – Marcus Kauffman (East Fork Consulting)
USDA/DOE/ACEP – Incentives and Financing
4/18/2011
……….Wed. April 27, 2011 • Day 2 continued
12:30- 1:30 Lunch break 30 minutes; European Examples – Use in the USA – Lew McCreery (USFS) Biomass Coordinator
1:30-3:00 Policies & Regulations Moderator: Daniel Consenstein
Session Objective: This session will provide participants with the tools needed to understand regulatory and
permitting requirements for every phase of the development of biomass projects in Alaska. Incentives for
biomass projects will also be covered.
Topics:
1. Air Permitting for Biomass Projects – Tom Turner, AK DEC Air Quality Permits Program
2. Fire Safety and Permitting-Alaska – Mr. Kelly Nicolello, Assistant State Fire Marshall
3. Grants, Incentives, and Other Support – Brian Hirsch, Senior Project Leader – AK, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)
3:00-3:15 Break – refreshments sponsored by Process Equipment – Barron Industries
3:15-4:30 Combined Heat & Power and Biofuels - Where is the technology? Moderator – Devany Plentovich
Session Objective: This session will provide participants with the latest information on Combined Heat and
Power, Biofuel technology development and the most appropriate applications for Alaska.
Topics:
1. When to consider CHP and Biofuel applications for your community – Dr. Andy Soria (UAF) and Dr. Jeffrey
Hoffman
The session will compare the efficiencies of different heating and electric technologies and discuss
the considerations for finding the appropriate technology for your community.
2. Small Scale CHP Technology – TR Miles Technical Consultants
The session will discuss the latest developments in small scale CHP systems and review the projects
that are in development in Alaska.
Question & Answer will include Alaska CHP representatives: Nathan Soboleff, Bernie Karl and
Thomas Deerfield
3. Wood CHP: Lessons from around the Northwest – David Sjoding, Director of Northwest Clean Energy
Application Center
This session will discuss issues, benefits, technologies to consider, and environmental considerations
for wood based CHP. David will cover questions that should be addressed through the project
development.
4:30-5:30 Open Question Session: What information can the AK Wood Energy Working Group supply? Panel