HomeMy WebLinkAboutAlaska Wood Energy Conference Agenda 11-05-2011-BIO
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Day 1 • Resource Issues
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
BLM – Eric Geisler, Forestry/Soils Lead
Rural Communities – Will Putman (Tanana Chiefs Conference) Forestry Director
Alaska Wood Utilization Center – Dr. Allen Brackley (US Forest Service)
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)
12:30–1:30 Northwest Territories Projects – Bryan Pelky, Alternative Energy Specialist
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
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
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Day 2 • Facility Issues
8:00 – 8:10 Welcome – Chris Maisch AK Division of Forestry Director & State Forester
8:10-10:00 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
10:30-12:30 Project Updates and Operators perspective. Incentives and Financing Moderator – Dave Nicholls
Tok School – Scott MacManus/Chris Rauch – (clip 1) (clip 2) (clip 3) (clip 4) open in QuickTime player
Sealaska - Nathan Soboleff
Gulkana Community Wood Boiler Project – Paul Weisner (CE2 Engineers), Sandra Tsinnie and Ray Spears (Gulkana Village)
Oregon – Marcus Kauffman (East Fork Consulting)
12:30- 1:30 European Examples – Use in the USA – Lew McCreery (USFS) Biomass Coordinator
1:30-3:00 Policies & Regulations Moderator: Daniel Consenstein
Air Permitting for Biomass Projects – Tom Turner, AK DEC Air Quality Permits Program
Fire Safety and Permitting-Alaska – Mr. Kelly Nicolello, Assistant State Fire Marshall
Grants, Incentives, and Other Support – Brian Hirsch, Senior Project Leader – AK, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)/Chad Stovall – USDA Rural
Development
3:15-4:30 Combined Heat & Power and Biofuels - Where is the technology? Moderator – Devany Plentovich
When to consider CHP and Biofuel applications for your community – Dr. Andy Soria (UAF) & Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman (UAA)
Small Scale CHP Technology – Tom Miles - TR Miles Technical Consultants
Question & Answer will include Alaska CHP project representatives: Nathan Soboleff, Bernie Karl and Thomas Deerfield
Wood CHP: Lessons from the Northwest – David Sjoding, Director- Northwest Clean Energy Application Center
List of all attendees