Accelerated biofuels diversity is a priority for the Senate Energy Committee.  Given its potential contribution to our nation’s energy security (and with biofuels expected to loom large in tonight’s State of the Union), it’s not surprising that interest in our Transportation Biofuels Conference is growing like switchgrass.

 

Earlier this month, the committee sought comments and proposals as part of its bipartisan effort to find common ground how home-grown, biologically derived fuels can best be blended into our nation’s transportation fuel mix.  Positively, we received more than 100 responses with 500+ ideas from industry, academia, NGOs, scientists and trade groups.  The proposals were interesting, thought-provoking and extremely useful in building a base of information that will inform debate as Congress considers the part that biofuels will play in advancing America’s energy security.

 

Our all-day conference will be held Feb. 1 in Dirksen G-50.  The agenda and panelists are:

 

9:30 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. (Panel 1):              Issue Overview and Policy Context

                                                               

                                                                Energy Future Coalition

                                                                National Commission on Energy Policy

                                                                Renewable Fuels Association

                                                                Securing America’s Future Energy

                                                                World Resources Institute

 

10:30 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. (Panel 2):          Biofuels Today

 

                                                                American Corn Growers Association

                                                                American Trucking Associations

                                                                Governors Ethanol Coalition

                                                                Monsanto

                                                                National Corn Growers Association

                                                                New Mexico Sorghum Producers

 

11:30 a.m. – 12:25 p.m. (Panel 3):          Emerging Biofuels

 

                                                                Abengoa

                                                                Amyris

                                                                DuPont

                                                                Iogen

                                                                KLJ Solutions

 

2:00 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. (Panel 4):               National Infrastructure Integration

                                                                Coalition of E85 Retailers

                                                                ConocoPhillips

                                                                Ford

                                                                Imperium

                                                                Magellan

                                                                National Petrochemical & Refiners Association

3:00 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. (Panel 5):                Regional Infrastructure Integration

 

                                                                American Forest and Paper Association

                                                                Chevron

                                                                Earth Biofuels

                                                                George Fitch, Mayor of Warrenton, VA

                                                                South Carolina Institute for Energy Studies

                                                                VeraSun

 

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Panel 6):                Research and Development

 

                                                                Auburn University

                                                                MIT Laboratory for Energy and Environment

                                                                National Renewable Energy Laboratory

                                                                Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

                                                                Sandia National Laboratories

 

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