Biochar and Beyond
Presented by
Matt Kiefer, Juan Proano and Bernardo del Campo
Watch this
archived webinar (60 minutes) available on youTube about a new renewable energy
company, Advanced Renewable Technologies International, who have developed
small biochar reactors that are being piloted in Iowa, Canada and
Nicaragua. The company was started in
2013 by three engineering grad students at Iowa State University.
The webinar
is part of the “Bioenergy Friday” web seminar series, led by F. John Hay,
Energy and Biofuels Extension Educator, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The series is co-sponsored by eXtension Farm
Energy Community of Practice.
Optimizing Harvest of Perennial
Grasses for Biofuel
CenUSA
co-project director and University of Wisconsin professor Kevin Shinners
discusses new systems to optimize harvesting, handling, storing and transporting
perennial grasses that will be used as biomass feedstocks.
Harvesting a Native Grass for Biofuel
Production
CenUSA
Bioenergy CoProject Director and USDA-ARS scientist Rob Mitchell discusses the
potential of a native grass, switchgrass, for use in biofuel production. Rob
covers basic information about switchgrass, as well as demonstrating harvesting
equipment used and techniques involved to successfully harvest switchgrass with
readily available haying equipment.
